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Amazing things can happen when you’re 80 miles from the nearest gas station. Like looking up, seeing a neon green river in the sky and realizing you just checked something big off your bucket list. “I stepped outside, and something caught my eye. I thought, ‘Oh my gosh, these are… Read More
“I love your accent!” is the first thing Megan’s recruiter, Meredith, said to her over the phone. As a travel PICU/CVPICU RN from Louisiana who ventured out with her friend and fellow nurse, Kayla, last year, Megan hears that a lot. It’s one of the perks of seeing new places… Read More
You might be a nurse if… …first aid comes into play on your first date. Unfortunately for Lydia, she was the one who needed it. Aya travel nurses Lydia and Sky met while square dancing. (“It’s not just for old people!” Sky swears.) A few turns around the dance floor… Read More
Some families are just cooler than others. In this case, mom is a bad a** traveling OR nurse, grandma wanders worldwide, baby has been to more countries than most adults and dad helps make it all happen. Mom, aka Lauren, started travel nursing in 2017 after looking at her life… Read More
“I want to be more than a tourist,” Taylor says, outlining her goals for life on the road. She’s also a scholar, an explorer, a healer. Essentially, an Aya travel nurse. On the phone, she’s bubbly and irresistibly earnest. She loves living in San Diego, but the waters weren’t always as… Read More
The tranquil shores of Martha’s Vineyard are not the setting you’d expect for an epic battle, but that’s where Aya travel nurse Mike recently won the day. Despite the fact that “tuna fight to the death,” as Mike says, he was victorious, reeling in a 9-pounder. A perk of living… Read More
“I decided to take the plunge” is a phrase you often hear when people describe embarking on a travel nursing journey. While that is figuratively true for many, Aya travel nurse Kevin can say that literally. In just over a year and a half, not only has he booked assignments… Read More
What do fires in Northern California, Hurricane Irma in Houston and flooding in Sacramento all have in common? Aya travel nurses Glen and Riesa were there to care for their ICU patients through them all. And that’s really no surprise if you get to know this incredible couple. Glen and… Read More
It’s a long road between Oklahoma City and Atlanta, but Aya travel nurse Bethany has “90’s jams,” podcasts and a new Christmas album to keep herself entertained along the way. She’s listening to the latter as she rolls across the Alabama border and enters Georgia, her home state. A few… Read More
A high school senior on his way to mail in his West Point pledge is in a car accident. Years later, and half a country away, a man drops to the ground, unconscious, during a turbulent flight. What do these two, seemingly unrelated, events have in common? They were the… Read More