Marshallene’s attitude toward travel nursing, and life, is simple. “I call the shots,” she says. A fierce and funny grandmother of four, Marshallene provided her travel nursing philosophy, among other pearls of wisdom, during a long drive to surprise her granddaughter at a ballet recital. She was happy to make… Read More
When you think of the typical travel nurse, a mother of four school-aged children isn’t the first person that comes to mind. But between shuffling kids to fishing, gymnastics, cheer and softball practice, Aya travel nurse Christina has also somehow managed to help deliver thousands of babies over the last… Read More
Chelsea is a newly minted Aya travel nurse living it up in the city known as the Paris of the South. NOLA. The Big Easy. Merely reciting the city’s many nicknames stirs the senses; you can almost hear the clear notes of Louis Armstrong’s trumpet, taste a sugary beignet melting… Read More
Aya travel nurse Michelle’s nickname is “Country Moon” on her Indianapolis cardiac unit. “They can’t get over the fact that I live in the country and my husband’s a farmer,” she says. Despite their affectionate teasing, her coworkers enjoy the bounty of Michelle’s harvest, especially her homemade salsa! Although she’s… Read More
After more than twenty years in the NICU, Aya travel nurse, Kathy, still finds that little moments make her fall in love with her job over and over again. “It’s rewarding,” she says. “Especially when you are able to hand that baby over to the mom to hold for the… Read More
"Just go with the flow” is a phrase we often hear when someone is trying to get us to do something we don’t entirely want to do — like sampling a strange new cuisine or attempting an extreme sport. Calmly letting things happen comes naturally to some people, but Aya… Read More
Can you imagine meeting the love of your life before you could walk, finally dating in college, eventually getting married and ultimately traveling the country together? It sounds like the plot of a romcom, but it’s real life for Aya travel nurse Jacob. He and his wife MiKall grew up… Read More
Aya travel nurse, Sara, is always on the go. She tells us about her exciting future plans as she runs errands around the Windy City. In just a few months, she’ll hit the road with her boyfriend Jeff. After spending over a year with him in the big city, Sara… Read More
For a girl from upstate New York, taking a bite out of a dessert made of whipped Crisco, blueberries and fish may not be the norm, but like many things that Aya travel nurse Caitlin has experienced in Alaska, she described the taste of Agutuk as “A weird… Read More
When Claire first heard of travel nursing as a wide-eyed undergrad her first thoughts were, “You can really do that? This is real?” Seven years and many assignments later, Claire now knows that possibilities travel nursing offers are, in fact, very real and very wonderful. She’s wandered all over the… Read More