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“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
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
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
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