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How Travel Nursing Benefits Your Mental Health

The Gypsy Nurse

As a nurse, you feel it in your mind, body, and soul — and you see it in your colleagues’ weary eyes. Between an ever-growing nurse staffing shortage, an increased need for patient care, and a once-in-a-lifetime pandemic, nurse burnout is at an all-time high, and nurse mental health is suffering.

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Self-Care for Travel Nurses

The Gypsy Nurse

And if you’re a travel nurse, you should be practicing self-care for travel nurses. Learn why self-care is so important, especially for travel nurses, and quick ways you can implement self-care today. Self-care for some nurses may mean a full night of uninterrupted sleep.

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Travel Nurse Burnout

Travel Nursing Central

I’ll generally take time off Travel Nursing around Thanksgiving so I can spend some ‘holiday’ time at home before the mad rush of the actual holiday begins. I think I was experiencing Travel Burn Out and I’ve learned some lessons along the way. What tips do you have for the travelers to elevate these?

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Surviving Nursing Burnout

The Gypsy Nurse

Defined as the “physical or mental collapse caused by overwork or stress,” many elements of nursing are responsible: long hours, emotional exhaustion, trauma, and many say Covid. However, nursing burnout has been a factor long before Covid. Burnout is growing, yet the nurse still perceives the symptoms as normal.

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Reflecting on Life as an ICU Nurse During COVID-19: Mental Health

The Gypsy Nurse

Why did so many nurses lose their benefits and PTO? The lack of support we experienced is just scratching the surface of the real impact the pandemic had on nursing. While many of us had turned to travel nursing to earn a fair and decent wage, thousands of us have left patient care for good because we have finally realized our worth.

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How to Achieve the Perfect Work-Life Balance as a Travel Nurse

The Gypsy Nurse

It helps prevent nursing burnout by ensuring you have time to rest and relax away from work, and it also reduces stress levels so you can perform better on the job. Additionally, having a sustainable work-life balance is linked to improved productivity, creativity, and overall health. 

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Nursing Trends in 2023 and Beyond

Diversity Nursing

In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, Nurses have experienced higher rates of burnout which has led to an increased number of Nurses leaving bedside Nursing or even the Nursing profession altogether. We can expect travel Nursing to continue to grow in popularity.