Year One: Celebrating The Top 10 Most-Read Stories On Healthcare Traveler Today

Almost exctly one year ago today, Healthcare Traveler Today officially launched with the help and support of StaffDNA. It took many months of hard work discussing, conceptualizing, researching and writing before our idea became a reality.

Despite numerous changes—including a total design revamp—one goal was always on our mind; to create a quality, unbiased and credible news platform for the travel healthcare industry. One that combined the knowledge and expertise of veteran travelers and industry insiders with honest-to-goodness news coverage of the issues and factors that impact travelers every day.

A screenshot of Healthcare Traveler Today’s home page during our “soft launch” in February 2018, a.k.a. 10 years ago in Internet time. We completely overhauled many aspects of our initial design before launch.

In some ways, we’ve succeeded in that goal.

When the site went live on April 6, we had a dozen or so articles to browse and only a handful of initial readers. Just one year later, we’ve published almost 300 articles covering everything from breaking news, to major policy changes, to in-depth job market forecasts, to helpful advice from your fellow travelers, and so much more. Thousands of readers have visited our site, and many of them still do on a daily basis.

However, we still have a lot of work to do.

We’re constantly looking for ways to improve Healthcare Traveler Today to make it the best place on the Web for useful news and information about the travel healthcare industry. We want to provide even more resources, more news coverage, and more expert advice that will help you stay informed, equipped and inspired throughout your travel career.

But before we do all of that, we’re going to take a little time to celebrate by looking back at the stories that you, our readers, loved most. Without further ado, here are the top 10 most-read stories from Healthcare Traveler Today’s inagural year.

10. “Avoiding Hospital Politics As A Travel Nurse”

9. “Hurricane Florence: What’s Happening Now, How Travelers Are Responding”

Hurricane Florence as seen from the International Space Station (Source: NASA)

8. “National Nurses United Members At 15 Hospitals Vote To Allow Strike”

MountainView Hospital Las Vegas

7. “New ‘Healthcare Travelers Take Omaha’ Conference Set For Early April”

A view of Holiday Inn Omaha Downtown-Airport in Omaha, Nebraska. A new conference for travel healthcare professionals is set to take place here on April 5-6, 2019. (Screenshot via Google StreetView).

6. “Tall Man, Tall Van: Nate Hemann Shares His Experience Travel Nursing While Living The Van Life”

5. “Hawaii, Indiana, Washington Introduce Nursing Licensure Compact Legislation In 2019”

4. “6 Unique Nurse Jobs & Specialties With Travel Potential”

Passengers embark and disembark the Carnival Cruise ships using the pier at Cruise Center Beach at Grand Turk Cruise Center in Grand Turk, Turks and Caicos Islands on April 03, 2014. (Photo Credit/Bigstock Photo)

3. “New Jersey Compact Nurse License Bill Passes Senate”

TRENTON, NJ – APRIL 4, 2015: The American Flag flying in front of the New Jersey State House located in Trenton. The capitol building for the state of New Jersey is located on State St.

2. “Louisiana Passes Compact Nursing License Legislation”

BATON ROUGE, USA – JULY 13: the house of chambers in Louisiana State Capitol on July 13, 2013 in Baton Rouge USA. The New State Capitol was build in 1930 and is still in use by Louisianan politician.

1. “Kansas Passes Compact Nursing License Legislation”