Perspectives

Agency labor costs for travel nurses are a burden to all healthcare organizations. Every CFO who has stared at a travel nurse invoice knows the feeling. The shift got covered, the unit stayed safe,...

Premium pay used to fill vacant nursing positions. Not anymore. A single sign-on bonus is not a retention strategy. If you want to find top talent who will stick around for the long haul, it’s...

Allied health, defined as health professions different from medicine and nursing, is home to a variety of fields where a focused credential, rather than a four-year clinical degree, can lead to six...

Travel nursing is in high demand and offers premium pay in 2026. What you earn is calculated based on three factors: specialty, location, and experience.  Travel nurses make more money because...

A Nurse Licensure Compact (NLC) allows a nurse to practice in multiple states under a single multistate license issued by their home state. They do not have to pay for a separate application, fall...

Registered nurses, licensed practical nurses, and a tight cluster of allied health roles like surgical techs and imaging technologists are the most in-demand jobs in the country right now. And...

For years, discussions about the nursing shortage have focused on burnout, retirement trends, and turnover. Those challenges remain real, but they no longer tell the whole story. In 2026, one of...

Asheville offers travel nurses a distinctly different kind of assignment experience. Nestled in the Blue Ridge Mountains of western North Carolina, the city has become known for its thriving arts...

Nurse leaders are carrying a great deal right now, and one of the hardest parts is making decisions without a clear view of what is really happening in the workforce. You can see the vacancies,...

Prolink’s 2026 Pulse of Travel Healthcare report provides comprehensive insights into the challenges and motivations shaping today’s travel nursing and allied health workforce.  Based on a...