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60+ speakers. 80+ sessions. 5 unforgettable days.
Everything you need to know about healthcare travel—expert-led, experience-driven, and all in one place.

  • Sat Sept 12th
  • Sun Sept 13th
  • Mon Sept 14th
  • Tue Sept 15th
  • Wed Sept 16th

Patricia Pitts - Instructor

AWHONN Intermed Cert (Fetal Heart Monitoring)

  • 9:00am - 5:00pm
  • Versailles 1/2
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Traveler Success BootCamp

  • 9:00am - 4:30pm
  • Champagne 1/2
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Tracey Long - Instructor

Medical Spanish - Basic (Beginner Level)

  • 9:00am - 3:00pm
  • Versailles 1/2
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Patricia Pitts - Instructor

NRP Certification

  • 9:00am - 12:00pm & 1:00pm - 4:00pm
  • Bordeaux
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Mark Zajac - Instructor

Introduction to Yoga

  • 7:30am - 8:30am
  • Loire
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TravCon Rally: Kickoff Your Journey

  • 8:30am - 9:30am
  • Concorde A
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BLS, ACLS & PALS Certifications

  • 9:00am - 4:00pm
  • Chablis
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Résumé Center

  • 10:00am - 4:00pm
  • Paris Conference Center
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Jennifer Johnson - Speaker

Clinical Intuition: How to Trust Your Gut

  • 11:00am - 11:50am
  • Champagne 1
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Tracey Long - Speaker

Endocrine Emergencies Travelers Need to Know

  • 11:00am - 11:50am
  • Versailles 1/2
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Mary Hodson - Speaker

Not Your Savior: Breaking Up With the Martyr Mindset in Healthcare

  • 11:00am - 11:50am
  • Champagne 4
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Joseph Smith - Speaker

Tax Basics for Travelers

  • 11:00am - 11:50am
  • Champagne 2
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Traci Broadnax - Speaker

You Decided to Travel: Now What?

  • 11:00am - 11:50am
  • Versailles 3/4
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Aaron Quihuis - Speaker

Allied Travel Trends

  • 12:00pm - 12:50pm
  • Champagne 1
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Robyn Otty - Speaker

Cognitive Resilience: Brain Health Strategies to Reduce Dementia Risk

  • 12:00pm - 12:50pm
  • Versailles 1/2
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Travius Keandric - Speaker

Content Creator Workshop: Turning Your Voice Into Impact

  • 12:00pm - 12:50pm
  • Versailles 3/4
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Kailin Haugh - Speaker

Get Fit at TravCon Workshop: Fit For Care: The Importance of Fitness in the Lives of Healthcare Professionals

  • 12:00pm - 12:50pm
  • Champagne 4
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Joseph Smith - Speaker

Per Diem and Reimbursements

  • 12:00pm - 12:50pm
  • Champagne 2
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Ben Komenkul - Speaker

Financial Wellness on the Road: Maximizing Stipends with Travel Rewards and Loyalty Programs

  • 2:00pm - 2:50pm
  • Champagne 4
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Dr. Trina Boice - Speaker

Holistic Healing: Understanding Culture and Religion in Clinical Practice

  • 2:00pm - 2:50pm
  • Versailles 1/2
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Chris Scheumann - Speaker

Resuscitation Updates 2026

  • 2:00pm - 2:50pm
  • Concorde A
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Joseph Smith - Speaker

Tax Homes Demystified

  • 2:00pm - 2:50pm
  • Champagne 2
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Jim Puente - Speaker

The Multistate Nursing License: Practice in 43 States

  • 2:00pm - 2:50pm
  • Champagne 1
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Marquita Thurman - Speaker

The Traveling Social Worker: Logistics, Lessons Learned, and Life on the Road

  • 2:00pm - 2:50pm
  • Versailles 3/4
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Joseph Smith - Speaker

Multi-State Taxation

  • 3:00pm - 3:50pm
  • Champagne 2
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Rachelle Arnold - Instructor

Afternoon Yoga with Rachelle

  • 3:00pm - 3:50pm
  • Loire
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Joe Avena - Speaker

Health Insurance Options for Traveling Professionals

  • 3:00pm - 3:50pm
  • Champagne 1
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Garrett Ashbaugh - Speaker

Retirement Planning for Travel Professionals

  • 3:00pm - 3:50pm
  • Champagne 4
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Ashley Asberry - Speaker

Rise Strong: Digital Identity Defense for the Healthcare Traveler

  • 3:00pm - 3:50pm
  • Versailles 3/4
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Thomas Harmon - Speaker

Thriving in Home Health: Clinical, Regulatory, and Professional Strategies for Success

  • 3:00pm - 3:50pm
  • Versailles 1/2
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Gina M. Carbino - Speaker

Toxic Truths: Lessons from Historic Poisoning Cases

  • 3:00pm - 3:50pm
  • Concorde A
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Mary Hodson - Speaker

Get Fit at TravCon Workshop: Finding Your Healthy Mindset

  • 4:00pm - 4:50pm
  • Versailles 3/4
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Jeff Solheim - Speaker

Noah's Ark gone bad - Animal envenomations

  • 4:00pm - 4:50pm
  • Concorde A
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Margaret Veloski - Speaker

Overcoming Imposter Syndrome: A Traveler's Journey to Confidence

  • 4:00pm - 4:50pm
  • Champagne 1
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Melanie Mosberg - Speaker

Passport to Possibilities: Flexible Careers in Case Management

  • 4:00pm - 4:50pm
  • Versailles 1/2
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Brittany Conners - Speaker

Rest on the Road: Practicing Rest as a Traveling Professional

  • 4:00pm - 4:50pm
  • Champagne 4
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Joseph Smith - Speaker

Tax Homes: What Can Be Defended in Audits

  • 4:00pm - 4:50pm
  • Champagne 2
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Mark Zajac - Instructor

Introduction to Yoga

  • 8:00am - 9:00am
  • Loire
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BLS, ACLS & PALS Certifications

  • 10:00am - 4:00pm
  • Paris Conference Center
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Résumé Center

  • 10:00am - 3:00pm
  • Paris Conference Center
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Mary Hodson - Speaker

Get Fit at TravCon Workshop: Navigating emotional eating

  • 10:00am - 10:50am
  • Versailles 3/4
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Jennifer Johnson - Speaker

How to Grieve Your Patient

  • 10:00am - 10:50am
  • Champagne 4
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Mariah Maurice - Speaker

Leadership Development for Travelers: Building Capacity, Confidence, and Sustainability

  • 10:00am - 10:50am
  • Champagne 1
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Chaundria Singleton - Speaker

MRI Safety and Why It Matters to More Than MRI Technologists

  • 10:00am - 10:50am
  • Versailles 1/2
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Joseph Smith - Speaker

Per Diems and Reimbursements

  • 10:00am - 10:50am
  • Champagne 2
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Jeff Solheim - Speaker

When One Patient Becomes Two - Care of the Traumatically Injured Pregnant Patient

  • 10:00am - 10:50am
  • Concorde A
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Robyn Otty - Speaker

Calm in the Chaos: Mastering Patient Conflict in the Healthcare Environment

  • 11:00am - 11:50am
  • Versailles 1/2
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Jahnik Dismuke - Speaker

From Burnout to Belonging: The Power of the Travel Community

  • 11:00am - 11:50am
  • Champagne 4
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M.K. Bryan - Speaker

Independent Contracting: A Different Pathway — The Future of Work in Healthcare

  • 11:00am - 11:50am
  • Champagne 1/2
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Yonas Tekeste - Speaker

Investing in Real Estate as a Traveling Clinician

  • 11:00am - 11:50am
  • Versailles 3/4
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Gina M. Carbino - Speaker

Killer In Scrubs: Serial Murder in Healthcare

  • 11:00am - 11:50am
  • Concorde A
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Joseph Smith - Speaker

Tax Homes Demystified

  • 11:00am - 11:50am
  • Champagne 2
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Tracey Long - Speaker

50 Top Technologies in Healthcare in 50 Minutes

  • 12:00pm - 12:50pm
  • Versailles 1/2
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Mary Hodson - Speaker

Get Fit at TravCon Workshop: Food is medicine

  • 12:00pm - 12:50pm
  • Champagne 4
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Giovanna Navarro - Speaker

Just 13 Weeks: Performance, Boundaries, and Nervous System Regulation for Travel Healthcare Professionals

  • 12:00pm - 12:50pm
  • Champagne 1
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Joseph Smith - Speaker

Multi-State Taxation

  • 12:00pm - 12:50pm
  • Champagne 2
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Alexis Dunbar - Speaker

Negotiation Tips & Tricks

  • 12:00pm - 12:50pm
  • Versailles 3/4
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Chris Scheumann - Speaker

Optimizing Airway, Ventilation & Oxygenation

  • 12:00pm - 12:50pm
  • Concorde A
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Joscel James - Speaker

Comedy on Contract: How Travelers Can Use Humor to Thrive Anywhere

  • 2:00pm - 2:50pm
  • Versailles 1/2
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Sal Nyang - Speaker

Financial Wellness The Power of Budgeting

  • 2:00pm - 2:50pm
  • Versailles 3/4
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Joseph Smith - Speaker

New Tax Laws, Trends, & Independent Contracting

  • 2:00pm - 2:50pm
  • Champagne 2
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Jeff Solheim - Speaker

The Trauma Diamond of Death - A Deeper Look

  • 2:00pm - 2:50pm
  • Concorde A
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Sabine Eusebe - Speaker

Traveling with Family in a Tiny House on Wheels

  • 2:00pm - 2:50pm
  • Champagne 1
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Dr. Trina Boice - Speaker

Additional Streams of Income for Healthcare Professionals

  • 3:00pm - 3:50pm
  • Versailles 1/2
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Rachelle Arnold - Speaker

Afternoon Yoga with Rachelle

  • 3:00pm - 3:50pm
  • Loire
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Tony Reddick - Speaker

How Travelers Can Build Financial Freedom, Not Just Income

  • 3:00pm - 3:50pm
  • Versailles 3/4
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Aaron Highfill - Speaker

Humanitarian Opportunities for Traveling Clinicians

  • 3:00pm - 3:50pm
  • Concorde A
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Sarah Romain - Speaker

Moral Distress: Experiencing Ethical Challenges as a Traveler

  • 3:00pm - 3:50pm
  • Champagne 4
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Christina Henderson - Speaker

Rotations on the Road: Housing Lessons From a Traveling Resident Physician

  • 3:00pm - 3:50pm
  • Champagne 1
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Joseph Smith - Speaker

Stump the Tax Pro: Open Q&A Forum

  • 3:00pm - 3:50pm
  • Champagne 2
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Nurse Blake - Speaker

Keynote Address: The Moments That Shaped Me

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Nonviolent Crisis Intervention® (CPI Certification)

  • 9:00am - 4:00pm
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Tracey Long - Instructor

Intermediate Spanish Medical Terminology for Healthcare Professionals

  • 9:00am - 2:00pm
  • Versailles 1/2
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Patricia Pitts - INSTRUCTOR

NRP Certification

  • 9:00am - 12:00pm
  • Bordeaux
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  • Paris Hotel, Las Vegas
  • September 13 -16, 2026
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INTRODUCTION TO YOGA

This session will introduce gentle stretching exercises specifically designed to help prevent and relieve common work-related injuries. Attendees will learn yoga poses that promote strength, flexibility, and stress relief—supporting both physical and mental well-being. Ideal for healthcare professionals managing the physical demands of their roles, this session offers practical techniques to maintain overall health, reduce tension, and enhance resilience on and off the job.

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Clinical Intuition: How to Trust Your Gut

Join Nurse Jenn as she guides you through reflective exercises, real-life case studies, and practical tools enhance your clinical intuition. Participants will learn how to recognize, trust, and strengthen their intuitive abilities. This session explores the science behind intuition, how stress and burnout can cloud judgment, and techniques to stay grounded and self-aware in high-pressure environments. By the end, travelers will walk away with renewed confidence in their clinical instincts, improved decision-making skills, and a deeper sense of trust in themselves and their practice.

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Endocrine Emergencies Travelers Need to Know

When seconds matter, are you ready to recognize and respond to endocrine emergencies on the road? This session dives into high-stakes conditions like thyroid storm, adrenal crisis, DKA, HHNK, and severe electrolyte derangements—offering rapid assessment tools, treatment priorities, and traveler-specific challenges. From limited resources to standing orders, you’ll gain protocols and confidence to act decisively in any assignment setting.

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Not Your Savior: Breaking Up With the Martyr Mindset in Healthcare

This session dives into the quiet, deeply ingrained belief many healthcare workers carry: that their worth comes from sacrificing themselves. In this session, Mary plans to unpack how saviorism, identity loss, and the “I owe healthcare everything” mentality leads to burnout, resentment, and a life that feels too small.
Attendees will learn how to recognize martyr patterns in real time, understand the emotional and physical cost of over-functioning, and walk away with practical tools to build boundaries, reclaim identity outside the job, and take better care of the person inside (and out!) the scrubs — without guilt.

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Tax Basics for Travelers

Taxes can be complex for travel healthcare professionals due to variable pay packages, multiple assignments, stipends, and reimbursements. This session breaks down the fundamentals of how taxes are calculated in a way tailored specifically to travelers.

Attendees will learn the basics of withholding, including how federal and state taxes affect take-home pay, how bonuses are taxed, and what it means to file exempt. The session will also review key pay stub components so travelers can better understand their compensation structure.

A key focus will be the difference between taxable income and non-taxable reimbursements—an area that often causes confusion in healthcare staffing. Participants will also explore how deductions and tax credits impact tax liability, especially when working across multiple states or assignments.

Finally, the session will highlight the importance of comparing payroll records with contracts to help identify discrepancies and ensure accurate pay.

By the end of the session, attendees will feel more confident understanding their pay, interpreting tax implications, and making informed financial decisions on the road.

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You Decided to Travel: Now What?

Starting your travel healthcare journey can feel exciting—and overwhelming. This session walks you through everything that comes next, from the moment you decide to travel to successfully completing your first (or next) assignment. Topics include packing and preparation, travel logistics, budgeting and paying for assignments, maximizing rewards and perks, self-care on the road, and knowing when—and how—to take time off while navigating common travel challenges.

Presented by Traci, BS, RRT, this session is grounded in more than four decades of respiratory therapy experience, including 25 years in Philadelphia’s ICU, ED, NICU, and 17 years of experience as a traveler, completing 45 assignments across 16 states and earning 18 state licenses, along with multiple agency recognitions and awards. Traci brings a global perspective, shaped by visiting 28 countries and all 50 U.S. states, to this presentation to empower new and aspiring travelers with practical tools, realistic expectations, and the confidence to embrace the challenges—and rewards—of life on the road while building experiences that check off both professional and personal bucket lists.

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Allied Travel Trends

What does the allied travel market look like in 2026 and beyond? We will discuss the broader travel healthcare market, with some distinct changes specific to the Allied health sector. This session will provide a market analysis for travel therapists, while also covering trends in respiratory care, imaging, and other areas. We will explore the market from both a compensation standpoint and in terms of regional demand.

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Cognitive Resilience: Brain Health Strategies to Reduce Dementia Risk

What if you could cut your risk of dementia nearly in half?

The CDC reveals a staggering truth: 45% of all dementia cases are preventable. That’s nearly half—and the power to change those odds starts with simple, everyday lifestyle shifts you can make right now.

In this eye-opening session, discover the cutting-edge research behind brain health and walk away with actionable strategies to protect your cognitive future—and that of your clients. Whether you’re looking to enhance your clinical practice or safeguard your own mental sharpness on the road, this session delivers the tools you need to keep your brain thriving for years to come.

Your brain is your greatest asset. Learn how to protect it.

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Content Creator Workshop: Turning Your Voice Into Impact

In this interactive workshop, travel healthcare content creators and aspiring influencers will learn how to transform their stories, skills, and creativity into meaningful impact and income. Led by Travius Keandric, BSN, RN and Joscel James, BSN, RN, this session will break down proven strategies for building an authentic brand, creating engaging healthcare content, and collaborating with major brands; while staying true to your purpose and profession.
Attendees will leave with actionable tools to grow their platforms, attract partnerships, and use their voices to educate, inspire, and uplift the healthcare community.

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Get Fit at TravCon Workshop: Fit For Care: The importance of fitness in the lives of healthcare professionals

We give so much of ourselves to our patients and our work, but we don’t give that same dedication and care to ourselves. In this session you will learn HOW to be fit for care. The instructor will reveal what habits, workouts, and mindsets you must adopt to becoming the best and most healthy version of yourself. Reinvigorate your life with simple, truthful fitness habits that boost your energy and well-being. Join this presentation to learn how to care for your body, ditch fad diets, and feel more energized every day.

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Per Diem and Reimbursements

An overview of the concept of per diem reimbursements for lodging and meals, how they are paid, when an agency might withhold them and how to maximize take-home pay. Additional discussion will focus on their abuse and distinguishing reimbursements from earned income for loan qualification, social security, disability and workers comp.

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Financial Wellness on the Road: Maximizing Stipends with Travel Rewards and Loyalty Programs

As a traveling healthcare professional, your stipends cover housing, meals, and daily expenses, but those stipends can go further than just covering the basics. In this session, you will learn how to maximize stipends using hotel and airline loyalty programs, credit card strategies, and smart booking techniques. You’ll learn when to choose agency housing versus cash stipends, how to turn everyday expenses into points and perks, and which programs fit best with the lifestyle of frequent relocations and short-term assignments. You’ll leave with a clear plan to save money, reduce stress, and create more freedom between contracts.

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Holistic Healing: Understanding Culture and Religion in Clinical Practice

This inspirational class offers nurses and other healthcare providers a better understanding of various cultures and religious sensitivities of your patients. You’ll learn about clothing considerations, medical myths and misconceptions among certain populations, folk remedies, “Grandma’s Cures”, and how certain religions approach healthcare. All of this knowledge will empower you with greater sensitivity and allow you to bridge beliefs to improve patient outcomes in your care.

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Resuscitation Updates 2026

With three decades in emergency medicine—including years as a travel ER RN—Chris knows exactly what healthcare travelers need to stay sharp in high-acuity settings. Resuscitation Updates 2026 offers a fast‑paced, entertaining review of what’s changed, what matters, and how to perform with confidence across diverse clinical environments. Attendees will leave better prepared, more current, and energized to elevate care wherever their next assignment takes them.

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Tax Homes Demystified

Understanding your tax home is essential for travel healthcare professionals receiving tax-free stipends and per diems. This session breaks down the rules that determine “tax home” versus “away from home” status and how these classifications impact eligibility for non-taxable housing and meal reimbursements.

Attendees will learn how a tax home differs from a permanent residence, along with the key requirements travelers must meet to maintain compliant status. The session will also address common misconceptions, limitations, and sustainability concerns that often lead to confusion or unintentional non-compliance.

Using real-world traveler scenarios, we will illustrate how tax home rules are applied in practice and what typically triggers IRS scrutiny or audits in these situations. Practical guidance will be provided on how to correct or avoid compliance issues and better understand how to protect tax-free stipends.

By the end of this session, attendees will have a clearer, more confident understanding of tax home rules and how to navigate them responsibly while on assignment.

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The Multistate Nursing License: Practice in 43 States

The Nurse Licensure Compact (NLC) continues to evolve, directly impacting how travel nurses practice across participating states. This session provides a timely update on current implementation progress, recent legislative changes, and what these developments mean for nurses working in compact states.

Attendees will gain clarity on common misunderstandings—especially those related to primary state of residence and how it affects compact privileges. Practical guidance will be shared to help nurses avoid common licensing pitfalls that can disrupt assignments or lead to compliance issues.

The session will also include an interactive Q&A, allowing participants to bring forward real-world scenarios and receive guidance on navigating specific compact license situations.

By the end, attendees will be better equipped to understand, apply, and protect their compact licensure status while traveling with confidence.

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The Traveling Social Worker: Logistics, Lessons Learned, and Life on the Road

Designed for social workers by social workers, this session features a diverse panel of professional Social Work travelers sharing the ‘real world’ insights needed to thrive on the road. Attendees will gain the confidence and technical knowledge required to initiate their travel journey or enhance their existing experience through shared peer expertise.

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Multi-State Taxation

An overview of state taxation and how legal permanent residence state and work state taxation interact. Further discussion will address how to handle incorrect W2s, state audits, remote work and the importance of accurate filings to maintain licensing. We will also touch briefly on possession and international tax issues for those working cross border.

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Afternoon Yoga with Rachelle

As healthcare travelers, you are constantly on the go, navigating high-stress environments and enduring long hours. These yoga sessions offer a space for you to recharge, unwind, and reconnect with yourself. The classes are designed to be accessible to all levels, with a focus on releasing tension, opening the heart, and finding joy in the present moment. Participants are invited to reset their minds and bodies, empowering you to continue thriving on your journey as travelers.

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Health Insurance Options for Traveling Professionals

Joe Avena, known as Insurance Guy Joe, specializes in helping healthcare travelers find affordable, flexible health coverage that moves with them. In this session, he breaks down complex insurance options into clear, simple terms so travelers can protect their health and income between contracts. Attendees will leave with the confidence to choose coverage that fits their lifestyle—no matter where the next assignment takes them.

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Retirement Planning for Travel Professionals

Retirement planning is challenging for most people – but for travel professionals, its even more complex. With a financial landscape that looks very different than the average worker, this is a topic we need to explore together.

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Rise Strong: Digital Identity Defense for the Healthcare Traveler

We openly share our lives online: the exciting assignments, the adventures, the victories. But what happens when your social media account gets hacked? Board complaints. Job loss. Your reputation, gone overnight. For those with online platforms or businesses, the financial hit is devastating. Ashley has been there. She lost 13K followers on Facebook and Instagram to hacking and had to rebuild her digital identity from scratch. This presentation shares what she learned and the defensive strategies that work.
You’ll discover how to recognize vulnerabilities unique to travel healthcare, implement practical security measures, spot phishing attempts, strengthen your privacy settings, and reclaim your reputation if compromise happens. Whether you’re a nurse, allied health professional, or healthcare traveler building an online presence, this session gives you the tools to protect your career, your credibility, and your livelihood. Being proactive about digital defense isn’t paranoia. It’s the strongest move you can make for your professional future. Let’s rise strong together by keeping our digital identities secure.

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Thriving in Home Health: Clinical, Regulatory, and Professional Strategies for Success

Home health continues to be one of the fastest-growing and most dynamic practice settings in healthcare, offering flexibility, autonomy, and meaningful patient impact for travel clinicians across disciplines—including nursing, physical therapy, occupational therapy, and speech-language pathology.

This session provides a practical roadmap for success in home health travel roles, focusing on what makes clinicians highly marketable and how to confidently navigate the interview and hiring process. Attendees will gain actionable strategies for standing out in a competitive field and securing desirable assignments.

A key focus will be Medicare compliance and the critical role of accurate OASIS assessment, with emphasis on proper scoring of functional measures and documentation practices that directly impact care quality and reimbursement. Participants will also build a foundational understanding of home health reimbursement models and how clinical documentation influences financial outcomes at both the patient and agency level.

In addition, the session will highlight best-practice approaches to delivering safe, effective care in the home environment, along with insight into the professional traits and clinical skill sets that drive long-term success in this setting.

By the end of the session, attendees will have a clearer understanding of both the clinical and business sides of home health and leave equipped with practical tools to thrive in this rewarding specialty.

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Toxic Truths: Lessons from Historic Poisoning Cases

Uncover the shocking history of poisoning cases that transformed medical and forensic practice. Healthcare travelers will gain eye-opening insight into how these tragedies reshaped safety standards, diagnostic awareness, and ethical responsibility. Join Gina Carbino, emergency and critical care nurse practitioner, as she blends real-world clinical insight, forensic awareness, and compelling storytelling, leaving you better equipped to recognize risks and advocate for patient protection.

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Get Fit at TravCon Workshop: Finding your healthy mindset

Ready to break free from the mental barriers holding you back from your healthiest self? This focused, hands-on workshop guides you through identifying and overcoming the limiting beliefs that sabotage your wellness goals.

Through interactive exercises and a physical workbook you’ll take home, you’ll learn powerful strategies for:

• Goal Setting – Define clear, achievable health objectives and create actionable plans to reach them
• Schedule Hacking – Discover practical techniques to carve out time for self-care, even in the busiest of schedules
• Burnout Breakthroughs – Recognize the signs of burnout and develop sustainable habits to reignite your energy and passion

Leave this session equipped with the mindset tools and personalized workbook to transform the way you approach healthy living—one breakthrough at a time.

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Noah's Ark Gone Bad - Animal Envenomations

This presentation provides an evidence-based overview of the assessment and management of animal envenomations commonly encountered in the United States, including snakes, spiders, and marine creatures. Participants will learn to recognize characteristic clinical findings, identify high-risk patients, and apply current treatment guidelines such as antivenom use, wound care, and monitoring for systemic complications. Through practical decision-making strategies, attendees will gain confidence in delivering safe, timely, and effective care for patients affected by venomous bites and stings.

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Overcoming Imposter Syndrome: A Traveler's Journey to Confidence

Are you constantly questioning whether you’re “good enough” in your next assignment? Do you walk into a new facility wondering if they’ll discover you don’t belong? As a traveler, you’re expected to hit the ground running in unfamiliar environments, but imposter syndrome can sabotage your confidence before you even clock in.
This presentation is specifically designed for travelers who face unique challenges: new teams every 13 weeks, varying protocols across facilities, and the pressure to perform immediately without a lengthy orientation. Through real-world case studies, research-backed strategies, and practical tools, you’ll learn to recognize, reframe, and overcome the imposter syndrome that’s holding you back from thriving in your travel career.

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Passport to Possibilities: Flexible Careers in Case Management

There are travel opportunities beyond the bedside! Join this session to learn more about the world of Case Management and the endless possibilities for your career. The instructor will share real-world examples and the steps on getting started as well as experienced insight into this growing specialty.

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Rest on the Road: Practicing Rest as a Traveling Professional

As a traveling healthcare professional, you’re always on the move—adapting to new environments, schedules, and demands. It can be an exhilarating experience and potentially an exhausting one. What if you regarded silence as a tool you could use on the road? In this interactive session, we’ll focus on practicing rest together—getting in the reps needed to strengthen your capacity, no matter where your next contract takes you. Through silence and connection with fellow travelers, you’ll explore how to integrate silence into your travel experience, create moments of practice, and do a new activity together. Plus, join us for a mini guided silent retreat experience designed to help you energize in real time.

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Tax Homes: What Can Be Defended in Audits

While Joseph addresses the technical aspects of establishing and maintaining a Tax Home for healthcare travelers, Donna delves into the equally critical area of audit preparedness. This session explores what can realistically be defended during an IRS audit, what documentation a tax preparer must have on file, and what responsibilities fall on the traveler to ensure compliance. Attendees will gain a deeper understanding of how to protect themselves and their preparer in the event of an audit, bridging the gap between tax theory and real-world accountability. This dual-perspective approach is essential for travelers who want to confidently navigate the complexities of tax law and safeguard their financial future.

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Get Fit at TravCon Workshop: Navigating emotional eating

Explore the truth behind emotional eating in this candid discussion. We’ll break down common misconceptions, uncover the real triggers behind stress-driven food choices, and provide practical insights to help you build a healthier relationship with food—without the guilt or gimmicks.

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How to Grieve Your Patient

Join Nurse Jenn as she invites participants to explore the emotional realities of patient care through reflection, storytelling, and self-discovery. Inspired by the novel of the same name, this course follows nurse Ellie Dawson as she embarks on a cross-country journey to her best friend’s funeral, reliving moments from her nursing career and confronting the toll of loss and burnout. Through her story, learners examine their own experiences with grief, compassion fatigue, and disconnection. Guided discussions and reflective exercises encourage participants to process their emotions, strengthen resilience, and rebuild meaningful connections both inside and outside the healthcare setting. By the end of this session, you will gain tools to navigate the emotional demands of being a healthcare worker, find healing in shared experiences, and rediscover your sense of purpose and humanity within your profession.

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Leadership Development for Travelers: Building Capacity, Confidence, and Sustainability

Leadership in travel healthcare requires more than clinical expertise; it demands adaptability, self-awareness, and the ability to lead effectively in constantly changing environments. This presentation explores leadership development through the lens of values alignment, emotional wellness, and systems awareness, addressing the unique challenges faced by travel healthcare professionals such as short-term assignments, ethical strain, and high-pressure transitions. Drawing from public administration and social work perspectives, attendees will gain practical strategies to strengthen leadership capacity, navigate complex team dynamics, and sustain professional growth without burnout. This session is designed to be engaging, reflective, and immediately applicable for clinicians at any stage of their travel healthcare career.

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MRI Safety: Why It Matters to More Than MRI Technologists

MRI safety isn’t just for technologists—it’s critical for nurses, respiratory therapists, transport staff, and even EVS. In this high-energy, real-talk session, we’ll uncover how one missed detail in the MRI suite can endanger the entire team and patients. You’ll walk away with practical tools, unforgettable stories, and a better understanding of your role in protecting lives around the MRI magnet—even if you never touch the scanner.

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When One Patient Becomes Two: Care of the Traumatically Injured Pregnant Patient

Nothing creates more fear in the healthcare worker assigned to care for the traumatically injured patient than learning that the patient is also pregnant. Jeff Solheim addresses the physiologic changes of pregnancy and how they impact the assessment, recognition of shock, and management of trauma in this unique patient population. Attendees will learn how trauma mechanisms, maternal–fetal priorities, and altered hemodynamics impact recognition of shock, diagnostic decisions, and life-saving interventions. Using evidence-based guidelines, the session provides practical strategies to optimize outcomes for both mother and fetus during high-risk trauma resuscitations.

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Calm in the Chaos: Mastering Patient Conflict in the Healthcare Environment

Healthcare settings are inherently high-stress environments where emotions can run high—for both patients and providers. When patient behaviors escalate, it can significantly impact a clinician’s ability to deliver quality care. This session equips healthcare professionals with practical communication strategies designed to de-escalate tense situations, foster a positive care environment, and maintain therapeutic relationships with patients. Attendees will learn techniques for managing conflict effectively while ensuring optimal patient outcomes and preserving their own well-being.

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From Burnout to Belonging: The Power of the Travel Community

Burnout is often the reason travelera consider leaving the bedside, but what actually keeps them in the profession is something deeper: community.
In this session, Jahnik Dismuke, BSN, RN, also known as “The Champagne Nurse”, shares how shifting from isolation to intentional connection can transform not only your travel career, but your entire life. Drawing from her own journey and the creation of Nurses UnWine & Elevate, she will explore how building meaningful relationships, creating shared experiences, and finding your “framily” can lead to longevity, fulfillment, and balance beyond the bedside.
Attendees will leave with actionable strategies to build or tap into community, whether while traveling, on assignment or at home, and redefine what a sustainable nursing lifestyle looks like.

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Independent Contracting: A Different Pathway — The Future of Work in Healthcare

Healthcare’s workforce is rapidly changing. Across industries, professionals are embracing flexibility, transparency, and autonomy through new “future of work” models. In this session, M.K. Bryan explores how these shifts are reshaping healthcare staffing and creating new opportunities for clinicians through independent contracting. Attendees will learn what 1099 contracting really means, how it differs from traditional agency employment, and what structural, legal, and financial factors to consider before exploring independence.

This is not a debate between agency and independent work, it’s an educational look at how both can coexist in a modern, technology-enabled ecosystem. Participants will leave with practical tools, a balanced understanding of the risks and rewards, and insight into how independence fits within the larger movement toward a more empowered, sustainable healthcare workforce.

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Investing in Real Estate as a Traveling Clinician

This presentation breaks down how traveling healthcare professionals can invest in real estate while on assignment. Drawing from personal experience purchasing four homes as a traveler, I’ll walk through the process from the very beginning—how to get started, choose the right market, and build the right team.
Attendees will learn how to delegate and automate property ownership while working full-time, how to secure financing with the right lender, and how to find a reliable realtor. I’ll also cover the real pros and cons of investing in real estate as a traveler, including both the successes and challenges, so attendees leave with a realistic, actionable roadmap.

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Killer In Scrubs: Serial Murder in Healthcare

Step into a gripping exploration of real cases where trusted healthcare professionals became lethal predators. This session reveals warning signs, systemic failures, and key lessons in vigilance, empowering healthcare travelers to protect patients, colleagues, and themselves while delivering safer care.

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50 Top Technologies in Healthcare in 50 Minutes

In this high-energy session designed for today’s travel nurses and allied health professionals, we’ll explore the cutting-edge technologies that are transforming clinical care—in the field, and at the bedside. From wearable monitors and AI-powered decision tools to telehealth advancements and mobile apps, discover the innovations redefining how you assess, intervene, and advocate. You’ll leave equipped with practical tools, inspiring ideas, and a tech-forward mindset to elevate your practice in any work setting. Buckle up—it’s time for your top technologies in healthcare in 50 minutes.

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Get Fit at TravCon Workshop: Food is medicine

Food is Medicine isn’t just a catchy phrase—it’s a transformative approach championed by Mary Hodson, a no-nonsense health coach and registered radiologic technologist with over 12 years of experience, including five years traveling nationwide to support critical healthcare shortages. Mary understands the physical and mental toll that long shifts, high-stress environments, and chronic exhaustion take on healthcare workers.

After personally losing 30 pounds and maintaining that success, Mary turned her journey into a mission. Mary’s philosophy is simple: taking care of yourself isn’t selfish—it’s essential. By treating food as medicine, she helps healthcare workers fuel their bodies, boost their energy, and create sustainable habits that fit their demanding lifestyles.

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Just 13 Weeks: Performance, Boundaries, and Nervous System Regulation for Travel Healthcare Professionals

Travelers bring their full expertise, care, and compassion to every assignment, even when a 13-week contract requires immediate performance in unfamiliar, high-acuity environments. This session explores how constant transition, stress, and unclear expectations impact clinical judgment, communication, and patient safety in travel healthcare. Attendees will learn practical, evidence-based strategies to protect performance, recover from ongoing professional strain, and maintain professionalism under pressure. This session supports clinical practice and professional development by strengthening judgment, communication, and leadership skills in travel healthcare settings, while helping clinicians sustain themselves in a demanding career.

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Negotiation Tips & Tricks

Travel contracts can be confusing, and misunderstanding the details can impact pay, scheduling, time off, and overall expectations. In this engaging networking session, the instructor will help travelers better understand the key components of travel contracts, including what may be negotiable, what requires close attention, and how company policies can vary between agencies.

Attendees will learn how per diems are calculated and affected by missed shifts or minimum hour requirements, the differences between primary and extension contracts, and why all agreed-upon terms must be clearly documented in writing. The session will also clarify the important distinction that the contract exists between the traveler and the staffing company — not the hospital.

By the end of this session, travelers will feel more confident, informed, and empowered when reviewing and negotiating their contracts.

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Optimizing Airway, Ventilation & Oxygenation

Airway and breathing challenges can change everything—fast. This high‑yield session equips clinical providers with practical strategies to optimize airway management, ventilation, and oxygenation across diverse and resource‑limited settings. Through case‑based discussion and evidence‑informed best practices, attendees will refine decision‑making, troubleshoot common pitfalls, and strengthen confidence in managing both routine and high‑risk patients. Whether you work in transport, critical care, or austere environments, this presentation delivers actionable tools you can apply immediately in your clinical practice.

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Comedy on Contract: How Travelers Can Use Humor to Thrive Anywhere

Travelers are professional first-dayers. New units, new teams, new charting systems, repeat. Humor is one of the fastest ways to break the ice, build trust, and keep yourself from losing it when nothing is where it should be. This session covers why humor works (the actual science), how to use it to connect quickly with patients and staff, and how to read the room when you just walked into it. Real stories, practical techniques, zero fluff.

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Financial Wellness: The Power of Budgeting

Unlock Your Financial Power: Discover the secrets to effective budgeting, master proven savings techniques, and build a comprehensive financial plan that works for you. In this interactive networking session you will dive into the fascinating world of behavioral finance and learn how your money mindset shapes your financial future. Take the first step toward true Financial Wellness—transform your habits and achieve your goals!

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New Tax Laws, Trends, & Independent Contracting

A host of new Federal tax laws were passed in July 2025 and were retroactively implemented for the 2025 tax year. Others became effective in 2026, and a few of the popular provisions are only in effect until 2028. With each provision, state tax authorities either adopted, rejected or delayed implementation of the same laws. We will discuss how to take advantage of these provisions with each contract. In addition to the new laws, we will discuss compliance trends and independent contracting as an alternative to traditional employment-based traveling.

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The Trauma Diamond of Death : A Deeper Look

The traditional “trauma triad of death” has evolved into the trauma diamond of death, adding hypocalcemia to the well-known components of hypothermia, acidosis, and coagulopathy. Together, these four interrelated factors create a self-perpetuating cycle that rapidly worsens hemorrhagic shock and significantly increases mortality in the traumatically injured patient.

This session will explore the pathophysiology behind each component and how they interact to drive clinical deterioration. Attendees will gain a clearer understanding of how and why these conditions compound one another, and the critical importance of early recognition and intervention.

Evidence-based strategies to interrupt this cycle will be discussed, with a focus on practical interventions that can reduce the impact of each component and improve patient outcomes in trauma care.

By the end of the session, participants will be better equipped to recognize and respond to the trauma diamond of death and take decisive action to improve survival in critically injured patients.

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Traveling with Family in a Tiny House on Wheels

This presentation explores an unconventional but empowering approach to travel healthcare: bringing your family—and your home—on the road. Whether you are considering traveling in a van, RV or other similar alternative housing option, this session will provide real world information to help you on this journey. As a minority travel nurse living full-time in a tiny house on wheels, Sabine will share how her family has navigated travel assignments while homeschooling her children, maintaining stability, and reclaiming financial freedom in the face of rising housing costs. Attendees will gain real-world insight into overcoming systemic and logistical barriers, building community while living on the move, and leveraging intentional housing choices to create flexibility, sustainability, and resilience in a demanding healthcare career. This session offers both inspiration and practical strategies for clinicians seeking greater control over their time, finances, and family life.

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Additional Streams of Income for Healthcare Professionals

This interactive and fun presentation offers nurses and other healthcare providers an exciting look at side hustles to create more income and impact using the skills they already have! Learn about new tools and techniques to save money and earn money in this tricky economy.

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How Travelers Can Build Financial Freedom, Not Just Income

High income doesn’t guarantee financial security. This session equips travel healthcare professionals with the knowledge to build lasting financial freedom through three essential systems: protection, accumulation, and distribution. Learn how to navigate the unique challenges of contract work, fluctuating income, and complex taxes—and redefine retirement as the power to choose work, not depend on it.

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Humanitarian Opportunities for Traveling Clinicians

This session will provide an overview of humanitarian opportunities, such as medical missions and emergency response, for traveling healthcare professionals. Participants will learn about available roles and potential employers in the humanitarian sector as well as steps clinicians might take to prepare themselves for such opportunities. There will be discussion of both short and long term opportunities and a brief review of humanitarian history, ethics and controversies.

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Moral Distress: Experiencing Ethical Challenges as a Traveler

Facing ethical dilemmas on assignment with no one in your corner? You’re not alone.

This session, presented by the primary researcher, reveals groundbreaking research on the real ethical challenges travelers face and how they overcome them. Based on interviews with 15 travel nurses, discover practical strategies for navigating moral distress, why travelers are often overlooked in this conversation, and the surprising reason many still report higher job satisfaction.

Walk away with tools to protect your peace and thrive on any assignment.

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Rotations on the Road: Housing Lessons From a Traveling Resident Physician

If you’ve ever scrambled to find housing before a contract starts, you are not alone. After eight moves — including a memorable Craigslist housing adventure — Christina, a Locum Physician, has learned firsthand what can make or break an assignment. In this session, attendees will gain practical strategies for navigating temporary housing with greater confidence and less stress. From avoiding common pitfalls to using helpful checklists, budgeting tips, and traveler-tested survival strategies, this presentation is designed to help clinicians feel more prepared, organized, and grounded wherever the road takes them.

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Stump the Tax Pro: Open Q&A Forum

Taxes remain one of the most confusing — and important — aspects of working as a travel healthcare professional. In this interactive open Q&A session, attendees will have the opportunity to ask their toughest tax questions and gain practical insight from Joseph Smith, founder of TravelTax and TravelTax Canada.

Combining backgrounds in Accounting and Respiratory Therapy, Joseph understands the unique challenges travelers face because he lived them himself as a travel respiratory therapist. With decades of experience specializing in travel healthcare taxation, Joseph brings expert knowledge on topics such as tax homes, per diems, multi-state taxation, audits, duplicate expenses, compliance issues, and common traveler misconceptions.

Bring your questions and test your knowledge in this engaging, informative session designed to help travelers navigate tax season with greater confidence and clarity.

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Nonviolent Crisis Intervention® (CPI Certification)

TravCon is excited to announce the return of CPI Blue Card certification. We are welcoming certified instructors from the Crisis Prevention Institute (CPI) for this highly sought-after training. Widely required by hospitals and healthcare organizations, this evidence-based program equips caregivers with practical skills to safely de-escalate crisis situations and prevent harm. Participants will gain proven strategies used across major healthcare systems in the U.S. and Canada, while earning Continuing Education credits through IACET-supported programming. This additional certification course will be offered on Wednesday from 9am-4pm and participants will be awarded with their Blue Card and CE certificate after successfully completing the course.