TaleMed is committed to making all healthcare employees the best they can be in their field. To do this, TaleMed wants to be the resource that evaluates and provides the best source for answers and direction. For 2010 we had over 300 websites provide information or had outside medical professionals provide information for consideration. All of these sites were carefully evaluated, audited for accurate and accessible information. The following websites rankings were based on the following five criteria:

· Accuracy
· Accessibility
· Variety of Information
· Usefulness
· Ability to meet needs

The websites were broken down into 10 different categories by an independent panel. The categories were as follow:

· Nursing News and Resources
· Traveling Nurse Trends and Resource
· Travel Resources
· Social Networks
· Educational Resources
· Hospital News and Information
· Financial
· Weather Resources
· Living/Housing
· Equipment and Supplies


The panel was composed of medical travel employees, hospital staff and technology professionals and after the detailed evaluation TaleMed has selected the top five resource per category and for this they have been named TaleMed’s BEST for 2010 “Resource Excellence Award”.

If you have any questions, feedback or would like to be considered for the 2011 Resource Excellence Award please contact us atinfo@talemed.com. We here at TaleMed are always open for suggestions to other links to help traveling nurses get the best and most accurate information available. We hope you find our 2010 list useful to you and your career and be sure to always look for the quality award seal from TaleMed to receive the most accurate information available.

Nursing News and Resources
Nurse.com (www.nurse.com)
Nursing Center (www.nursingcenter.com)
Nursys (www.nursys.com)
Discover Nursing (www.discovernursing.com)
Nurse Licensure Compact Administrators (www.ncsbn.org)

Traveling Nurse Trends and Resources
Healthcare Traveler (www.healthcaretraveler.com)
Highway Hypodermics (www.highwayhypodermics.com)
PAN Travelers (www.pantravelers.org)
Travel Nursing Central (www.travelnursingcentral.com)
Travel Nursing Headquarters (www.travelnursinghq.com)

Travel Resources
10Best (www.10best.com)
Travelocity (www.travelocity.com)
AAA (www.aaa.com)
Statravel (www.statravel.com)
Brave New Traveler (www.bravenewtraveler.com)

Social Networks
Nursing Link (www.nursinglink.monster.com)
AllNurses (www.allnurses.com)
Medical Mingle (www.medicalmingle.com)
Healthcare Travel Book (www.healthcaretravelbook.com)
Nurse Zone (www.nursezone.com)

Educational Resources
CEU Professor Online (www.ceuprofessoronline.com)
National League for Nursing (www.nln.org)
Nurse CEU (www.nurseceu.com)
RN (www.rn.org)
World Wide Learn (www.worldwidelearn.com)

Hospital News/Information
National Hospital (www.nationalhospital.com)
AHD (www.ahd.com)
Hospital Jobs Locator (www.hospitaljobslocator.com)
Nursyz (www.nursyz.com)
Healthcare Reviews (www.healthcarereviews.com)

Financial Networks and Information
Advance Salary Calculator (www.health-care-jobs.advanceweb.com/Salary)
Bankrate (www.bankrate.com)
State W4 (www.statew4.com)
IRS (www.irs.gov)
Travel Tax (www.traveltax.com)

Weather Resources
Weatherbug (www.weatherbug.com)
Intellicast (www.intellicast.com)
Accuweather (www.accuweather.com)
Yahoo Weather (www.yahoo.weather.com)
Wunderground (www.wunderground.com)

Living/Housing Info
Homes for Healthcare Travelers (www.homesforhctravelers.com)
Apartment Ratings (www.apartmentratings.com)
Openunits (www.openunits.com)
Travel Nurse Express (www.travelnurseexpress.com)
Housing for Travel Nurses (www.housingtravelnurses.com)

Equipment Resources
Advance Healthcare Shop (www.shop.advanceweb.com)
Allheart (www.allheart.com)
MSEC (www.medical-supplies-equipment-company.com)
Jasco by Allheart (www.jascouniform.com)
Redding Medical (www.reddingmedical.com)