Travel Floor Rn vs Travel Critical Care RN

[skaiser]

Hello Nurses!

I'm debating doing travel nursing. I'm a RN on a Neuro medsurg unit and have been working for a year. I really want to do travel nursing. I'm wondering if I should wait to do traveling after I've worked in Critical Care for a year, or if I should apply as a Floor RN. I have a friend who is a CC RN doing traveling and she says its better to be a CC first. I'm wondering if anyone is a Floor Rn traveler, or if anyone has done both. What are your thoughts? Thanks for your help!

[ronchelednik]

Their is something wonderful about traveling. We loved it. Many companies are looking for 2 years experience though. Being in a place for just 13 weeks and moving on keeps you away from all that garbage that unfortunately nurses face all to much being stuck in a unit.

[skaiser]

Their is something wonderful about traveling. We loved it. Many companies are looking for 2 years experience though. Being in a place for just 13 weeks and moving on keeps you away from all that garbage that unfortunately nurses face all to much being stuck in a unit.

Were you on Critical Care units? or general medsurg units?

Thanks for responding!

[ronchelednik]

Wife has done both. Me, I'm a retired business owner and go for the ride in suport. But now we are not traveling, wife is back in school to be a FNP while working in ICU.