2 Questions about Travel Nursing (Fact or Myth)

[nursesarenice]

Hi,

I'm wondering if its true what I heard- travel nurses are not well liked at hospitals that work them because the permanent nurses see them as using the system and getting overpaid. Is that a myth? How is their relationship?

Also, I'm actually doing this research for my fiance....I'm a beginning airline pilot and I can live anywhere I want to live, however I'm based on the East coast (Virginia to be exact) which means I can commute to work for free on any airline. So what we're thinking is that my fiance could get a travel nurse job which means we could pay off our college loans faster and then after about 3 yrs worth of that she wants to go on to get her nurse pract. What would be great is if she could get a job based on the East coast, hopefully the Virginia area. Does that sound possible? She's a 4 yr RN (think ya'll call that a BSN?). Please help out, moneys very tight right now and this seems smart.

[hollykate]

I wanted to echo everyone saying at least 2 years of solid experience. In all the advertisements- they show these 20 something girls running off to have the time of their lives. I think most travel nurses are 30 somethings or older.

I am doing an assignment now, it is my first one, and I like it, but the orientation time is so fast, and a person has to be assertive- like to send a patient to the OR- we didn't do that in my orientation, so I have to find the charge and insist on some guidance- but I already KNOW how to send a patient to generic OR (gown only, IVs intact and in hand, consent form signed, or checklist etc etc), I just need to get forms from the charge and find out if there is any wierd things I gotta do to get them to this OR.

I had 3 years of experience before traveling, and sometimes I wonder if even that was enough.

:)