Anyone use travel nursing as a way to relocate?

My husband and I are looking to move out of state. Neither of us work for companies that we can transfer our jobs to another state so we would both have to find new jobs once we get to our destination. Is it odd to take on one traveling assignment to get to the area we are looking at? Also we have a 1yr old daughter we'd be taking along too so we would need a larger apartment. Would we be able to stay in that apartment until we found a more permanent residence or would we have to leave the minute my assignment is over?