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[mickeydickeydog]

I am a nursing student and I'm in the last semester of school. Right now I am doing my precepting at the local hospital, it has been fun and interesting. One of the things that is required of me is to post a question that I have and get some feed back on it. One of the things that I am curious about is the travelling nurse. I know a person that does this every third or so weekend and she makes a lot of money for this. I guess I don't understand why these places are so willing to pay upwards of $100/hr when there are nurses there or is the shortage that great?

[Thunderwolf, MSN, RN]

Moved to Travel Nursing forum.

[NephroBSN, BSN, RN]

I am a nursing student and I'm in the last semester of school. Right now I am doing my precepting at the local hospital, it has been fun and interesting. One of the things that is required of me is to post a question that I have and get some feed back on it. One of the things that I am curious about is the travelling nurse. I know a person that does this every third or so weekend and she makes a lot of money for this. I guess I don't understand why these places are so willing to pay upwards of $100/hr when there are nurses there or is the shortage that great?

Please be sure you've got your facts straight.. Many nurses embellish their compensation. Although it does depend on the situation, the area of the country, the speciality, etc. I would seriously question $100/hour though..

Besides working some where every third weekend or so is not traveling nursing. It's considered agency. A horse of a different color. Might be a $100 an hour but I'd have to see the pay stub to believe it.