Re: Newer RN...Need your opinion
You could do agency nursing, but I would really encourage you to take a regular staff job somewhere for a while before doing travel nursing, even if it's only for 6 months. The reason I say this is that I don't know how solid you could be in your skills with only 9 months of floor work especially considering that you haven't done it for a while. 6 months really isn't a long time, it's basically 2 travel contracts. It would be well worth it IMO.
As a traveller you are expected to just show up and work with very little orientation. My orientation at one hospital was 3 hours about the paperwork and then "That's Angie, ask her if you have any questions" and they gave me my patient assignment. That's really hard when you aren't completely confident in your skills. This is the reason most companies and most hospitals require more than one year of experience. Those that don't probably aren't too nice to work in (meaning they are so desperate for staff that they'll take anybody).
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