travel nursing inquiry

You might get better response if you post this in the travel nursing specialty section.

What I do have to tell you, you probably won't like to hear. A travel nurse has to go into a facility and expect NO TRAINING-therefore, you have to be proficient in your specialty. This is why most of the travel nursing agencies will not consider you without a minimum of one year experience in a given specialty. Most want 2 years experience.

For your own sake, do not even think about travel nursing before you practice a year. You will understand what I am saying after you get your first job. The learning curve is too steep that first year and you will be stressed to the max.

Once you are comfortable as a nurse, try agency work (per diem/registry) to get a feel for having to go into a position without training. This will also get you aquainted with different equipment, various policy & procedure differences, commonalities, etc. it is an excellent way to train yourself for travel assignments.

Not a good idea to go into agency work as a new grad. Work a year on a med/surg floor, then per diem work. Agency work is difficult at times, so it can be too demanding of a new nurse without much experience. Good luck

Moved to the travel nurse forum for more responses