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Dec 07, 2008 04:03 PM

Traveling along with husband, while caring for baby?!?


Hello all!

My husband will graduate from NS in 2010. I will graduate in 2011. We want to wait until I get a year of nursing experience, then he wants to venture out as a travel nurse.

Will it be bad for me to just travel with him and NOT work for a year. I don't want to work so that we can start our family and start traveling when the baby is a couple of months old...

Do you think this will look bad when we finally settle down after a year and I look for a permanent job?

PLEASE ADVISE


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No. 1
Old Dec 07, 2008, 04:16 PM

Default Re: Traveling along with husband, while caring for baby?!?
I'm not trying to be snotty, but why would he get a travel job and then drag along either a pregnant wife or a wife and infant?

Sounds like a lousy plan.
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from Spiderella
Old Dec 07, 2008, 04:20 PM

Default Re: Traveling along with husband, while caring for baby?!?
It might be a bit difficult getting a job after not working for a year, but it's totally doable, especially since you would already have some experience.

I took 2 years off to travel abroad a few years ago, and when i was ready to go permanent, I studied up and just hit up a few interviews. I explained the gap in my employment history as personal time off traveling abroad..u can explain urs saying you just got a baby.

You might have to settle for just doing med/surg or tele instead of a field that you are really trying to get into, at least for a while until you can transfer. It would be good if you signed up to do per diem at the places where you hubby is at, just to keep your skills up and your resume updated. Even if you only work a few shifts a month, it will still look like you are actively employed...just a thought.
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from FutureKYRN
Old Dec 07, 2008, 04:30 PM

Default Re: Traveling along with husband, while caring for baby?!?
Originally Posted by SuesquatchRN View Post
I'm not trying to be snotty, but why would he get a travel job and then drag along either a pregnant wife or a wife and infant?

Sounds like a lousy plan.
I actually WANT to travel along with him. This is our compromise to each other. I'm ready for a baby, and he wants to experience travel nursing... Plus we want to scout out a few areas that we may want to settle down in.
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No. 4
Old Dec 07, 2008, 04:32 PM

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That makes sense, now.

I like the idea of per diem days here and there to keep up your skills.

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from FutureKYRN
Old Dec 07, 2008, 04:32 PM

Default Re: Traveling along with husband, while caring for baby?!?
That's actually what I was thinking (per diem)... I was just worried about childcare... Our original plan was to do travel nursing TOGETHER, but I'm ready to start our family and am scared about childcare.. Should I be worried?
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No. 6
from FutureKYRN
Old Dec 07, 2008, 04:34 PM

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Would it be hard to find per diem positions while only being at a place for 13 weeks at a time? How would this work? Any ideas?
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No. 7
Old Dec 07, 2008, 04:39 PM

Default Re: Traveling along with husband, while caring for baby?!?
Future, a personal question, if I may.

It sounds as if you are aching for a baby. What about your husband? Is he?
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No. 8
from FutureKYRN
Old Dec 07, 2008, 04:45 PM

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He wants a family also... And said that he would wait on travel nursing.. I just know how much it means to him... I don't want to stand in the way of his dream, especially when I was planning on being a travel nurse along side him.. It's either travel with him or wait a year after we both travel and have a baby...
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No. 9
Old Dec 07, 2008, 04:48 PM

Default Re: Traveling along with husband, while caring for baby?!?
Well, I don't know how old you are, but why not travel for a year and then have the baby?

It certainly sounds as if you two love and support one another. Why not have an unfettered year of travelling together after the stress of nursing school? Not that a baby is a ball and chain, but it does limit the options.
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