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I am considering taking a traveling job. I have been interested in traveling since I became a nurse. I have been a nurse for 3 years. In that time I have worked approx. 18 months in the OR (main OR and ambulatory surgery), I have spent 1 year on a telemetry/IMC unit, and I am currently 9 months into a home health job where I am a field nurse/case manager of 35-40 patients.

My question is: Is any of this enough experience in a particular specialty to travel? I obviously have the most experience in the OR and, to be honest, would rather return to that. I haven't worked in the OR in about 9 months though. Perhaps I would be a little rusty? I catch on quickly to any job though. I also might not mind traveling with home health. Has anybody out there done that?

Any help would be greatly appreciated!

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Typically they will require 12 of the past 36months working in said dept. I believe working a Home Health travel job would be tough as it would be a new an unfamiliar city/town you would be driving around.

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Specializes in Paramedic,ER, House Supervisor, OR, CVOR.

If you enjoy the OR and can get back into it for a bit you might have a chance. If you can Scrub and Circulate it is much better. Problem I'm running into right now is that places are waiting till the last minute to post their needs and then want somone to be there the very next week. There is a job that I would really like to have but I can't be there for a few more weeks. Just interviewed last Thursday. Said they would call me "Monday" with an answer (if they could wait for my current job to end). Didn't call. I enjoy the travel, new places and new experiences but don't care for the finding the next position all that much.

Rod

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