Hi all, I really need an opinion from people who've done travel nursing....
This is my current situation.. I have a 9a-5pm PACU job a small brand new Heart hospital, There are only 2 PACU nurses, and the only patients we recover are AV grafts, Fem Pops, and some EP Ablations, TEE's and Cardioversion patients. The hearts and thoracotomies go straight to the CVICU. On our busiest day we have 4 -5 patients. I mean, it's a really sweet job,:1luvu: especailly the fact that it's just two nurses and so less people to butt heads with. The whole hospital is very clean and the management is very nurse friendly, i mean even on the Tele floor the maximum patient load is 4 patients,even at night, most of the time they have 3 patients. ( I do pick up extra shifts in tele during the weekends).
My question is, i have a project that i'm working on that will cost me abut $90,000 over the next 12 months, i've been seriously considering travel nursing so i can make $ 8000-10,000/ month including overtime ( I was considering California, or local contracts) I could do tele or Pacu if available. Right now i make a net of $3500.month for 40hrs per week, with ot on weekends i can net $ 5397 for an extra 12hr weekend shift, or $ 7274.00 if i work both saturday and Sunday, i can do without straining too much coz my week days are soo easy.
I was thinking travel nursing would be a good idea coz i can make more with less days of work coz i could work 12 hr shifts.
I don't have kids, so even though 9-5 is a great shift, for me, financially, it doesn't seem very good financially, coz i can't work much OT.
I guess my main question is, is it worth the risk to leave my current job that i really like, in hope of making more money as a traveler or contract RN????
Please give me your opinions, feel free to email me too.
Well, in addition to how much we usually make, how much extra do you have to make to cover your own living expenses?? It seems like a good plan, but maybe you need some more time to get things ready before moving ahead with it....Good luck to you! :)
Actually, on the project i have a really awesome deal, coz my dad does the same thing and he's now 55 so he's retiring and will be managing our projects full time. ( my sister is building too) He's also managing the construction etc, all i have to do is to send the money. Obviously he's doing it to help us establish ourselves financially, so for now we don't have to pay him anything, but once the apartments are done and occupied, we'll probably have to pay him something, we're trying to see if we should use a property management company, or if my dad can be the property manager and take the 10% from total rents.....Which is what the management companies charge..
By the way my home country is Kenya.The project is in one of the suburbs of Nairobi, the capital city.
Diary/Dairy, RN
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Well, in addition to how much we usually make, how much extra do you have to make to cover your own living expenses?? It seems like a good plan, but maybe you need some more time to get things ready before moving ahead with it....Good luck to you! :)