Have some traveling questions.

NedRN · Sep 14, 2014

A travel assignment is stand alone. You can do one every ten years if you want to. If you are limited to local assignments only, I would suggest you call local hospitals to find openings. They can tell which agencies they use, or if you can work per diem or a contract directly for them.

LauraRN14 · Sep 15, 2014

Thank you for your response. I was just wondering if anyone else had done it this way, staying around home during the school year and going further once the kids are out for the summer. Do you know if all the agencies do 8 week assignments or just certain ones?

NedRN · Sep 15, 2014

Any agency will do 8 weeks if the hospital requests it. Sometimes a hospital will be willing per traveler request even though they wanted longer. Often the agency has to have a higher bill rate for shorter assignments so the hospital may balk.

wanderlust99 · Sep 16, 2014

No, but have a friend who does per diem during the year, travels for a 3 month contract during the summer. Sounds like a good gig if you can get a hospital to keep you on during your travel assignments.

HikingNinja, BSN, MSN, DNP, RN, APRN, NP · Sep 16, 2014

What about camp nursing? Free summer camp for the kids and a different location for you. I think there is a section on allnurses. But you have to be comfortable doing first aid kinda stuff with kids.

NedRN · Sep 16, 2014

And comfortable with low pay!

Azariahjoe · Oct 24, 2014

Yeah sure i guess you should be going for it, i am totally supported for it. The basic thing is when i experienced something like buses from nyc to indianapolis i didn't know about it. But now because i have seen how goodly this profession goes a lot can really be done through it.