Is my license on the line?

OrganizedChaos, LVN · Sep 22, 2015

Is it an agency job? If it's an agency job remember that you will not be trained and your license is on the line..

Don't worry about what that poster said. Since you will be a new grad be more concerned about working a full time job & gaining experience. You can't work as an agency/travel nurse for at least 2 years.

But it is true travel nurses aren't trained, that is why agencies don't take nurses unless they have 2+ years of experience. You are thrown on the floor with 2 days of orientation of the unit & that is it. As far as losing your license, no. You are not any more likely to lose your license than compared to working a regular, full time job.

Also the likelihood of losing your license at all is very small. But you should invest in malpractice insurance.

NedRN · Sep 22, 2015

Your license should not be in jeopardy as long as you practice within your limits. Refuse to do stuff you don't know how to do, or cannot do safely. Prioritize your work. Yes, if you are a new grad, you would be showing very poor judgement to start off working for an agency, as would the agency, and their clients.

Argo · Sep 22, 2015

I want to rephrase what a prior comment said on this thread "travel nurses aren't trained". Travel Nurses are trained but they are trained through gaining experience in the field through years of working as a staff member of a hospital and further in a specialty.

Travel nurses are not given an orientation like a staff nurse. You are expected to be trained already. Being trained is different than being educated and getting your RN license. Being oriented to the hospital and unit are different than being trained......

If you are already trained and have the skill set for the job that you sign a contract for you should have nothing to worry about. At least nothing more than you would working anywhere else.