NICU travel nursing

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Hey guys! I'm actually returning a call to a recruiter tmrw to find out more info, but thought I'd get the lowdown here from people personally.

i have 1 yr 10 months experience in med/surg and about 1 yr 2 mos in NICU.

i want to travel for NICU jobs though, not med-surg.

Do I have enough experience? Even if I do according to the agency/traveling hospitals standards, is it even a good idea or should I get more experience prior to traveling?

also, would I get the low key assignments as a traveler or would I get to keep building on my experience with complex patients?

While I guess I'm willing to stay longer for experience, I'm really hoping it'll work in my favor not to as life has handed me lemons: went thru a breakup and am still posted up in the town I moved to for the ex bf, and have no family or close friends here, so I'd really like to leave, and hopefully take my first assignment close to home so I can be near the ones I love during this rough time, but want to do what is in my best interest career wise too.

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Ps if I DO end up traveling, prior to leaving I def plan on asking for as many diverse/challenging assignments I can as to build up my experience as much as I can.

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Two years specialty experience is always best. You can certainly improve your clinical skills traveling, but you need a good foundation first. Even though most NICUs are unlikely to give their toughest babies to a traveler.

What level NICU is your unit? Do you know what you don't know? I'd ask just that last question in the NICU nursing forum for other NICU nurse thoughts - it is a great title for a new thread.

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Level 3 NICU

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Then you may know what you don't know.

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