LindseyRn5

I'm just starting out travel nursing (hopefully first assignment in September) and I'm a bit nervous. Did anyone else feel this way at the beginning or is it just me? How does scheduling work when you travel? Are you able to basically sign up for what you want or what the unit has available? How much traveling around and sight seeing are you able to do? Are you able to arrange your schedule so that you have time off to visit the locations you travel to? While looking around on craiglist and such at housing, can someone give me a ballpark of how much of a housing stipend you get a month? So I can decide if I would like to get my own or go with the companys. The company I'm going with has health care coverage up to 2 weeks after your assignment finishes. I would like more flexibility so I'm going to get my own health insurance. Is this a common thing for travelers to do? Tell me anything else I need to know! -Lindsey