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Good points Ned; like I said, primary reason for travel nursing would be the ability to work more when I want and to be home when I need to. I doubt if I would earn enough working part time to have to worry much about taxes anyway :) But it is nice to know that duplicate expenses would possibly be covered as well...I can live and travel very cheaply, that's why I say a stipend might be to my advantage. Except in Seattle, the cost of living is comparably high there, altho nothing like SF or NYC! Maybe at some point I could travel farther out. I've already been to all the lower 48 states, many major US cities and 8 other countries (soon to be 11 after upcoming vaca!) I do like to travel! I used to have a friend who did travel nursing; she hardly ever would go out and do any exploring, just would go to work, back to her apartment, then work again. Don't understand that, I would be out and about, sightseeing.

Thank you both for your replies; I find it encouraging that other people do just a couple of assignments yearly! I checked into per diem, but unfortunately not available locally so far. I have a home and acreage that I enjoy taking care of, which is why I'd like to just work a bit during the winter months. And I have animals that I would not be able to take with me, so kind of limiting - I'd like to be able to go home on my days off. Time (scheduling and travel time) are a priority to me, less than say money is. Altho I must say the stipend thing sounds attractive and might work to my advantage. Sounds like good advice about the tax issue, I'd definitely have my advisor look at that! After your replies I feel like I can contact some companies without being afraid they'd laugh me out of the office :) I wouldn't mind travelling further afield because I love to travel, take trips as often as I can. But can't right now In a few months when my chores are caught up and I'm back from vacation I'll probably contact some companies (and this forum!) for more info. Thanks again - great forum.

Hi All, First time posting here, like many others I'm thinking of travelling. Am wondering how realistic it is to only want to do 1 or 2 assignments per year, during the winter months? I've been a nurse since 1985 and I'm trying to partially retire (YEA!) I don't know how an agency would feel about that... Also, ideally, I would like to stay fairly close to home, maybe 6 hours away. I'm in central Washington state, so that would certainly include Seattle. I wouldn't mind going into Oregon and Idaho. I suppose an agency would prefer more flexibility? I'm most familiar with telemetry, but would be able to do medsurg as well. So not exactly a high demand specialty area, which may be a further limitation. What do you think? Might there be something out there for me? Or do I need to lower my expectations?