mikealty

hmm.. so more than 2 years of experience would be better... would getting my BSN give me an edge over others? or would just being an RN be "good enough"?

i don't have my RN yet (just got excepted into school! :)) and my wife and i have been thinking about travel nursing for a few years if we liked it. i know i would need to get 1-2 years of experience first, but i still have some questions. 1) is it benificial (financially) to get your own housing? we are thinking of getting an airstream or the like to live out of. 2) has any one had trouble with young children? schooling for them, home schooling, doctors and all that? what are your thoughts on that. 3) how does the OT work? would i be allowed to pick up shifts anywhere in the hospitals or only in the department i was recruted for? 4) how does the license work out between states? do i need to switch to which ever state i am working in or does the company deal with that? thanks for your input! mike

Hi, As of yet i don't have any nursing degree. i know i will be going into nursing (hopefully next fall) and i have a lot of thoughts about going into the military. i have a wife and daughter (18mths) and i just need some information to help me figure out if i want to join or not. i don't know which branch i would join, but probably which ever i would have the least chances of deployment so i can stay with my family. so for those with experience, which branch would enable me to stay out of battle fields? i know i am (and i think my wife is) ok with out of country stations, so as long as we can all go im ok with it. also, which branch would i have the easiest time choosing the base i want to be stationed at, instead of them choosing for me? (from my cousins experience, he doesn't have much say in the army) im not looking for the basic info that i can find online, more about actual experiences. also, i was not thinking of joining before i got married, so my wife is not fully into the idea, but could be swayed if i really want to join. but any families out there go through a transition like this? civi marriage to military one? how was the transition? thanks for your time and thoughts! mike