malkburt

Hey everyone! I need advice. Travel nursing has always been in the back of my mind since I started my career. I have subscribed to several sites and receive emails from recruiters quite a bit. I usually just ignore them because of my apprehensiveness to leave my job, afraid "the grass isn't greener on the other side" so to speak. I have started to really become serious about moving somewhere new this summer. Currently, I live in Indianapolis. My bf and I broke up last year and several of my friends are leaving Indy for their career or relationships. I think this would be the ideal time to experience travel nursing but I do love (at times) my current job and change tends to scare me enough to never follow through with it. Here is a little about my job, experience, etc. - My unit is CVPV (cardiovascular peripheral vascular) and we take care of pts who have had any heart surgery, peripheral vascular surgery, or thoracic surgery. We also are VAD & transplant certified and care for pts with fresh/readmitted ventricular assist devices or heart transplants. - It's not considered ICU but many of the pts are on our floor post op day 1 or 2 - I have had experience with many drips (heparin, insulin, Lasix, nitro, amio, cardizem, protonix, and others) - The hospital I work at is a magnet hospital and my unit has 24 beds. Usually take care of 3 pts on a good night and 4 when we are short staffed. - I have my BSN and have been working as a RN for almost 3 years. I am still working where I was first hired - I am ACLS and BLS certified as well as VAD trained. - I have been precepting new nurses for over a year and started as a charge nurse 6+ months ago. I guess I am looking for advice on travel nursing experiences and chances of being hired with the experience I have. I work on a unit that I have a hard time finding when searching jobs and wonder if other hospitals have the same type of unit or of maybe a different type of unit would be a good change?? I would greatly appreciate any type of advice or shared experiences. Thank you, Mallory