Student wanting to look at all options

You're options as an RN are wide open, so moving is definately an option available to you. I've heard the NE and Western USA have the best salaries and the SE have the worst, but a lot of that is relative to the cost of housing, etc.

I would settle down somewhere if I were you and work a year or so to get confidence and experience. Travel assignments are typically three to six months and require a lot of skill, flexibility to float to different units and experience. Usually they get maybe one day orientation to their new unit and are off and running on their own. Some agencies don't hire new grads. So find yourself a good hospital with a good preceptorship before traveling, imo.

Many hospitals reimburse travel expense and offer sign on bonuses. The hospital I currently work at reimbursed me the expense of shipping my furniture from north carolina, which was only $800.00 at the time.

Thank you for your information. it was very helpful

I agree with third shift guy...get at least a year's experience first if you want to go into travel nursing. If you end up liking peds, then comebine peds and cardio on a specialty unit. To do international nursing: get the BSN first aand by then you will have moire experience. Learn the language and the customs of the country to which you plan to travel. Since many countries to not spend the $ that we in the US do toward healthcare technology, be prepared NOT to say 'At home' or 'In the USA we use a xxx or do it this way'. When working in a foreign country you need to share your knowledge from a different platform and be resourceful and inventive with the supplies and tech stuff that the country has. I worked in Germnay many yrs ago and had a wonderful time.