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I'm a brand new FNP. Just passed boards, interviewing this week for multiple positions. Background is paramedic, ER nursing, flight nurse, and now travel RN in the ER. I am really struggling with the financial aspect of this change. I am current...

Hello Nurse Beth, I'm a travel RN in CA and I have been working for KP on and off since 2019 but steadily for the last 2 years. If I took the EKG rhythm interpretation test for Kaiser permanent at orientation in November 2022 and had 3 months of...

With the healthcare staffing shortage never seeming to end, you've probably heard about travel nursing. There are probably even a few travel nurses floating around your unit. After hearing about the dreamy lifestyle and huge paychecks, maybe you're t...

Fellow nurses, I am glad I can post anonymous here, I need some feedback. I am a Nurse of many years, mostly hospital. I received 2 separate reprimands on my license. One for making a med error and giving a post-op patient pain med the pt had listed...

I have two years of ICU experience, and the past 18 months of that have been in a COVID-ICU. I had a severe allergic reaction to my first dose of moderna (major swelling of my face and tongue with extreme difficulty breathing. I rode via ambulance to...

Usually I am here hoping to offer advice, now I suppose I am here to seek it. So, little bit of background. I have been a nurse for, about 4 years. I started 1 year in a Stepdown/Telemetry Unit (Lvl III), then I did 1 1/2 years as a MICU/SICU float p...

Nomad Health Overview Travel nursing is Nomad's leading industry, but they also offer contract opportunities to various healthcare professionals, including Respiratory Therapists, Physical & Occupational Therapists, Speech Language Pathologis...

Travel nursing has become more popular since the COVID-19 pandemic. A variety of factors can be attributed to this shift, particularly the crisis pay we were seeing for an extended time. A lot that came with the initial waves of COVID is slowing down...

Travel nurses and future travelers- Where are you traveling to at this time with rates dropping?

With all that has happened during and after Covid, travel nurses have become the norm. I am struggling with the wide range of experience and behaviors. We have about 10 travelers on my unit right now and most (>80%), but there are a few that, quit...

I'm thinking of changing specialties to either ER or OR, but I love the travel nurse life. So many question here is for the OR nurses in the group- how long were you an OR nurse before traveling? And how much experience do you think is needed? ...

I signed an extension that was to begin mid-April at a hospital that's quite nice to work at. In my current "contract", I'm making a pretty good Covid pay rate and extended at a lower pay rate as we all knew that these high pay rates weren't going to...

So much false information surrounds travel nursing and the IRS. Some nurses believe they are cheating the IRS by receiving a housing stipend tax-free from their employers and it's only a matter of time before the IRS sends the police to lock them up....

I'm considering taking the leap into travel nursing! My question is regarding how your shifts tend to get scheduled - specifically, do you find yourself able to work three or four in a row if your want, or do your shifts often get split up? Is this s...

My fiancé may be getting a job in San Francisco and I struggle to believe we will be able to afford life there. I've looked into travel nursing in that area and see assignments from 2k-4k a week. How much of that money actually goes to you? does the ...

I am a Travel RN with Tele, M/S and Covid Stepdown experience. I love being a traveler but I am also trying to diversify my skill set and move into more critical areas of nursing. I always thought I would enjoy ICU, but these past few months I feel I...

Why are some states considering capping travel nurse pay?? What is the purpose? To help with the nursing shortage? I'm not sure if someone informed the decision makers that nurses left staff jobs due to low pay so lowering the travel pay will only ma...

I have often been asked what travel nursing is like and here is my answer: “Travel nursing is a wonderful, adventurous, lonely, miserable, exciting, stress-inducing job that is not for the faint at heart, but so fabulous!” I actually did say just tha...

Question - Is it too early for me to go per diem after being hired full time? If not, any advice on how to bring this up to the manager? Background/explanation - I am an ICU nurse with 1 yr experience. I just got hired full time at my current j...

I am in awe of what travel RN companies are currently paying. In my pre-NP life I traveled around the country doing assignments when I was young and single, it was fun but you definitely needed to know how to hit the ground running... Right now ...