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As an experienced RN, BSN with pre- and post-COVID travel nursing experience, I have worked with multiple travel nurse agencies and many hospitals in multiple states as a contracted intensive care unit (ICU) nurse. Through my first-hand travel nurse ...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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?
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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....
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I’ve been loyal to a well-known and reputable travel company for 2 years, only taking contracts with them. So needless to say, I’ve gotten to know my recruiter well.
My last contract... I did not extend; and it ended in November. The extension ...
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Hi everyone! I'm hoping someone can give me some advice. I'm a first time travel nurse going to NY to help with the crisis. After speaking to a few agencies, I decided to go with a smaller one that was able to work with me on preferences and pay. T...
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Long story short, after being married for 24 years with 4 children, I unexpectedly and very quickly found myself a single Mom this year. So now post divorce I find myself with absolutely no retirement to speak of and I am looking for a fresh start a...
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Hi Nurse Beth, I'm a nurse in L&D. I started as a new grad and have close to a year's experience now. I work in a unit with a high turnover in both staff nurses and leadership. There's a lot of instability, we are frequently understaffed yet ther...
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Hi everyone! I am looking for some insight..I work as a staff member at a LTC/SKILLED facility, and I also travel with a staffing agency. The agency I work for has no work locally so I travel at least an hour. I receive a flat rate that is pretty dec...
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Dear Nurse Beth, I have the unforeseeable dilemma of which job do I pursue? I have a travel nursing recruiter that I had contacted a couple months ago about possibly taking a travel assignment over the Summer, who now has a high paying assignment in ...
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Hello: I have been interested in travel nursing for a while. I was wondering if anyone had any recent experiences with Aya Healthcare? I see they weren't getting such great reviews, but in the past year, it seems maybe there were some management ch...
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Travel nursing is a personally and financially rewarding way to immerse yourself in different cities while gaining professionally valuable skills and work experience. But if you’re a first-time traveler, the list of required documents can be overwhel...
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I know I have a previous post that discusses this, but I’m flat out asking, are any travelers in NYC seeing their contracts get cancelled?
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Hey Everyone, I’ve been a nurse for about a year and six months working in the intensive care unit . I’ve decided in the new year to begin travel nursing, I put in my resignation about a week ago , and the offer I’ve been given has made me have secon...
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As a travel nurse, I'm heavily involved in the community. I scour the facebook groups, LinkedIn posts, and of course, the Allnurses forum. I started travel nursing nearly two years ago and I never want to stop. It's the first time in my nursing caree...
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The concept of travel nursing began as a solution to provide additional nurses to areas/hospitals experiencing a nursing shortage. Over the years this has become a very popular option for those wanting to change locations and assignments regularly an...
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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...
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I'm an RN, and I've worked primarily agency for the past 10 years. I had to take 18 months off due to IVF and low WBC count. I'm healthy now, and looking for work. I'm originally from Detroit, but own a home and live in Florida now. I want to go back...
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Working in psychiatry as a nurse is a challenge, to say the least. As a travel nurse, it is possible to take a new contract every 2-3 months which means 4 new employee orientations a year. Yikes! Being THE new nurse is not easy. How To Make Teamwork...
