Travel nursing or permanent MS job in Florida?

[Mimium, ASN, RN]

Hi all,

I’m a nurse who’s working in a level 1 trauma center in New England on a med-surg floor. I’m coming up on two years of experience this February. Recently COVID has gotten pretty bad considering New Hampshire has the most COVID case per capita and we aren’t getting any new nurses anymore (and the ones we do get end up quitting). My mental health has been declining because of work stress and I have pretty bad seasons depression so I’m looking to moving to a warmer climate. I’m looking into Florida…specifically the Miami or Orlando area. 
 

I was wondering what is better a travel nurse gig or being a full time employee? I’m a bit nervous to do the travel nurse thing because I’m not sure if I’m “good enough.” The floor I currently work on is pretty acute (we have patients on insulin and dilt gtts and high flow along with the demented dump patients) but we have a lot of support. Our current ratios are 5-6:1 but we have LPNs and float RNs to help with the med passes. We also have an IV team and phlebotomists so I’ve never had to any of that myself. We’re also lucky enough to have separated the COVID patients from our floor so I’ve never had to take care of them either. 
 

I’m deliberating which one is more stressful because I know that hospital admin treats their permanent staff like garbage so I’d like to travel and at least get paid more if I’m skilled enough. Any thoughts or suggestions would be appreciated ❤️

#travelnursing #florida #medsurg

~Mimium

[bluescrubs, ADN, ASN, RN]

Nursing in general is stressful. Right now I'm on a med-surg/tele floor on a travel contract. Whether you're a travel nurse or permanent staff you're going to do the same work. Might as well get paid 2-3X's the amount. I recommend travel to anybody that is able to. Florida pay sucks and housing is expensive here.