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Any travel nurses out there that would like to share some info with me?

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Specializes in MICU, SICU, PACU, Travel nursing.

You may want to specify what type of info you are looking for:)

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Specializes in all kinds- intensive care my most.

i was a travel nurse for 3 years. i needed a break from my current job (10 years). it was a wonderful experience for me. there are many good sides, new experiences, new friends, freedom from "politics" at the job. there is also some bad sides, being the new guy all the time, not "belonging" with staff, no sense of ownership. i am currently a hospital employee at the last travel assignment i took. I stayed because of my fellow staff members and the hospital. be glad to talk more if you want.

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Specializes in Corrections, neurology, dialysis.

Have you looked at the travel nursing folder on this site?

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Specializes in all kinds- intensive care my most.

no i havent, but i will. thanks.

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the folder on here is good for some basic info on peoples experience with travel nursing, but ask anyone who you might work with now that might have been a travel nurse. A couple girls I work with have considered it, and some have completed a couple years. They gave me a lot of good pros and cons. One thing they really told me was do it while your young and have the ability to move so frequently, as well as find a good agency to project you.

Best of luck,

Im considering it in a couple years!

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Specializes in OB.
Any travel nurses out there that would like to share some info with me?

Been a traveler for 12 years now. If you have specific questions I'd be glad to try and answer them or refer you to someone who can.

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Specializes in Hospice.

Hi

My husband and I are a travel nurse team. Honestly, I don't think I would have done it alone. I enjoy the new experiences, meeting new folks and the travel.

What kinds of things are you wanting to know?

Dianne

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I'm curious about how much experience most travel nurse agencies require? Are there certain fields that are more common in travel nursing? What is the most common?

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They want a year in any one area. I've traveled since 2002 on and off- it's a great change,you don't have to get involved in the politics, you meet great people and the ones that hate how much I make I share the $$ and all the tax write off and then they try to travel also-I love it and want to do psych in vegas or close by because my sister is out there and she is ill

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