Travel nursing vs agency

[RNJD77]

Hello travel world!

I have a question concerning travel nursing.I've been lookingg into travel nursing and really am considering quitting my full-time job to go into travel.I've done some PRN neurosurgery on the side but I've recently am doing some agency work and i find that with agency assignments they throw you out there and usually sent you to some of the worst traumatizing hospitals (hence why they need agency!) and its either only LTAC places or hospitals that need to close down, since not enough staff will deal with that full time and I feel going to some of these places you risk your license?.I want to ensure that there is a difference between agency and travel before I make this switch I want to ensure I'm protected from the craziness.Does travel only send you to only crappy hospital thats so disorganized such as local agency companies? Or are they more organized?Will they always require orientation rather than thrown you out there? And are you assigned to one unit? The thing selling me with travel is that your assignment is to once space for at least a few months so you can learn the system vs agency where you go to random facilities?What are questions I can ask these hospitals when accepting assignments to ensure I'm not ganna be in some bafoonary! Thanks!

[NedRN]

The reasons that hospitals require supplementary help run a full gamut of pregnancy leave to seasonal needs to a scarcity of nursing schools. Sometimes bad hospitals. You can always inquire of both the agency and during the hospital interview why they are short handed. Even if you are misled, it is only 13 weeks!