Travel Nursing Without Being Fully Vaccinated?

[Ape1990, BSN]

Question for travel nurses out there.

I would like to start traveling in the next couple of months, I have almost 6 years worth of experience in Med-Surg/PCU and Preoperative nursing. I have done charge, nights/days, weekends a little bit of everything. I am concerned that because I am not fully vaccinated that will hinder me. I got Moderna dose 1 last year and had an awful allergic reaction. I have paresthesia in my extremities and face that last for months after my dose. My primary care doctor was like your are not getting the second dose! I was pretty bummed because I was excited to see a light at the end of the tunnel with the vaccines! I still have some residual tingling here and there but is has definitely approved from last year. Everyone I talk to is like naw you are not getting any COVID vaccine. I think my doctors were concerned for GBS so I have to stay away from until there is a new development that is not DNA or RNA. With that being said, I have a medical exemption for the hospital I work at now, how will this translate if I want to travel? I wanted to know if hospitals are allowing medical exemptions for the COVID vaccine for travelers. It is not like I don't want to get it, I can't. Does anyone have any info on this??

Thanks,

From your fellow partially vaccinated nurse ?

[NedRN]

Can't comment on that specifically, but you are competing for assignments against fully vaccinated travelers. Why not get the J&J vaccine? That would qualify you as fully vaccinated.The Moderna vaccine component you almost certainly reacted to is not present in the J&J. I would agree that you shouldn't get a second dose of any mRNA vaccine.

You could also see if you are positive for antibodies. If so, that plus a negative PCR test may pass muster with hospital health departments.