Traveling Nurse Salary

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Hi! I am a nursing student in the RN program who will graduate this May. I am planning on becoming a traveling nurse after a year of working in Medsurge. Traveling nurse agencies advertise that they pay $75-$100 an hr. Is this accurate? In addiiton to that will they actually pay for stipends for housing, travel expenses and bonuses per each job? Can your family stay with you or would that cost me extra for housing expenses? I just wanted to see if it is all thar they advertise. Thanks for any comments form any traveling nurses out there!! I appreciate it! Kathy :coollook: Looking forward to traveling in the future!!

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That sounds pretty high... Like really high.

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I need to correct what i stated originally. Do they make $75-$100,000 per year? not $75-$100 per hour (that would be high) Thanks!

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I know a friend who use to recruit travel nurses. He told me they do get paid in that area which is significantly higher than typical on-staff nurses. And in the CA, the nursing shortage has supposedly forced hospitals to renew contracts repeated to the point where said nurses arnt even traveling anymore. Im still suspicious cause it sounds too good to be true, but it seems like a good alternative to NP if you just want a pay boost.

Another surprising thing he told me is that these agencies usually dont want NPs because its harder to insure them since they can prescribe meds.

Hope that helps.

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Thanks! I just have so much school debt that I thought the extra income if it is really correct would help. Forgive me, but what does NP mean? Thanks for your comment! Kathy

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Nurse Practitioner

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I haven't heard of base rates that high - but it might be possible for the very experienced with OT.

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Specializes in SNU/SNF/MedSurg, SPCU Ortho/Neuro/Spine.

what i can tell by reading posts is that it could be that high!!!

although that is incluiding your housing on that budget!!!

i heard that they will give you like 20-50 bucks an hour, plus another 25-50 for living expenses such as utilities, car, housing....!

you might want to rent an apartment el cheapo but not getto, even get a roomate!!! so you can save your "bill money"

i also heard that there is a tax break for the housing portion!

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