Traveling nursing help, please

[Nursie89]

Hey everyone,

I am 27 years old and have been an LPN going on 5 years. As of recent, I've been researching about and really want to do traveling nursing. I have talked to a few friends who have done this, and they loved every minute of it, mostly for the experience of traveling itself. I have talked to one nursing agency called Aereus and they want to take me on board. They pay for all living expenses, travel ( hotels, gas etc while going from location to location), give me 75$ for food weekly, all utilities, full furnished apartments but want to pay me only 18.50, but didn't seem too too bad seeing they pay for allot. My question is does anyone know of a traveling nursing agency from personal experience they they loved and if anyone could share insight with me. Like what I should be looking for and questions to ask when talking to these agency's? I am so excited to go but Just don't want to go with the first agency that will hire me. A little help please :)

[sirI, MSN, APRN, NP]

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Thread moved to Travel Nursing forum for best response.

[NedRN]

Welcome! Read a few threads in this forum. Your question gets asked at least weekly.

[acuriousLPN]

Look into other companies that utilize LPN's as travelers. In my personal experience with traveling the pay they are offering is a bit low including all of the expenses that they state they cover. The best thing to do is educate yourself and find a company that is going to work best for you.