Travelling with a family

[NeuroNP]

I'm a CVICU nurse in school to become an ACNP. Next summer will be my last one without classes and it just hit me it might be a good time to try a travel assignment. I've got a wife (stay at home mom) and two small kids (both under 4) so if I went anywhere, I'd want to be able to take them with me.

The reasons I'd like to try it are the money and experience. Our hospital gets slow in the summer and opportunities for OT dwindle. It'd be nice to get some extra $$. I'd love to go someplace really great to get some experience (we don't do transplants, and only a few VADs/ECMO). I'd even be ok if I wouldn't get to take those patients as a traveller, it'd be great to just get the exposure to it/ It'd be nice to get some time at a "name" hospital to put on a CV. I hope to go into CTICU as an NP in a few years when I'm done with school. If not a "name" place, it'd be nice to go someplace fun with the family, an extended vacation. (Or both?)

Is this possible? I don't know much about travelling except what most nurses know, the hearsay. Also, how does it work if you've got a job? I don't want to quit my job to go away for the summer and not have one to come back to. I need insurance and stuff (more for the family than for me). Can someone fill me in?

Thanks!

[travelerjulesRN]

I just started travel nursing this past spring with my husband and four boys, it's been an amazing experience and we love it. Message me if u have any questions. I would go with private insurance btw.

Good luck!

jules