What do you NOT like about travel nursing?

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Hello everyone!

I'm just wondering what negatives there are to travel nursing. I've heard so many great things about it, but haven't heard much about the negatives. Are there any?

Thanks for reading!!

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Lack of stability.

On your own a lot.

Makes resume look odd.

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Thank you Diary/Dairy!

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You're welcome! :D

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Specializes in PCU/Tele.

Packing and unpacking...actually, that is not so bad. The part I dread is the loading and unloading of the car.

I also hate the helpless feeling I get when I know I should be able to find whatever it is I 'm looking for, and common sense tells me it should be here in this spot, next to the doo-ma-flotchies....and time is slipping away while I'm stuck staring at a wall full of various thingy-ma-bobs. Then someone comes along, senses my frustration, and says ...oh, we keep it here (right here next to my nose).

While I'm at it....pre-assigned computer access codes. oh my. How many numbers is my poor brain supposed to remember! I find myself typing in access codes and/or passwords from the last assignment, or from 2 years ago...

And seriously, if that is all there is that I don't like, then cheers!

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Specializes in Paramedic,ER, House Supervisor, OR, CVOR.

I agree with not liking the packing/unpacking, loading and unloading. I am in that process of that right now. Also trying to pack up the house so I can put it up forsale this fall. Now if I can find just the right RV.

Rod

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Specializes in ED, ICU, PACU.

Being treated like I am some lower form of existance from some staff.

Having to prove myself usually amounts to having to take on 3 times the amount of work given to staff.

Always hearing "you make the big bucks."

Missing my husband's birthday (today) because I could not get enough time off to visit-time off requests are usually reserved for staff.

Having to work all the holidays, unless I am in between contracts.

Being expected to be a mind reader.

Expected to "hit the ground running"-pseudonym for 'you aren't going to get an orientation and you are expected to be a mind reader"

Trying to remember names because of always being asked "who told you THAT...?"

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I agree with packing and unpacking. Paying and processing for the other state license and adjusting to the new place. No internet for a while is a big thing for me! (I can live not to watch TV for weeks). If you travelled for a while, it shouldn't be a big deal.

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Specializes in OB.

Been traveling almost 12 years now and while I really don't mind the unpacking - kind of enjoy settling in - I still HATE packing up. I am fully convinced that while I am at work my belongings are breeding! I know I brought it all here in my truck, know I didn't buy anything (well, not much....)and it never wants to go back in the same place it came out of.

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Specializes in PCU/Tele.

I love it! Now that I know my things are breeding, it all makes sense!

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Specializes in OB.
I love it! Now that I know my things are breeding, it all makes sense!

Explains a lot doesn't it? By the way - did you know that ball point pens are the larval form of wire coat hangers? Think about all the pens that "disappear" and that no one ever buys wire coat hangers - but everyone finds them in their closet......hmmmm....

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Specializes in Home Health.

Forgetting to bring something more than once.

not sleeping in my bed everynight

lockers are for staff only

not knowing which doctor is going to bite your head off for calling him

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