| Due to the nationwide nursing shortage, LPN travel | | | | you'll probably make more than what you are used to |
| nursing is now a more realistic option than ever before. | | | | from non-travel jobs. You might even make enough to |
| In the past, travel nursing agency recruiters mainly | | | | pay for your RN certification schooling. |
| focused on registered nurses, as RNs were in much | | | | · Job functions and shifts: When starting at a new |
| greater demand among hospitals in need of qualified | | | | facility, traveling RNs begin on the low end when it |
| help. But more recently, especially in light of the budget | | | | comes to seniority. But in many cases, they still have |
| woes that have hit many hospitals, some facilities are | | | | the advantage of being more qualified than the LPNs, |
| cutting costs by opting to employ the minimum number | | | | which means they often get to pick and choose their |
| of RNs while having LPNs perform more of the work. | | | | shifts and job functions to a certain extent. As a travel |
| Although this makes LPN travel nursing much more | | | | LPN, you'll be the lowest person on the totem pole at |
| feasible, it's not quite so simple. All of the great things | | | | your new facility. Some LPNs don't mind working odd |
| you've heard about traveling nursing being a great | | | | shifts and performing unpopular job functions, but if you |
| opportunity are true for RNs, but, as with many | | | | like to have some control over these things, traveling |
| nursing-related opportunities, the news isn't as great for | | | | nursing might not be the best course. |
| LPNs. If you're considering entering the travel nursing | | | | · Experience: One great thing about working as a |
| game, let's look at some of the issues you might face. | | | | travel nurse is that it helps give you the experience |
| · Pay: For starters, traveling LPNs don't make as | | | | you need to move up in your field. Whether you plan |
| much as traveling RNs. Although we may not like it, this | | | | to be an RN or simply want to get everything you can |
| makes perfect sense. RNs have more training plus | | | | out of the nursing profession with your current |
| expanded capabilities, which means hospitals are willing | | | | certification, LPN travel nursing gives you direct |
| to pay them higher wages. Of course, the good news | | | | experience with a range of nursing facilities and job |
| is that if you manage to land an LPN travel nursing job, | | | | functions, and this will pay off in the long run. |