| Imagine blending your important and vital nursing | | | | enable nurses to decide where they want to go and |
| training, experience and care giving abilities with your | | | | when, and their choice in available facilities or locations. |
| love of travel, experiencing new places and meeting | | | | Have we mentioned benefits yet? Traveling nurse |
| new people. Traveling nurse jobs allow nurses new | | | | jobs generally pay up to $50.00 an hour, offering some |
| perspectives on life, unique life experiences, and a | | | | of the highest nursing salaries within the profession. |
| continual learning process unequaled in other career | | | | Nurses on travel assignments are offered private, free |
| fields. | | | | housing with utilities paid. Travel reimbursement |
| The career field of travel nursing enables nurses to | | | | between locations is also offered. Additional perks |
| work in top-rated hospital facilities or provide care for | | | | include free dental, liability, health and life insurance, |
| the poor and needy in rural areas, reservations, or | | | | depending on travel agency, and referral and |
| national disaster scenarios. Your job as a travel RN | | | | completion bonuses between $500 to $3,000 are |
| can take you aboard a cruise ship or into the depths | | | | often available. |
| of the Tennessee mountains. You can work in an | | | | One of the reasons that a traveling nurse is paid a |
| intensive care unit in Los Angeles or provide services | | | | higher wage is that some times they are expected to |
| for a youth camp in the mountains of Colorado. | | | | work 12 hour shifts, evenings and weekends if |
| Traveling nurse jobs depend on supply and demand, | | | | necessary. Depending on the type of unit or specialty |
| and today, skilled nurses are in high demand, offering | | | | where travel nurses are needed, between 1 to 3 |
| individuals an opportunity to earn top salaries. Basic | | | | years of experience may be necessary, especially for |
| qualifications for traveling nurse jobs include but are not | | | | ER positions, where trauma certification is required. |
| limited to: | | | | Travel nurses should also be familiar with a variety of |
| - Flexibility in regard to hours and locations | | | | computerized charting and medication systems and |
| - Ability to "hit the floor running" | | | | technologies. |
| - Offering good references | | | | Without a doubt, traveling nurse jobs offer a variety of |
| - At least one year of acute care experience | | | | benefits, bonuses, and compensation for nurses willing |
| This career field requires personalities that are able to | | | | to travel to meet growing needs in medical and |
| adapt and accept different methodologies when it | | | | healthcare industries, and jobs are always available in |
| comes to medical care and practices. Most travel | | | | this high-demand field for those experienced nurses. |
| nursing assignments last between 13 and 26 weeks, | | | | |