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The Benefits of Being a Travel Nurse
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Housing Allowance
This varies depending on location but averages about $900 per month (give or take a couple hundred depending on the area). Usually you can opt out of this if you let them rent the apartment for you. If you decide to take this route, the company usually rents private housing but some agencies have you share a two bedroom apartment with another traveler.
Travel Expenses
Many (but not all) agencies reimburse you for part or all of your travel expenses to move from one assignment to another. Make sure to look into this when picking an agency.
Medical Benefits
Travel nurse agencies are now offering medical coverage for the traveler and with the payment of additional premiums they can cover your dependents. If medical and dental coverage is very important to you check this one out very carefully. Often the benefit offered is minimal compared to what you might get working as a permanent employee. While travel nurse benefits are improving this is one area where it pays to do your homework.
License Reimbursement
Many agencies are now offering to pay part or all of the cost of getting your license in a state where you want to work. This is very important if you want to travel and work in many different places as you need a separate license for each state you work in.
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ok1ok
almost 2 years ago
8 comments
I want to travel and I want adventures and all sorts of new exiting things. I'm considering being a travel nurse but I need to think more about it. I would love to work and travel as my goal is to travel the world. Just last week I was away and stayed at Savannah hotels and I loved it. I love hotels, I love the attention and I love the opportunities.
afterwop
almost 2 years ago
58 comments
I love to travel, I like freedom and adventure, that's why I'm thinking about working in Alaska as a travel nurse. My husband lived there for a year, he worked in luggage shipping and he loved it because of the people, the beautiful views, and all of the fun stuff to do. I already contacted mt new hospital and it is a wonderful facility and the other nurses seem really nice to work with.
marina_dilbone1
about 2 years ago
26 comments
Have been traveling locally and nationally for about 3 and a half years-have found most assignments rewarding- in ICU,CVICU and telemetry-some issues with hotel last time so have apartment this time for local assignment-less pay in my pocket but worth the peace-you do have to ask questions in interview-re schedule,staffing ratio etc-I enjoy it-most of the time it has been a blessing
Account Removed
almost 4 years ago
I've known people that had positive experiences with this. I've known just as many that haven't. I was one of the "not so fortunate ones". I've traveled for two different travel companies - I had only one assignment with each. After the experiences, I will will not consider traveling again. Please be forwarned: the travel agency recruiters are doing a job for the companies that hire them/need the staff. They say they are there for you (their employee) but, if push come to shove, you will be the one left hanging out to dry.
Foundation Medical Staffing ask me to help them out with a difficult assignment that we both knew was one I didn't really want, but I was also told they didn't really have what I wanted at the time, & I could get out of the other assignment in a month & they just knew something would be available then. I did it. There wasn't an assignment available that I wanted when I was done...& my recruiter was off getting married & the recruiter covering her didn't sound very interested in "my" problem. I contacted another agency called NursesRx (under AMN), got the kind of assignment I was looking for & drove straight into "he__". The situation was beyond belief, to the point that one traveler that had been there awhile got JHACO involved & another of the travelers that got there a week earlier than me ended up giving two weeks notice with a month. Now, did NursesRx/AMN know there were problems there? Being a novice at the whole travel thing, I guess I never thought I'd be put in a situation that could, potentially, endanger my license/livelihood & didn't know the right questions to ask (plus, being a tad more "chronologically mature", I wasn't use to the whole "interview the interviewer" type thing).
If you're even considering travel, be sure to find out anything/everything you can - don't take it for granted that what you read in the paperwork answers your questions - make sure they do by asking those same questions of the recruiter - also, make sure you get any "revisions" to a contract sent to you (by email or however) before you sign cuz there's no such thing as a verbal agreement (like the one I had concerning payment on something I didn't know I'd need until I got to the place I was going to work - which, by the way, was not the place "advertised" on the website). I'm the one that got the short end of the stick (in more ways than one) - these two travel companies are going on like nothing happened/they didn't do anything out of line. BEWARE!!
casassy62688
almost 5 years ago
290 comments
I never really thought of becoming a travel nurse. My only thing is what if I'm ready to settle down and stop traveling....do the agencies let you stop when your ready? I think I might look into this a little more, it might be a good experiance for when I get my RN and am ready to set out on my own!
Tacqua
almost 5 years ago
260 comments
Yep, I am going to be a Travel Nurse. I am 45 yrs old, no babies and it is time for me to do my thing.
LPN2GO
almost 5 years ago
22 comments
I HAVE BEEN AN LPN TRAVEL NURSE FOR 11 OF MY 13 YEARS AND I CAN'T IMAGINE BEING ANYTHING ELSE. HAVE KIDS TAKE THEM WITH YOU, I DID.
EvangelisticSistah
about 5 years ago
88 comments
Sounds lovely. I like to travel...I may just have to look into this once I finish school (whenever that will be).