I stopped travelling about 2 years ago because of the changing economy. But now, I want to get back on the road. Should I quit my FT job and go back to travelling even with the economy not fully recovered? I am an RN.
What to do????
Depends on your specialty. ER, ICU, Cardiac tele etc are in higher demand. The travel jobs are coming back and I would check a few travel company web site job boards just to give you and idea what is available.
Kdog wrote:Depends on your specialty. ER, ICU, Cardiac tele etc are in higher demand. The travel jobs are coming back and I would check a few travel company web site job boards just to give you and idea what is available.
You might want to call around and do some research. Agencies are still operating, but the vacations and sick leave that usually create openings are getting filled by permanent staff. For now I'd stick with security with your full-time job for at least another year or two.
Or, if you don't mind Laredo, Texas or other areas that no one wants to go, you'll always be able to find work down there, though you need to know going in that you're in for a rough ride.
Give it some thought, talk to a few people (not at the agencies). Most travelers I know are working with several agencies at once to keep busy. Places are avoiding temps if they can.
Wish you luck,
Andrew Lopez, RN
http://www.nursefriendly.com
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Nurses interested in Travel might find this article of interest:
Born to Roam Travel nurse-turned-entrepreneur gears her agency to nomadic nurses who crave job security, Nurseweek.com:"On the strength of the nursing shortage, Terri Hill, RN, has traveled from the operating room to the boardroom of her own small but growing company, HC Travelers. Travel nursing for the Indianapolis surgical nurse began as a lark with a purpose. It was a chance to reconnect with distant family and-at least by one nurse-alleviate California's desperate need in 1990 for operating room nurses. With her husband and four children in tow, Hill accepted a six-week assignment to a Los Angeles-area hospital. It was a memorable month and a half of work and leisure that years later would lure her back to travel nursing and a career that she could not have imagined."
http://www.nurseweek.com/news/features/02-09/hill_web.asp
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Andrew Lopez, RN
http://www.4travelnursing.com
http://www.nursefriendly.com/facebook
Born to Roam Travel nurse-turned-entrepreneur gears her agency to nomadic nurses who crave job security, Nurseweek.com:"On the strength of the nursing shortage, Terri Hill, RN, has traveled from the operating room to the boardroom of her own small but growing company, HC Travelers. Travel nursing for the Indianapolis surgical nurse began as a lark with a purpose. It was a chance to reconnect with distant family and-at least by one nurse-alleviate California's desperate need in 1990 for operating room nurses. With her husband and four children in tow, Hill accepted a six-week assignment to a Los Angeles-area hospital. It was a memorable month and a half of work and leisure that years later would lure her back to travel nursing and a career that she could not have imagined."
http://www.nurseweek.com/news/features/02-09/hill_web.asp
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Andrew Lopez, RN
http://www.4travelnursing.com
http://www.nursefriendly.com/facebook