Pros and Cons of Travel Nursing
PRO's that could make travel nursing worth it for you:
- Job flexibility
- Higher satisfaction with job choice & employers than staff nurses
- Low commitment - only 13 weeks
- No work politics or drama
- Exploring different healthcare & living environments
- Control over job choices & time off
- Not stuck in toxic work environments
- Builds nursing skills, resourcefulness, and adaptability
CON's of travel nursing you may find hard:
- Working and living away from friends, family, people you know
- Moving every 3-6 months to a new work & living environment
- Packing & arranging travel, navigating new cities
- Less job stability
- Less living stability
- Constant job hunt
- Working on low-staffed units
- Duplicating expenses - sometimes the pay isn't enough
Ideal qualifications you'd have to make travel nursing worth it:
- Adaptable
- Open-minded
- Flexible
- Organized
- Good planners
- Confident in nursing skills
- Connect with new people easily - patients, co-workers, neighbors
- Quick learners
- Good problem solvers
- Advocate well for yourself & your patients