What Is A Travel Nurse?

In response to the nursing shortage in the United States, travel nursing and travel nursing industry developed in order to enable nurses travel to work temporary short-term nursing positions.

Travel nurses will be able to work outside of their home state, and travel around the nation while work for different medical institutions.

Why Travel Nursing?

Hospitals often offers many benefits and incentives to travel nurses, including higher wages, relocation assistance, furnished housing, and bonuses. With travel nursing you will find that the pay is better for doing the same job you would do at home elsewhere. Plus with travel nursing employment you can earn lots of money in a few years rather than earning the same amount whilst slaving away in a similar job back home for a decade and which will also include few benefits as well.

In addition to financial benefits, travel nursing provides you with adventure and fun. Traveling around to experience different locations, people, food, and culture is always exciting. Unlike regular nurse practitioner jobs， travel nursing is more flexible and beneficial.

Am I Qualified To Be A Travel Nurse?

The National Council of State Boards of Nursing (NCSBN) in the US devised a plan called “the mutual recognition model“, which allows nurses to practice across state boundaries with one license required. Thus, the Interstate Compact works similarly to driver licenses. As long as the state passed the compact, any nurse licensed in any other state will be able to practice there. If both your home state and the state that you wish to practice in have passed the interstate compact then you will have a license from your home state and not need one for the state where you will be working. However if the other state is not part of the interstate compact then you will need a license from that state as well.

The map indicate which states have enacted the RN and LPN/VN Nurse Licensure Compact (NLC). [July 2008]

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