Travel Nursing - A Rewarding Career

Many nurses crave the diversity and variety that travel nursing provides. Imagine being paid to travel while pursuing your career andproviding for your family. The position is much the same as a staff nurse job, with the advantages of higher pay, excellent experience, and the opportunities to experience diverse hospitals and communities based on different contracts. Contract nursing is truly a different facet of traditional patient care with many benefits beyond the occupation.

Travel Nursing Offers New Hospitals, New Surroundings
There is a sense of adventure in travel nursing based on the fresh perspective of new hospitals in new surroundings. Although the methodology and practice of patient care is principally the same, being able to provide experienced patient care in a different environment for communities in need can be incredibly rewarding. Another concept to keep in mind is the nursing shortage. Due to short staffing, a travel nurse is often welcome to a unit as much needed experienced help by members of the permanent staff.

Besides the satisfaction of making a difference in patient's lives that any nursing job provides, there will be varied new experiences, and often challenging opportunities that may not have been available at home. There are openings for both RNs and technicians. Specialties are sought, so you could choose to work in a Neo Natal Intensive Care Unit in Milwaukee, as a circulator in the Operating Room specializing in Open Heart surgery in Racine, an Emergency Room in Milwaukee, or Med/Surg in Oshkosh. If you come from a small town, a position in an innovative, important, medical facility in a major city may excite you. Or, if you live in a city now, you might enjoy the fulfillment of providing patient care in a rural setting, while enjoying the contentment of living with peaceful surroundings, and reaping the benefit of your dollar going farther in such a location.

What Hospitals Need from Travel Nurses
Your experience and skill-set will be honed while a strong work ethic and can-do attitude will be appreciated. You must decide if you have the aptitude for travel nursing, and there are many resources online to help you discern this. Also speak with some of our staff who are currently working as a travel nurse. Most often hospitals and other facilities require that an RN have over two years of experience in Med/Surg, or in a particular specialty. You will be expected to adapt quickly to your unit. A recruiter will know exactly how much orientation is given at any job.

Contracts are usually for 13 weeks, and in addition to great pay and excellent experience, there are tax benefits for contract employees to assist nurses keep more of what they earn. Many agencies now offer benefit packages including health insurance and retirement plans. An assignment can be as short as 6 weeks (though this would be very rare), and may continue over a period of years, depending on the needs of the facility.

Travel Nurses and Recruiters
Recruiters will inform qualified registered nurses of the location that is in need of their services  as well as determine a position that is available the matches the RN’s qualifications and experience.  Families can travel along too - simply inform the recruiter from the beginning who will be living with you. More information can be found regarding the relationship between the candidate and the client here.

Seek Representation for your Registered Nursing Experience
To take the next step in becoming a contract travel nurse, contact one of our agents to see if there are any positions available that match your skills and experience. With nurse jobs that become available in Milwaukee, West Allis, Wauwatosa, Brookfield, New Berlin, Menominee Falls, Germantown, Mequon, Wauwatosa, and the surrounding Metro Milwaukee area which occur whenever there is a need within the hospitals in the area. St. Paul Medical Network also serves the community for staffing needs in Kenosha, Racine, Burlington, Oshkosh, and Green Bay. Contact us today to see if you would like to take the next step in the process of becoming a Travel Registered Nurse.