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Why We Love Travel Nursing

Top 10 Reasons Why We Love Travel Nursing

1. Your list of friends will get longer every year.

2. Options for weekend getaways are endlessly varied as you move around.

3. You are in control of your destination.  You can be a beach bum, snow bunny, or snowbird and get paid.

4. You have the freedom to be the nurse you always wanted to be.

5. You will have endless and varied educational opportunities, whether you're working at a large teaching hospital or a small rural hospital.

6. Bring a whole new meaning to American food!  Whether you go to San Francisco for sourdough bread, Maine for lobster, or New England for the clam chowder. 

7. By the time you are comfortable enough to get involved in the conversation about politics, you time is up.

8. The only person that you are responsible for is YOURSELF.

9. The housing is usually excellent, you have room service, and it is all paid for!  Well, if you get to “live” in a motel or have a house hubby that you drag around.

10. You get going away parties every 13 weeks.

Written by Epstein LaRue, RN, BS, and reprinted in Nursing2004's November Travel Nursing Supplement.