All right. So if you are interested in what travel nursing entails. Stick around. Stay tuned because
it is coming your way. Lots of things. Yeah. Oh! Little back story we are married traveling ER
nurses. That's all the back story you get. 34 foot 5th wheel we're living in a full-time and then we
go to work and we're like yeah let's work together and take all of our breaks together people are
like you're crazy let me just say it helps when your spouse is your best friend I'm Kyle this is
my beautiful wife Renee and we're happily ever Hanks thanks for joining us I'm assuming you
are interested in travel nursing whether you're in nursing school or your staff nurse or maybe
you just have no idea what we're talking about you're like I'm gonna click on that video cuz
why not some of the things we want to hit right off the bat is talking about experience now when
you consider travel nursing you want to pick a specialty or maybe you're already working in a
specialty where you need at least one preferably two years of experiences yes because you go to
these hospitals and you have zero orientation and sometimes you have a full week of orientation
who knows when you get out there on your first assignment as a travel nurse you were expected
to hit the ground running and know all the ins and outs of that specialty it's a hard pill to
swallow you have to look in the mirror and be objective with yourself Renee was working as a
staff nurse for multiple years I needed more experience before I hit the road be expected
to take on a full patient low know where all the medications are supplies are how scheduling works
the list goes on and on it's really really hard when you have to do that without an orientation
or know where everything is that's that is rough but that's the sign of travel nursing that can be
yea difficult sometimes you staff nurses that are experienced we are not trying to scare you if you
have experience in your specialty and you want to get out there and meet people and you want
to go to different places then go for it hit rohde we're out here waiting for you we want to meet you
guys when you're applying for these hospitals they're looking for someone who's ready to go
they're not looking hmm who can I train to this position we all work so hard for our licensures
over the years of Nursing and you never want to put that at jeopardy you are your best critic when
it comes to understanding your knowledge base in your specialty so just be really objective when it
comes to knowing if you're truly ready to become a travel nurse our next thing that we really want to
encourage you guys to do before you start travel nursing is know where you want to go if these
states out there pick one two maybe three wait but I want to go to like 15 different states should I
apply to 15 different states right off the bat you can't have it all when it comes to actually
getting hired as a travel nurse you're only gonna be reimbursed for the state you're working in I've
never heard of a traveling agency not reimbursing so you should be good if you know exactly where
you want to go start applying for that licensure like right now yeah like yesterday the big thing
about applying for licensure early is cuz you'll have this in your back pocket then you'll apply
to a travel nursing job and they'll be like hey do you have licensure yet and you'll be like yep I'm
ready to go some other things to consider is make sure you have your certifications related to your
specialty up to speed do some research on your own specialty find out what travel nursing agencies
and hospitals are looking for how can you take the most stress off your plate by applying early
and getting this all done because it is gonna be required and if you're ahead of the game and
you're ahead of the ball on this one it's really gonna work in your favor here's the things you're
gonna need when you apply to a travel company start updating your resume get that all looking
all good and clean and crisp they're also gonna need some references at a job you worked with
in the past six months to a year is strange keep in mind is that these hospitals kind of want your
life story maybe you have a doctor's appointment coming up you can just grab your vaccination
record and just get a quick physical cuz you'll need that as well and 95 testing TB testing cuz
when you apply for a job and they're like the hospital accepting you you're starting in like
four weeks okay so I'm gonna email everything you need to do before you start from here cool they
send you a list of everything they need and you're just like holy cow let's keep this trainer rollin
and let's talk about housing there's two different ways you can do housing with travel nursing first
way is the travel company gives you a housing stipend meaning you take that money and you
find your own housing which is cool because that's all tax free money as long as you can prove that
you're duplicating expenses meaning I have a home in my home state and now I also need a home while
I travel then you can get that tax-free stipend or they will take that money and find housing for you
if you're going to a place that housing is really expensive and it's really hard to find that's a
time when you should take supplied housing the stress-free way I believe specially if you're
new to it is to take the supplied housing because they will get it all set up for you and they'll
find places that are furnished just know that you could be finding cheaper housing than what
they found and take that housing stipend and get a pocket it yeah I mean oh that housing stipend
is for you to find your own housing you're taking that money and you're figuring out housing on your
own if you are a couple each traveler is entitled to their own stipends meaning you are entitled to
your own tax-free money do not let anyone tell you otherwise refer to travel tax calm we have
no affiliations with them but they're a very good resource of all the litigations and professional
advice when it comes to travel tax housing and such do whatever works for you whether it's out of
convenience and you just want someone to find your housing or you're looking to pocket a little bit
more money or find some where you're personally more comfortable with living for thirteen weeks
all right so here's a tough one because we ran into this situation and I just want you guys
to know that this could happen to you we were applying for our first travel nurse job we kept
saying to our recruiter hey our current job wants us to have a three weeks notice we also need to
drive to California she said please do not quit your job until we have this all lined up and it's
good to go they don't want you to be jobless if something happens because there is the possibility
that you could apply for these jobs they say you have the job you put your two weeks notice in and
then guess what the hospital says sorry we don't need you anymore we're gonna break the contract it
happens so just be prepared for that a big thing is you're gonna want to save up some money before
you jump into travel nursing and the reason we say that is to set yourself up for success if
you guys want to hear a little bit more about that touch base in our financial video but what we're
talking about is have a little bit of cushion a little bit of an emergency savings in case
things take a little bit of a turn should they break contract no will they break the contract
probably sometimes they do set yourself up for success and be prepared for anything you are your
own resource the big one is is having a little bit of extra money to get you through the hard times
alright let's talk about some awesome things when you jump into travel nursing it really puts you
out of your comfort zone to meet a lot of people yeah you don't know anyone where you're going and
you're like hey how is everything done around here how is the flow around here I mean you
eventually push yourself out of your comfort zone and meet some really cool people it's really cool
to know the other travel nurses on your unit so yeah we've been to hospitals lots of travel
nurses and we feel like those are the hospitals where we connected with people the most because
yes you all have that in common you're all there away from home you're all experiencing something
new everyone wants to go hiking on their days off everyone wants to go out for dinner so yeah the
hospitals I have lots of travel nurses is pretty awesome pretty cool and you becoming like your own
little family you meet some really cool people out there if you really love the place you're
at you're like holy moly why these people need problem nurses in the first place I love it here
the good news is is you can maybe extend your contract Reese I for another 13 weeks if you
wanted to if that's available and every hospital does things a little differently so you get to
learn how people treat things differently you get to continue to take that with you every hospital
you go to it's awesome we will be touching some more on travel nursing in an RV and what you need
should you travel nurse in an RV how it works when it comes to finding housing we would love
to talk about that and we are going to des tuned it's gonna be a good one guys just click the link
above and you'll get a little tour on our living situation while we are bee travel nurse a little
glimpse into the married couples lives on the road we hope that we encourage you give you a
little insight to what travel nursing is some different things to consider but overall we want
to push you to get out of your comfort zones if it were up to us we'd be like get out here we want to
see you all we want to meet you all listen we are here if you have any questions related to
travel nurse saying throw a comment down below oh yeah no because we would love to hear from you or
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