Traveled 6 weeks in Jan/ Feb in Cali and now I'm chilling. I will hit the road in May. Been traveling since the start of the pandemic. ICU RN 18 years.
I work as a surgical technologist in the OR at Vanderbilt University Hospital. I can tell you that what this young lady is stating, is the truth, as far as the money is concerned. Even my job has very high potential pay, if I decided to travel. 2500 to 3500 on average, but in some cases, I've seen as high as 5000 a week. RNs do much better on average and I have spoken to many of our travel nurses and they have confirmed. They even passed a federal travel nurse salary cap recently and they can still earn up a little over 8000 a week. I can't think of any other profession, where you can earn this much money, for the amount of education that is required. It truly is the best bang for your buck you can get right now. It's really a great time for certain medical professions. You can do 13 week assignments, take a vacation almost every 3 months and still make over six figures, easily. A good portion of your pay is your tax-free stipend, which is incredible.
Damn this sounds good but Nursing is not my passion, I would hate to just do something for the money I gotta like what I do 🙃 but good luck to you all who want to try it out 👍🏾
Where I work there’s 3 Travel Nurses who have been there for 6 months. They are so nice and treated very well. The floor were on they get no more than 4 patients. If a Nurse has no patients they get to sit at the desk and help out anyone. I like my unit Labor and delivery and post partum.
I was a new staff nurse when covid hit, and working in a hospital with many new nurses..travel nurses were the best, they taught me so much. We loved our travel nurses. Now here I am looking at my first contract..and who is guiding me? The travel nurses I met ! am looking at an 8 week contract, and its 50 miles away from my home..ill still be able to sleep in my own bed. I thought this would be a good place to start
This makes me thankful for my job as an LPN in Merritt island, Florida. It’s cool how we can go so many places and we can so easily find a good paying job.
It’s nice knowing you can specialize….I just got accepted into nursing school for fall !!! I love this video is informative i live in Florida too …it’s nice knowing about compact license I had no idea ….thinking of specializing in ER & or med surge 🙌🏾
Aww congrats! My sis just got into nursing school for this fall too! I would love to become a nurse and specialize in labor & delivery; just making sure this is something I would want to do before going through the process of applications.
YESSSSS MA'AM you summed up EVERYTHING never been so inspired in my life i look forward to started my nursing school journey within the next month or so. So YAAY MEE!!!
Greaet video! Travel nursing was the best decision that we have done in our careers. We get the pay we desire. We are like the navy seals of the nursing profession 😎
@@rae7269 The best option is to travel with someone, to cut the costs in half. Also, if you feel comfortable you can rent out a room versus a whole home to yourself
Thanks for the info sis! Also I love how you own being bougie I am too! Some people hate when women ESPECIALLY black women desire to have and want the best. As long as we aren't looking down on people or judging those who have less, who is it to anyone that we are bougie and want the best? Life is too short not to desire to have the best OK.
thank you for this video!! 💓 i graduate december 18th & plan on going into the NICU (neonatal). i’m doing my preceptorship in here now. i live in florida as well. i plan on doing traveling after i get at least a year of experience. i’m very interested in eventually moving to cali so hoping i can do some traveling there & see how i like it!
Not all travel nurses are experienced.. Covid has brought in nurses who we felt like we had to pre-cept... It was very difficult to work after them. Lots of short cuts, especially with assessments and chartings😪😰 Though they were others others who reminded nurses why they chose nursing in the first place. Not just for the money..
I dont think you should discourage new nurses to not be a travel nurse Ive seen it done I think It just depends on the individual . my friend became a traveling nurse fresh outta school. just a thought.
My home license is Illinois, so like if I get a compact state license in Florida, does it mean I have a multi-state license too? Or I still have to apply every other compact state?
I believe new nurses can definitely become travel nurses! I would suggest at least 1 month of experience before you jump into it, but no matter what, if there’s anything you don’t know you can always ask. Don’t be discouraged about getting this travel nurse money new nurses! It’s possible 🎉
Me as a Healthcare Recruiter would never hire a Travel Nurse having a experience less than a year it would be a bad experience and feedback for a nurse as well as for facility
Good video, the best decision I made as a RN nurse was to create a side hustle for extra income streams. It has really helped me and my family financially stable.
@Maria Bryant I made a couple of investments but my investment in forex and crypto has been yielding good profits and I don't think of stopping anytime soon. Investment is key.
@Maria Bryant I had similar experience until I met Timothy Scott Taylor my FA, investment or trading is not what you do without proper guidance. He handles all my investment and trading activities and makes sure my portfolio is diversified into various sectors of the market.
I have a tax question , if I travel in high paying states like California, newyork , Seattle and live in another state. Will get taxed by that state I live in texas so will I get texas low taxes on my w2, This is a easy question to answer
Can you do a math breakdown for me please. That 4000/week does that include you paying for a place to stay while you’re working? Or is that your pay excluding the living expenses?
Hii ! I am still a student nurse but I am a caribbean national and I know I would have to pass the nclex exam. But can I still become a travel nurse although I am from the caribbean?
Okay so im 17 I graduate in October I really really want to be a travel nurse how many years do i have to do for college. And was the classes hard to pass?
I was wondering what you think is the best specialty for travel nursing? What specialty has the most contracts availably or is it pretty evenly spread?
If a physician makes a video about anything money related people would have a fit. Posted a similar video years ago which included negotiating a higher salary and not accepting anything less than 350K/yr and there was a bunch of "OMG doctors are in it for the money" smh
You have to do at least 2 years of of community college. These are called pre requisites essentially. Then you have to do very good on the T’s test which is basically the enter exam for nursing school. There are nursing schools that have you do your pre requisites in them. But it’s double the work in an already very challenging field.
We love our travel nurses on my unit at MMC Portland Maine. We take care of each other. If I were to travel 🧭 would only want month contracts because I have my lady and our cats and don’t like being away from them long.
Are you fing kidding me about the tampering with patients meds out of jealousy??? Oh my lord darlin’, I’d be raising hell to higher ups for that. Ain’t no reason to put someone’s life and health at risk out of spite to a co worker. How do you handle that kind of situation? I’ve always been a pushover but recently started developing a backbone.
It depends on the hospital. I been at a local hospital since October and we can wear whatever color. Their own staff wears whatever color as well and like long sleeve shirts Some places might want you to wear certain color like royal blue or a lot of travelers wear black Say if you have to buy new scrubs sometimes you can get reimbursed
For travel nurse, which area is optimized for travel nurse income wise? I was thinking about ICU Also, how do you file taxes and save taxes? Please make those vid if you have time!! I am thinking about doing it for like 5 years and then save like a million, put money into stock market and bond to yield dividends and then travel the world for free after that
My real quick question is for you is I'm in the medical field and nobody has long nails like you're so are you just on break and not working right now or where you work allows it because girl I so wish I could have a nice nails lol
after covid and the great resignation of nurses I first thought that it would be a chance for nurses to get paid more or enjoy other perks, but guess what the Netherlands did... they closed beds all over hopitals and are talking about stopping some medical care altogether (treatments that dont have a clear prognosis). 🙄 ICU nurse, 🇾🇪
Hi dear 👋 hope you’re having a great day? I was on scrolling mode when I saw your profile and was moved to send you a text, hope you don't find it pestering?
They already have started. A lot of these agencies are being investigated for it. I wish nurses would just shut the hell up, so we can continue to make this money!
Hey Thank you for sharing the information I did a BSc for 4years of nursing in India so what can I do for the next step as a travel nurse. I am in Canada now Thank you
Traveled 6 weeks in Jan/ Feb in Cali and now I'm chilling. I will hit the road in May. Been traveling since the start of the pandemic. ICU RN 18 years.
Nurses are finally getting what they deserve for a long time. Well deserved.
Literally! Without nurses there would be ZERO healthcare system.
Travel nurses are but many work fees are still quitting for being underpaid.
More nurses are terrible tbh
Every nurse who has been on strike and walking the picket line for higher wages would like a word with you…
I said the same thing to my wife last week.
To see a travel nurse that maintains a relationship is so encouraging!
I’m in school for RN now and this was very helpful because my ultimate goal is to become a traveling nurse
I work as a surgical technologist in the OR at Vanderbilt University Hospital. I can tell you that what this young lady is stating, is the truth, as far as the money is concerned. Even my job has very high potential pay, if I decided to travel. 2500 to 3500 on average, but in some cases, I've seen as high as 5000 a week. RNs do much better on average and I have spoken to many of our travel nurses and they have confirmed. They even passed a federal travel nurse salary cap recently and they can still earn up a little over 8000 a week. I can't think of any other profession, where you can earn this much money, for the amount of education that is required. It truly is the best bang for your buck you can get right now. It's really a great time for certain medical professions.
You can do 13 week assignments, take a vacation almost every 3 months and still make over six figures, easily. A good portion of your pay is your tax-free stipend, which is incredible.
That's it I'm Sold!🏃♀️🏫🎒
How much education is needed
@@av.5632 2 to 4 years, I'd say. They have accelerated programs, but I'm not familiar with those.
Damn this sounds good but Nursing is not my passion, I would hate to just do something for the money I gotta like what I do 🙃 but good luck to you all who want to try it out 👍🏾
Did they really pass a federal travel nurse salary cap? I haven't heard anything about that!
Where I work there’s 3 Travel Nurses who have been there for 6 months. They are so nice and treated very well. The floor were on they get no more than 4 patients. If a Nurse has no patients they get to sit at the desk and help out anyone. I like my unit Labor and delivery and post partum.
Where do you work?
I was a new staff nurse when covid hit, and working in a hospital with many new nurses..travel nurses were the best, they taught me so much. We loved our travel nurses. Now here I am looking at my first contract..and who is guiding me? The travel nurses I met ! am looking at an 8 week contract, and its 50 miles away from my home..ill still be able to sleep in my own bed. I thought this would be a good place to start
How much was thst contract?
I agree with making sure you’re experiences. But I’ve seen nurses that are comfortable travel after 6-8 months especially during the pandemic.
This makes me thankful for my job as an LPN in Merritt island, Florida. It’s cool how we can go so many places and we can so easily find a good paying job.
Wat id an LPN?
@@nestehomohammed6632 They are nurses. Google is very helpful!
Hi there, are you looking for a travel nurse job?
licenced practical nurses
@@nestehomohammed6632
Licensed Practical Nurses
It’s nice knowing you can specialize….I just got accepted into nursing school for fall !!! I love this video is informative i live in Florida too …it’s nice knowing about compact license I had no idea ….thinking of specializing in ER & or med surge 🙌🏾
Aww congrats! My sis just got into nursing school for this fall too! I would love to become a nurse and specialize in labor & delivery; just making sure this is something I would want to do before going through the process of applications.
YESSSSS MA'AM you summed up EVERYTHING never been so inspired in my life i look forward to started my nursing school journey within the next month or so. So YAAY MEE!!!
& this was one of the most informative travel nursing videos I’ve seen so far. Thanks so much
Greaet video! Travel nursing was the best decision that we have done in our careers. We get the pay we desire. We are like the navy seals of the nursing profession 😎
How do we prevent housing from consuming our check? Example: housing in cali is around 2300 a month and up.
@@rae7269 The best option is to travel with someone, to cut the costs in half. Also, if you feel comfortable you can rent out a room versus a whole home to yourself
I just found your channel. Girl, you’re skin is so flawless!
They also have travel CNA’s as well. My cousin does it as well as others i know 😁.
WHICH AGENCY DOES SHE DO IT THROUGH?
Travel nursing is such a goal for me!
Love this advice for those who want to become a travel nurse 💖
Pack them kids up, and head on out! Love it. We homeschool ❤
who teaches your children while you work?
Thanks for the info sis! Also I love how you own being bougie I am too! Some people hate when women ESPECIALLY black women desire to have and want the best. As long as we aren't looking down on people or judging those who have less, who is it to anyone that we are bougie and want the best? Life is too short not to desire to have the best OK.
I’m learning this in school right now. So many other people are jealous of BW who don’t put up with s*it.
thank you for this video!! 💓 i graduate december 18th & plan on going into the NICU (neonatal). i’m doing my preceptorship in here now. i live in florida as well. i plan on doing traveling after i get at least a year of experience. i’m very interested in eventually moving to cali so hoping i can do some traveling there & see how i like it!
I began nursing school January 17th! Thanks for your clear insight!
let me watch this and then study for my nclex lol:) this is the motivation I need lol
I'm also from florida:) Love your video
Not all travel nurses are experienced.. Covid has brought in nurses who we felt like we had to pre-cept... It was very difficult to work after them. Lots of short cuts, especially with assessments and chartings😪😰 Though they were others others who reminded nurses why they chose nursing in the first place. Not just for the money..
Helped so much! Thank you queen’ ❤️❤️❤️
Also I found you on TikTok and you are so inspiring!!
I Hate diseases but I like hearing what u nurses have to say!
I’m a float PCU nurse currently. Which is nice because I get everything Soo whatever PCU or medsurg I do I’m good. I did medsurg a few months first
Do I need hospital experience as a RN to be a travel nurse?
Can you do a video on college and the classes and study tips please!!! I’m going into nursing
I dont think you should discourage new nurses to not be a travel nurse Ive seen it done I think It just depends on the individual . my friend became a traveling nurse fresh outta school. just a thought.
I love your videos! You are so informative and detailed! Please keep the videos coming! They are so helpful!😊
My home license is Illinois, so like if I get a compact state license in Florida, does it mean I have a multi-state license too? Or I still have to apply every other compact state?
This is so cool, thanks for sharing.
I believe new nurses can definitely become travel nurses! I would suggest at least 1 month of experience before you jump into it, but no matter what, if there’s anything you don’t know you can always ask. Don’t be discouraged about getting this travel nurse money new nurses! It’s possible 🎉
That’s very risky and no reputable agency should or would take a nurse with 1 month experience.
Me as a Healthcare Recruiter would never hire a Travel Nurse having a experience less than a year it would be a bad experience and feedback for a nurse as well as for facility
The fastest way to lose you license is stated above
😂ok
Not a good idea!😢
It was the car on the thumb nail for me. 😂 I am starting the process to travel for a few years
Good video, the best decision I made as a RN nurse was to create a side hustle for extra income streams. It has really helped me and my family financially stable.
@Maria Bryant I made a couple of investments but my investment in forex and crypto has been yielding good profits and I don't think of stopping anytime soon. Investment is key.
Stock, forex, crypto currency, Real Estate, hedge funds and ETFs are good investments as well 😊
Nice one 👏
@Maria Bryant I had similar experience until I met Timothy Scott Taylor my FA, investment or trading is not what you do without proper guidance. He handles all my investment and trading activities and makes sure my portfolio is diversified into various sectors of the market.
@Carroll Dion Timothy Scott Taylor is my IA. He is well known in the financial market and globe at large. You can surely connect to him on...
Very informative !
I have a tax question , if I travel in high paying states like California, newyork , Seattle and live in another state. Will get taxed by that state I live in texas so will I get texas low taxes on my w2, This is a easy question to answer
You'd get CA, NY, etc. state taxes taken out. Not worth to take a low paying contract in those states.
Great video!!! Thank you so much!
Can you specialize in multiple areas (for instances work for a hospital and float around?)
Yes you can. My first position was a med Surg float nurse
Yeah 30-40k/mo, or $100k in 3 mo is not happening anymore. You’re lucky to find $4-5k/wk now, which is still pretty good.
4000 a week is what im looking for
@@kokidchaz4790 that’s pretty easy to find right now for RN.
Can you do a math breakdown for me please. That 4000/week does that include you paying for a place to stay while you’re working? Or is that your pay excluding the living expenses?
Yeah, use Vivian, and travel down to PA for 12K a week for 4 week contracts.
I don’t get why other nurses hate on travel nurses, when they could travel too. Be mad at ya damn self for letting them hospitals play you. 😳
Which facility is that where you said nurses only do meds pass and assessments? where is that?
Do you need a BSN or can you do it with an RN?
Can't cnas do traveling as well?
12:00 ??? Need more transparency. 30,40k a month. How ??? The travel contracts pay 30k 40k a month?? So. Your saying we can make 8 to 10 k a week ????
Do they tax you on w2 based on the state you live ?
What about wound care nursing? Is the job market good?
Does it also apply to International nurses? Like can I also be a travel nurse when I get to the USA
Which contract is in more demand icu? Emergency?
Love this ! What do you do for health insurance for you and baby? Looking into bringing my family along in the fall!
Travel agencies offer health benefits, although may be easier to go on spouses insurance.
Hii ! I am still a student nurse but I am a caribbean national and I know I would have to pass the nclex exam. But can I still become a travel nurse although I am from the caribbean?
& what agencies offer short contracts ?
The vast majority of contracts in general are 13 weeks. You’ll see some that are 6-8 weeks and some longer like 26 weeks.
Is it required to get the covid vaccine ?
Does Cna count as experience?
I can’t be the only one, but seeing the thumbnail I thought you were Marsai Martin
What the best travel nurse website you would recommend? Please
Facebook is best if you are looking for a travel assignment.
Motivating 🙏🏽
What do y'all think the high-pay amount will be for travel nursing in 6 years?
The iPhone camera was great just needed a microphone like maybe AirPods Pro
Okay so im 17 I graduate in October I really really want to be a travel nurse how many years do i have to do for college. And was the classes hard to pass?
What did you choose ?
which specialty pays best?
i do ausbildung nursing in germany is it possible to me ?
Wow i can’t believe people do things like that, so petty, but thank you for this informational video ❤
I was wondering what you think is the best specialty for travel nursing? What specialty has the most contracts availably or is it pretty evenly spread?
Yeah fr
Medventure is good too
If a physician makes a video about anything money related people would have a fit. Posted a similar video years ago which included negotiating a higher salary and not accepting anything less than 350K/yr and there was a bunch of "OMG doctors are in it for the money" smh
What agencies have you used and liked?
do you have to go to regular college or do you just jump into nursing school from highschool?
You have to do at least 2 years of of community college. These are called pre requisites essentially. Then you have to do very good on the T’s test which is basically the enter exam for nursing school. There are nursing schools that have you do your pre requisites in them. But it’s double the work in an already very challenging field.
I jumped straight into a bachelor’s of science program right out of high school.
Can someone do traveling CNA?
Question?
Why would you buy a Tesla? What urged you to buy ?
Can LPN be travel nurse please?
Yes
@kephy jean..hello beautiful lady how are you doing today... You look familiar are you from Cali
Yay Florida 🎉🎉🎉
hie currently looking for nursing agency willing to relocate
We love our travel nurses on my unit at MMC Portland Maine. We take care of each other. If I were to travel 🧭 would only want month contracts because I have my lady and our cats and don’t like being away from them long.
Best book to read. So, you think you want to be a travel nurse. Dorrance Book Store.
Are there travel nurses in mental health nursing discipline?
Yes there are. Speciality is Psych or Behavioural health RN .
Are you required to be vaccinated ?
Next year fall of 2025 I’ll be in nursing school
What speciality is most lucrative?
@E Canales..hello beautiful lady how are you doing today... You look familiar are you from Cali
Are you fing kidding me about the tampering with patients meds out of jealousy??? Oh my lord darlin’, I’d be raising hell to higher ups for that. Ain’t no reason to put someone’s life and health at risk out of spite to a co worker. How do you handle that kind of situation? I’ve always been a pushover but recently started developing a backbone.
i could see as a nurse educator
Uniform that is my Q .. do you need to buy the uniform exacyly the regular staff are required?
It depends on the hospital. I been at a local hospital since October and we can wear whatever color. Their own staff wears whatever color as well and like long sleeve shirts
Some places might want you to wear certain color like royal blue or a lot of travelers wear black
Say if you have to buy new scrubs sometimes you can get reimbursed
Awesome
Did you just say $30-$40k a month income?!? 🤯🤯🤯
For travel nurse, which area is optimized for travel nurse income wise? I was thinking about ICU
Also, how do you file taxes and save taxes?
Please make those vid if you have time!!
I am thinking about doing it for like 5 years and then save like a million, put money into stock market and bond to yield dividends and then travel the world for free after that
can you make 200k being travel nurse full time?
My real quick question is for you is I'm in the medical field and nobody has long nails like you're so are you just on break and not working right now or where you work allows it because girl I so wish I could have a nice nails lol
Cut those nails and go get paid!
So…. What does your fiancé do while you’re working?
Very unrelated but you have very pretty eyes :)
What travel nursing specialties is there more of?
😍😍😍
after covid and the great resignation of nurses I first thought that it would be a chance for nurses to get paid more or enjoy other perks, but guess what the Netherlands did... they closed beds all over hopitals and are talking about stopping some medical care altogether (treatments that dont have a clear prognosis). 🙄
ICU nurse, 🇾🇪
Hi dear 👋 hope you’re having a great day? I was on scrolling mode when I saw your profile and was moved to send you a text, hope you don't find it pestering?
I think nurses are making so much noise about how much they make. I hope they government doesn’t begin to look into our income.
No doubt we can make an UNACCEPTABLE amount of money 🤫🤷♂️😎
They already have started. A lot of these agencies are being investigated for it. I wish nurses would just shut the hell up, so we can continue to make this money!
Hey Thank you for sharing the information
I did a BSc for 4years of nursing in India so what can I do for the next step as a travel nurse.
I am in Canada now Thank you
Are male nurses allowed to have big beards?
How much experience do you need to become a travel nurse?
1 year! 2 years preferred
@shelia..hello beautiful lady how are you doing today... You look familiar are you from Cali
How old are you? if you don’t mind me asking
This is exactly what's wrong with health care
Lol you’re making as much as a traveling physician makes in 20days… that’s crazy