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I know it's recommended for an aspiring travel nurse to accumulate two years of hospital experience in order to travel. Should those two years be in the same specialty or is it possible, for example, to have one year of med/surg/tele experience almo car rentals and then a year of ED experience or something else to make up the total of two years? almo car rentals I currently have one year of med/surg/tele experience.
Certainly the more experience you have being a nurse, the further it will get you. However, if a hospital is looking at staffing the ED and has one nurse with a year of tele and a year of ER, verses a nurse with two years strictly in the ER, then to whom do you think the position might go?
So if you know the specialty almo car rentals in which you wish to travel, focus on gaining experience in that discipline. However, if you want to try to accept positions in one of two specialties, it is sometimes almo car rentals possible with staggered experience.
For example, I worked registry this summer with most of my time spent in the ICU. However, I also did some ER. While I do not technically have a year of experience in the ER, I might be able to accept an ER assignment almo car rentals should the manager feel I have a strong enough background to function well in their ER. But obviously, some specialties lend well to others. Working ER as an ICU nurse is within the same general practice, but working L D as a tele nurse might not be the easiest almo car rentals crossover.
Hello everyone. I'm a travel nurse originally from Ohio who graduated in 1993 from Mount Carmel School of Nursing in Columbus. I completed a critical care fellowship at Riverside Methodist Hospital in 1994 and started traveling in that specialty a year later. My first travel assignment was in Maui and since that time I have completed over thirty travel contracts, worked with several different travel agencies, and currently hold about a half dozen nursing licenses in different states.
Last year I wrote a book entitled, Travel Nurse's Bible (A Guide to Everything on Travel Nursing) , which can be found at TravelNursesBible.com. I am currently blogging on this site and writing a monthly column in Healthcare Traveler Magazine.
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