What It's Like to Be a Travel Nurse
Travel reality: brief orientation, new units, new cities, isolation.
Travel nursing pays well. The lifestyle has real costs.
Day-to-day
Brief orientation (often 1-3 days). Drop into existing team. Different EHR, different policies, different vibe.
Lifestyle
Move every 13 weeks. New city. New apartment. New gym. Friends become hard.
Pros
Money. Variety. Skill diversification. Geographic exploration.
Cons
Loneliness. Logistics. Being the outsider.
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