Wondering how to become a travel nurse? I’ve been a travel RN for over three years now. Its been three years of learning the ins and outs of the system. Having awful recruiters and having great recruiters. Its been three years of finding my voice, learning how to stick up for myself, and learning how to kill every interview that I have. I’ve worked in eight different hospitals, signed nine different travel nurse contracts, and have made countless mistakes along the way. While I wouldn’t trade my journey for anything, I do wish that I had someone from the very beginning to guide me along the way.
How to become a travel nurse 101 – The ins and outs of the business
When I first decided that I wanted to be a travel nurse I had no clue where to start, what questions to ask, or where to even look for information. I didn’t even know how to find travel nursing jobs. I felt frustrated when I typed, “travel nursing” into Google and the only thing that came up were big travel nurse agencies. There was nobody like me, a nurse, to guide me and have my best interests at heart. I felt scammed when I clicked from the travel nurse company website to the travel nurse company website. How was I supposed to trust these people when they all tell me the same thing and I’ve never been through this before?
And that is why I have decided to start offering 1:1 mentoring for nurses who hope to one day take the leap into travel nursing. It’s never too early to start!
My goal with this mentorship program is to give you the tools to feel successful and confident as you begin navigating this new chapter in your life as a travel nurse. Instead of sitting there wondering, “How does travel nursing work”, instead I aim to give you the resources you need to be successful and to offer you direction. Lastly, I aim to set you up with some of my very favorite travel nurse recruiters.
I believe that working with me will benefit you in more ways than one. The first three travel nurse contracts that I ever signed, I realized that I was the lowest-paid travel nurse on the unit. I did not realize that I should be negotiating for my pay. In total, I lost out on more than $10,000. (Still hurts to think about). I will give you my honest insight into each contract sent your way. Are there any bizarre loopholes? Is the pay package fair? And so on.
So if you’re a nurse who is looking to get into travel nursing don’t hesitate to reach out. I know I can benefit you and make your life easier – you just have to trust, and leap.
For serious inquiries only, please email me – passportsandpreemies@gmail.com
Update: I also now offer The Ultimate Travel Nurse Bundle for purchase. This bundle includes everything you could ever possibly need to know about becoming a travel nurse including information on your pay package, finding a company, recruiter, negotiating tactics, interview techniques, and more!
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Kylee is a Neonatal Intensive Care (NICU) nurse passionate about making travel affordable and accessible to nurses. Inspiring nurses to travel both near and far, Kylee began Passports and Preemies in 2017 while volunteering in Skopje, North Macedonia as a way to reach nurses and advocate for the prevention of nurse burnout by traveling. Kylee is the original creator of the “8 Day Vacay” – a vacation geared towards nurses who aim to take advantage of the potentially 8 days off between work weeks with no need to use PTO.
Hi Kylee!
I just lost out on $9,000 over 13 weeks and would love to talk to you about how it happened and how I can prevent it from happening again. I’m going to be embarking on full time traveling soon and need a plan!
Thanks !
Corinne
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Omgsh, that makes my stomach hurt for you! What happened?!
Hi Kylee! I’m a second semester nursing student, so I’m still pretty fresh. Been reading through lots of your material on here and just subscribed! Completely lost on what I want to do but travel nursing seems like it would be the best fit. I found you when I googled “travel nursing” today lol!
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Hi Maddie! Your comment made me so happy! Trust me when I tell you… I was completely lost in nursing school as well. I hope that as you move through these days you gain clarity and even if you don’t, know that there’s soooo much you can do with a nursing degree outside of bedside nursing. Good luck and please let me know if you need anything at all :).