Working travel nurses Pat, RN and Chelsey, RN tell us why they chose a travel nursing career and talk about their different experiences. Pat is a RN with 37 years of experience and decided to try travel nursing later in life after her children grew up and left her home. Pat applied for a travel nurse job with American Traveler and loved the entire experience, plus she took her husband along. Chelsey is a young RN from Georgia; she met several new friends while travel nursing and even tried sushi for the first time! She said "we don’t have sushi in Georgia!" Both Pat and Chelsey recommend American Traveler as a top agency to work with and they love their career. Also, hear from different American Traveler staff members from consultants to housing benefits manager. Kelly Vigliotti, an American Traveler Consultant, talks about travelers she works with nationwide and how consultants and travelers become very close friends and share a tight bond during and, many times, even after an assignment is over. Watch this video and learn more about the exciting career in travel nursing. Video Transcript Chelsey, RN, American Traveler: When I first decided to be a travel nurse, so I just started surfing the web, filled out the application online and a consultant contacted me within a day and we took it from there and it was love at first site with American Traveler. Kelly, Recruiter: I have a lot of travel nurses that are currently working for me all throughout the United States. I have a lot in Arizona, California, Wisconsin. I have one going to Maine, a lot in Florida. We do become very, very close to them. You almost become an extension of their family. Chelsey, RN, Travel Nurse: My recruiter has been great. I can call her at any time and she's there for me to answer my question, to calm me down if I'm nervous about a new job. It's been excellent. Kelly, Recruiter: You know, one of the best benefits of travel nursing is being able to have that kind of profession that we can travel the country and see it and experience new places, new people, new hospitals. Chelsey, RN, American Traveler: I met a lot of my new friends just from day one orientation with the hospital. They have become my tour guides so they take me out on, you know, a little exploratory places. I had sushi for the first time. We don't have sushi in Georgia. Pat, RN, Travel Nurse: I am a registered nurse and I have been one for 37 years. As a mother of six children, they all just thought, you know, the Baby Boomer hippie had to come out of you, so I'm ready proud of you that you decided to do this and go see parts of the country. Brandy, Recruiter: We provide the traveler with a fully furnished, private one bedroom, one bath apartment. Michelle, Housing Coordinator: And these complexes have um, luxury pools with Jacuzzi, 24-hour fitness centers, 24-hour business centers. Pat, RN American Traveler: I would highly recommend American Traveler to anyone who is even thinking of becoming a travel nurse. They'll, they'll work with you. Try to place you where you want to be and it's a wonderful way to use your profession and get to see other parts of the country. Chelsey, RN, Travel Nurse: The advice I would give a new traveler is just to take it for all it's worth, grasp it for everything you can while you have the experience. It’s a great time to get out and spread your wings a little bit. Explore, explore, explore. Meet new people. Let them be your tour guide and, and have fun with it.

• published: 25 Apr 2014
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