Hospital Sues At-Will Workers for Getting Better Jobs

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9. Travel nurse

My friend (RN) took a job as a travel nurse, 13 weeks, up in northern Maine, about a half inch from the Canadian border. 2300 taxable per week plus 1400 non-taxable for lodging and meals. It's in a nursing home, three days of 12-hour shifts. That's what the employment company is paying, so figure that the nursing home is paying them even more than that. She hasn't started yet but it was 31 degrees below this week. With the winter weather, she may not make it back home to lower NE on some weekends. If you have some young relatives who want a career, recommend nursing. There will always be jobs for nurses and many other jobs in the medical field. My nephew got his RN in his 40s long after doing 5 years in the Navy and various jobs. The biggest, most squeamish comment I hear when recommending nursing is that "I can't handle dealing with blood." Can you deal with a good paycheck and
good benefits? The human body is not pretty or modest in the hospital. We are a mammal... Period... Two people that you can't gross out are nurses and nursing home workers. One time, when I had major surgery, I had an embarrassing situation with the catheter. Some folks thought it was too personal to even discuss. The nurses on my email list just laughed at this poor, embarrassed male and his tale of woe. Not one shred of sympathy.