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Considerations For The Beginning Of Your Travel Nurse CareerWhen beginning your travel nursing career there are some helpful ways to make yourself acclimated to the new job more quickly. The most important is to travel lightly. It can be tempting to pack a great number of items when you are preparing for an assignment. However, many nurses opt to take on a few small items that remind them on home and then purchase additional items on their travels such as linens, dishes and pots and pans. Take the essentials with you when you are just starting out, and as you continue through the travel nursing career, you can add and take away whatever you need. If you decide to take a large amount of personal items on assignment, consider shipping items to yourself and time the package to arrive shortly after your arrival. It can be a new experience to learn to get around in a new city, especially if you are thinking more about your new travel nurse job. If you don't know your way around a new city, travel-friendly GPS units do much more than provide driving directions. They also have optional travel packs that cover local attractions (food, shopping, entertainment, and more). |