I recently received an inquiry from a radiology technician as to traveling after graduation as opposed to getting 1 to 2 years experience before looking into a travel assignment.  There was mention of an article which you might find enlightening if you are a therapist, technologist or technician that appeared in the Healthcare Traveler (March 2008) entitled “Traveling after graduation: [...]

Fall River, MA
Nurses in one unit of St. Anne’s Hospital in Fall River, MA are making use of new technology to spend more time at patients’ bedside. The Massachusetts hospital was picked along with 67 other hospitals to be in a national research project — Transforming Care at the Bedside — the study’s goal is [...]

It seems like there’s a stethoscope for every medical specialty out there. Neonatal, gastro, cardio and the list goes on. Depending on how much you want to spend and how serious you want (or need) to be in your travel nurse assignments, you can go anywhere from a simple $10 stethoscope to what some people [...]

If you’re just starting out as a travel nurse, you may want to keep things simple and travel as light as possible, bringing only those things that you know you’ll absolutely need for your assignment.
Otherwise, there are some ‘creature comforts’ that many travel nurses simply can’t live without. These can include:

Towels, sheets, shower curtain/rod
Dishes, silverware, [...]

Travel nurses tend to travel light. It’s a fact of life for travel nurses who typically spend three months on an assignment before they pack up and move on to the next hospital or care facility. Regardless of how long you spend on an assignment as a travel nurse, there are certain things you need, [...]