My aunt has some traveling nursing the past few years, so I know second-hand. All the jobs she's taken, the hospital has paid for her to stay in a little apartment (some are nice, some are not the best). I think if they put you up in a spot you don't like, you can ask for a "living allowance," and stay at another place. I knew this couple who were both traveling nurses and they bought a RV. They pay you pretty well, sometimes more than a local nurse, sometimes it will end up being the same as a local nurse.

To become one, you have to get a license in nursing--whether you are doing LPN or RN. They almost always want you to have a few years of experience. The job may only be a 12 weeks and they expect you to, more or less, jump right in and know what you're doing. In such a short period of time, they don't want to have to spend it training someone. I'm not totally sure of how you find travel nursing jobs. There might be some local agencies or even some websites where you can find information.

Day-to-day is the same as if you were a nurse locally, you're not given special treatment.

Good luck to you!

You need to get your RN first as well as a few years experience; you will not have the opportunity to be learning anything on the job. Specializing solely in peds would severely limit you as that is a small niche. Your duties are the same as any of the other nurses in the area, although you often get the less desirable shifts. YOu are also there to work, not sight see, so there are a certain required number of shifts. For now, however, concentrate on getting into a nursing program once you are through high school.

Nurses are fantastic, so many of them give up so much, only so that they can look after for other peeps. In the box below is a resource I discovered with loads of things about nursing - and loads of alternative professions too.