Travel Nurse Pay Scale

travel nurse pay scale

What is the travel nurse pay scale? You’ve heard that travel nursing pays more while allowing you to explore a new area. Is travel nursing financially worth it? Travel nursing can really be a great way to earn more income and hack the nursing pay scale with little relative experience.  How Much Does a Travel … Read more

Financial Independence for Nurses

Financial independence for nurses

The nursing workforce consists of 3+ million nurses. Nursing jobs are expected to increase above average in the future. Nurses make an average salary of $73,000 per year or $35.24 per hour.  Is financial independence possible for a nurse? The simple answer is YES! Nurses are a broad, diverse group, so the long answer is … Read more

7 Steps to Help Nurses Start Investing

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Can you imagine a generation of nurses who graduate financially savvy and investment smart? My undergraduate nursing program and my recent graduate nurse practitioner program had ZERO information about personal finance much less investing the money we’d be soon making. We just learned how much student loan we would get with the promise of TONS of good-paying jobs for nurses. Reality is I graduated with too much student debt and no financial advice from my nursing programs.

My Financial Journey – Part 1

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All throughout school we heard about the great nursing shortage, but here I was 2 months into the job hunt without any real prospects. I only had enough money for one more month of rent. I now realize just how much money I wasted over my first couple of years out of nursing school especially when I was a travel nurse. Had I started budgeting right away out of school, I’m sure I would be much further ahead in my journey to financial independence.