Reply #12: As a nurse [View All]

[Horse with no Name]

I have the options of working on staff at healthcare facilities or as an agency nurse.
A staff nurse makes alot less money, but comes with bene's and a level of job security.
A contract agency nurse makes a TON of money, but doesn't have any bene's. None.
Because I needed some flexibility in my schedule and had a new grandbaby in the house and needed the extra money, I chose to do agency nursing. As luck would have it, I hurt my back pretty bad. To the point that I haven't been able to do floor nursing for almost 2 years and still have days that my legs are numb and I can't walk very well or spend the day in bed in pain. But then there are the days that I am perfect.
However, as an agency nurse, I had nothing to fall back on.
That's the way it is when you decide to roll the dice to make the big money. As horrible as it sounds, sometimes you lose and when you do--you lose big. It's a risk that you take.