While travel nursing offers high earning potential and schedule flexibility, it comes with notable professional and personal drawbacks. Travel nurses frequently face abrupt onboarding processes, minimal orientation, and a lack of institutional support, requiring them to adapt instantly to unfamiliar electronic health record systems and unit workflows. Additionally, constantly changing locations means dealing with the logistical stress of frequent relocation, maintaining dual living expenses, securing temporary housing, and handling fluctuating contract availability. Travel nurses also miss out on internal facility benefits like seniority perks, paid parental leave, and long-term retirement matching programs.