Med Surg Travel Nurse Jobs in Tennessee

A multistate or compact license, which Tennessee accepts with nothing further, or a Tennessee license by endorsement if yours is single-state. Tennessee's a full compact state, so most travelers clear the licensing question in about a minute. If you're on the endorsement path, the board's processing time leads every other date in your plan, so file first and search second.

BLS everywhere, and some Tennessee units also require ACLS. Beyond the cards, the consistent ask is one to two years of recent med-surg experience, framed as an expectation rather than a rule, since each hospital tunes its own requirements. Your recruiter can verify each contract's exact certification requirements.

No, and sometimes that works in your favor. Rates follow unit need, cost of living, and shift, not prestige: a regional floor that's struggled to fill can post above a metro that hasn't, stipends rise and fall with each city's prices, and nights add a premium. The chart above ranks live weekly pay by city; read it before assuming the biggest city pays best. The full shape of an offer varies by facility and contract, so put those questions to your recruiter.

Noticeably. A Nashville rate comes with Nashville housing, while regional markets in east and west Tennessee pair modest rents with rates that don't drop proportionally. Two contracts with similar weekly numbers can net very differently once you've paid for a place to sleep. Run the housing math per city, not per state, before you choose.