{"id":1399,"date":"2018-02-08T23:07:20","date_gmt":"2018-02-08T23:07:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.wanderly.us\/?p=1399"},"modified":"2026-03-04T21:28:42","modified_gmt":"2026-03-04T21:28:42","slug":"travel-nursing-while-married","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wanderly.us\/blog\/travel-nursing-while-married\/","title":{"rendered":"Travel Nursing While Married: From A Married Travel Nurse"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We&#8217;ve been asked about Travel Nursing while married more times than we can count. We&#8217;re chatting with a married travel nurse, Marcie Burton, an ICU nurse in California for the last 16 years. Who better to ask about Travel Nursing while Married than Marcie? She&#8217;s been traveling with her husband, Tom, for almost a year in their Vintage 1984 22&#8242; Winnebago named Chief.<\/p>\n<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_62 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-grey ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title \" >Table of Contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><a href=\"#\" class=\"ez-toc-pull-right ez-toc-btn ez-toc-btn-xs ez-toc-btn-default ez-toc-toggle\" aria-label=\"Toggle Table of Content\"><span class=\"ez-toc-js-icon-con\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wanderly.us\/blog\/travel-nursing-while-married\/#What_do_you_love_about_travel_nursing_while_married\" title=\"What do you love about travel nursing while married?\">What do you love about travel nursing while married?<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wanderly.us\/blog\/travel-nursing-while-married\/#What_do_you_love_about_travel_nursing\" title=\"What do you love about travel nursing?\">What do you love about travel nursing?<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wanderly.us\/blog\/travel-nursing-while-married\/#What_is_the_hardest_part_of_travel_nursing\" title=\"What is the hardest part of travel nursing?\">What is the hardest part of travel nursing?<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wanderly.us\/blog\/travel-nursing-while-married\/#Anything_else_youd_like_to_add\" title=\"Anything else you&#8217;d like to add?\">Anything else you&#8217;d like to add?<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wanderly.us\/blog\/travel-nursing-while-married\/#Whats_your_go-to_coffee_order\" title=\"What&#8217;s your go-to coffee order?\">What&#8217;s your go-to coffee order?<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"What_do_you_love_about_travel_nursing_while_married\"><\/span>What do you love about travel nursing while married?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><em>We love being at the beach together all summer, parked right on the sand every day. We took surf lessons and kayaked, rode our bikes. People pay millions for a house with the view we had for free together.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"What_do_you_love_about_travel_nursing\"><\/span><strong>What do you love about travel nursing?<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><em>&#8220;We love traveling in Chief. Everything I could possibly need is with me. It\u2019s difficult sometimes though, finding <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-1404\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wanderly.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Screen-Shot-2018-02-08-at-3.00.50-PM-300x300.png\" alt=\"Wanderly Nurse Talk: Marcie Burton\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wanderly.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Screen-Shot-2018-02-08-at-3.00.50-PM-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/www.wanderly.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Screen-Shot-2018-02-08-at-3.00.50-PM-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/www.wanderly.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Screen-Shot-2018-02-08-at-3.00.50-PM.png 599w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>a place to park is not easy. Our best assignment, in <\/em><em>Ventura, was the hardest when it came to a place to live. Ventura is an amazing beach town, but pretty snooty about RVs and there is a large homeless population living in RVs there also. None of the RV parks would take us long-term because our rig is over 10 years old. We were moving daily, staying in parking lots at night and showering at Planet Fitness because we didn\u2019t have a reliable source of water. After our bicycle seats were stolen while we slept, the hospital <\/em>let<em> us sleep in their parking lot on the nights I worked but we had to move in the morning. It all worked out though.<\/em><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"What_is_the_hardest_part_of_travel_nursing\"><\/span><strong>What is the hardest part of travel nursing?<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><em>&#8220;The hardest part of travel nursing is leaving your comfort zone. That is an achievement in itself when you\u2019ve been somewhere for so long. I gave up the best work BFFs a girl could ask for to embark on this adventure. My 27-year-old, autistic son, Brody, is with my Mom and Dad and my 22-year-old daughter, Bailey, is in nursing school right now and this is how we will get her started in life without <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wanderly.us\/blog\/bidens-student-loan-forgiveness-for-nurses\/\">huge debt<\/a>.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Anything_else_youd_like_to_add\"><\/span><strong style=\"font-size: inherit;\">Anything else you&#8217;d like to add?<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<div>\u00a0<em style=\"font-size: inherit;\">&#8220;We are going to keep traveling, saving money where we can to pay Bailey\u2019s tuition. It\u2019ll be nice to use <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wanderly.us\/recruiter\">Wanderly<\/a> to help us see the best pay packages without talking to so many recruiters. Sometimes it feels like you\u2019re trying to buy a car. Bailey will graduate in October 2019 then we would like to get a bigger motorhome so we can take Brody with us on some adventures. Next stop: El Centro, Ca on the border with Mexico. It\u2019ll be interesting and fun. We&#8217;re\u00a0taking my daughter&#8217;s Jeep for some fun in the desert and the dunes of So Cal.&#8221;<\/em><\/div>\n<div><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/div>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Whats_your_go-to_coffee_order\"><\/span><strong>What&#8217;s your go-to coffee order?<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<div>\n<p>I don\u2019t drink coffee anymore, but I\u2019m addicted to the saltine crackers at the hospitals. They just don\u2019t taste the same at home. \ud83d\ude09<\/p>\n<p>Thanks to Marcie for sharing her life and adventures as a travel nurse on this week&#8217;s Nurse Talk. 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