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A nurse fills test tubes with blood to be tested during a bloodmobile in Fullerton, CA on Thursday, January 20, 2022.
Three years after the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, nurses are still opting to travel the country for a higher paycheck over staying at a single facility for a year or more.

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  • Aspen Tucker, 29, has been working as a travel nurse since earning his associate's degree in 2020.
  • Tucker earned $187,000 in 2022, yet works only 9 months out of the year, CNBC reports.
  • Many nurses have turned to travel contracts as a way to combat burnout and earn more money.

One travel nurse got candid about the ups and downs of working all over the country, and, spoiler alert, there weren't many downs.

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