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If you are a competent nurse, you are pretty much guaranteed a job for life (at least that is what my niece told me).

My niece who is a nurse told me there are a few people in her graduating class who work as a "travel nurse." A travel nurse takes an assignment for 2 to 9 months working in a hospital, then they move on to their next assignment.

My niece said a couple of her friends from nursing school make $100K a year doing working as travel nurses, but of course you don't put down roots, are only in one place for a few months, etc. If you are in your 20's with no kids, it might be a good gig for a few years, especially if you like to see new places and have a lot of student loans to repay.