Auto Club Membership: Many travel nurse agencies offer a discount or free membership to an auto club. Travel nurses will have access to roadside assistance, hotel discounts, rental cars, free trip routing with detailed directions and maps, emergency check cashing, and no fee travelers checks.

Membership to an auto-club is essentially the VIP level of travel nursing benefits. Some companies may offer such plans, while others don't. Many will offer it to nurses as part of a loyalty package for completing X number of assignments. Regardless, it does not hurt to ask your travel nurse recruiter if auto-club membership is an option, as well as any other perks you may have heard from your colleagues.

Although men comprise less than 10 percent of the nurse workforce in the U.S., travel nursing remains a high-paying alternative for men seeking the adrenaline and personal fulfillment of other civil service and emergency jobs and want to stay close to home.

Whereas the median salary for firemen and EMTs is somewhere between 30K and 50K a year, travel nurses can earn between $70,000 and $100,000 depending on assignment.

While a man's choice of career may often come down to personal preference or educational requirements, this statistic is glowing recommendation for more males to consider a career as a registered nurse.