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California pays Travel Operating Room Scrub Nurses the most, averaging $3,388 per week, followed by New Mexico ($3,060) and Colorado ($2,800). California also has the highest ceiling, with max weekly pay reaching $4,588. For comparison, the national average for Travel Operating Room Scrub Nurses is $3,121 per week — California pays 9% more.

Registered Nurses who provide direct patient care, administer medications, coordinate treatment plans, and monitor patient conditions across diverse healthcare settings including hospitals, clinics and outpatient centers, home health and hospice, schools and public health settings, travel nursing assignments, corrections, long-term acute care, and non-bedside roles such as case management, informatics, education, and telehealth.

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