[rosieseattle]

Hi,
I started an agency here in the Seattle area. I'm from Albuquerque New Mexico. Have also worked in Texas and many other areas in the south. I find the wages up here to be very good compared to the south area. If you are interested, you can e-mail me at dannabell17@hotmail.com Thanks, Danna

[rjlrn95]

I'm curious who nightngale works for,l I want to start travel nursing (already do day agency in home town.) in 2002 and want to go to NM and Wyoming, expescially Bozeman area.

Seattle area also an interest of mine.

Do any of Y'all know of nurses who travel and live in their RV while on assignment?

[Brownms46]

HI rjlrn95,

Yes there are many nurses who travel using RV's! Check out Travel nurses and Therapists on WWW.Delphi.com. You will others who are using their RV's, and reaping the benefits while on travel assignments.

As for pay, I'm on a travel assignment here in Seattle, working Mon -Fri, 8:30 - 5:30 with two 15 min breaks, and 1hr lunch, no weekends or holidays for WELL over $25.00 an hr. I work with a great bunch of people for the most part, and pretty decent doctors. If not for the commute I would be almost in heaven! But in about two hours I'm going to be inching along in traffic, in the HOV lane! This week there are at least two Mariner Games and I will be even more ****** as I inch home again!!

[annie855]

hi lori,
i too have just moved to the kitsap area and have been having no luck finding $$ from agencies. Can you let me know which agency youve found the best??
thanks

[patwil73]

Originally Posted by annie855

hi lori,
i too have just moved to the kitsap area and have been having no luck finding $$ from agencies. Can you let me know which agency youve found the best??
thanks

Hey lori, I work for a pretty good agency based in seattle, but do a lot of outlying areas also. Pay is around $35 or more. If you're interested I can send you their number.

Pat

[4PsychRN]

i do perdiem for agency on the east coast and the pay for my speciality is $47/hour

[jen42]

$42/ hr, jail nursing with Medical Staffing Network. Not sure what their others posts pay, but there's an office here...

[WSU-RN]

The pay rates in Seattle vary and depend on a couple of things:

1) What the pay rates are between the agency you are working for and the contract they have with each facility.
2) If you are a specialty or general RN.
3) Weekend and shift differentials.

I love the agency I work for and have been with them for about 13 months. The pay rates can vary greatly between facilities. I would say that the per diem pay rates for the agency I am with are approx. $30-34 per hour for gen. and $35-43 per hour for specialty RNs.

[kairgivr]

Hi - I just moved here last summer and am thinking of switching agencies. I was told before moving here the hourly rate was about $5 more than I'm actually getting anywhere. I mostly work in Seattle but have been getting canceled so much lately I'm just alittle fed up with the whole agency thing. My staffing person can never find anything when trying to route me after my shift has been canceled.

WSU - do you know if intelistaff has reliable staffers after hours? Can they usually route you somewhere else if your shift gets canceled? I'm with h*n now (not sure if I can post that) and I feel like a number. They are very nice but are almost too big to care about my one shift. Who was your recruiter and do you have good relationships with your staffers? I may call them after the holidays and try something different. I want to give my agency a fair chance, but I still have to pay the bills.

[RNS for Unity]

11/27/05
Hi, I'm from Wisconsin, I would like to have an opportunity to work in Chicago on weekends only in specialty areas such as ICU, ER, Psych, Telemetry, PACU, Amb. Procedure center. Are there any weekend opportunities, since I do work in Milwaukee M-F. Also has Illinois started a license reciprocity program with Wisconsin to enable RNS from Wisconsin to work in Illinois without obtaining another license from Illinois.
Please let me know, what agencies pay the most?