amy0123 BSN, RN

amy0123 has 11 years experience as a BSN, RN and specializes in MedSurg Tele.

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   Learn new specialty or pick up another travel assignment

   amy0123 replied to amy0123's topic in Travel

   Thank you, that is an awesome suggestion! I can definitely spend a day shadowing in each area and pick a specialty. I'll contact the manager of each specialty. If the specialty is not a good fit for me, then I could stay as I am in my position. At le...
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   Learn new specialty or pick up another travel assignment

   amy0123 posted a topic in Travel

   Hi everyone, I have been a medsurg tele traveler for a little over ten years, and pick up local per diem shifts in between assignments at home. After reviewing several travel nurse websites and all of their needs for specialties like OR, ICU, ER, PIC...
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   NCH Naples Housing

   amy0123 replied to briteside's topic in Travel

   I've worked at The Villages Hospital and Naples Community Hospital on Travel Assignments with AMN. They were both a great experience. I'm a med/surg/Tele nurse. Some friends I made in both places work in ICU and said it was great too. I would definit...
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   Nurses create the demand! Quit accepting low paying contracts

   amy0123 replied to Nomad5150's topic in Travel

   nomad5150- this is old stuff and there is already a behind the scenes effort to clean up the worst of the practices (see www.natho.org ) :) as a traveler, you are not going to get a market wage in this economy as the agencies ...
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   Nurses create the demand! Quit accepting low paying contracts

   amy0123 replied to Nomad5150's topic in Travel

   79Tango - please explain some facts. If the 4 companies I mentioned are the worst, what makes them the worst? what are the best? You seem to know. As an RN, the $15/h wage is not market value. Especially after working for American Mobile for 4 years...
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   Nurses create the demand! Quit accepting low paying contracts

   amy0123 replied to Nomad5150's topic in Travel

   I've been with American Mobile for 3-4 years. It's really sad how since fall of 2010 they've changed into a "tax advantage" pay program. This means to me that the company gets to take advantage of Travel Nurses on the tax and hourly rate. I was offer...
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   Can't get a mortgage because I travel???

   amy0123 replied to RNontheroad's topic in Travel

   I had the same problem. It was not easy. The process took weeks. I had the same situation. I had to explain to my loan officer what a travel nurse was and does. He said his mother was a nurse and new about travel nursing and she helped him to underst...
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   NCH Naples Housing

   amy0123 replied to briteside's topic in Travel

   Yes, their housing is clean and safe. Occupied by nurses. A condo-like setting. The hospital itself is located in Naples, mostly a retirement community. It's a beautiful area. The hospital's housing is about a 15 minute walk to the beach and a block ...
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   Name the hospital and its Starting Salary!!!

   amy0123 replied to amadime1's topic in New York

   Vassar Brothers starting pay is $29.67 per hourly rate. It goes up a dollar or so every year after. I'm not sure about St. Francis pay.
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    American Mobile

    amy0123 replied to Smiley6's topic in Travel

    I've worked with American Mobile for 3 years. I started my first travel assignment with them and I'm still working for them. They're a well known company and therefore have more assignments available in more states. I would say for a new traveler, I ...
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    NY Nurses to Rally Against Mandatory H1N1 Vaccinations

    amy0123 replied to amy0123's topic in COVID

    You're right. Most people do not care. However, I think there are very few who do. And they will be very frustrated.
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    NY Nurses to Rally Against Mandatory H1N1 Vaccinations

    amy0123 replied to amy0123's topic in COVID

    If every state mandated the H1N1 vaccine like the NY government has, I wonder what the response would be from health care workers from all 50 states. Would some states refuse and rally? Would those nurses also lose their argument for free choice and ...
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    Swine Flu & Your Rights

    amy0123 replied to amy0123's topic in COVID

    united nations international law: http://www.un.org/en/law/ world trade organization law: http://www.wto.org/english/news_e/news_e.htm obama announces plan to expand fight against global h1n1 pandemic http://geneva.usmission.gov/news/category/health/...
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    Swine Flu & Your Rights

    amy0123 posted a topic in COVID

    The military gets involved: "Representatives from 10 U.S. government agencies are holding a two-day table-top exercise in cooperation with the government of Panama to assist in responding to any future influenza pandemic Sept. 16." "The representativ...
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    Mandatory Flu vaccine

    amy0123 replied to mspazrn's topic in New York

    Forced to be immunized as a condition of employment. http://nursing.advanceweb.com/editorial/content/editorial.aspx?cc=207252