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1. Ramifications of leaving midcontract

   ewrn posted a topic in Travel

   I'm sure this topic has come up before but I wanted to hear opinions from other travelers. So I started a contract on December 28,2015 at a hospital in Grand Forks, ND. I signed up to work on a 55 bed Cardiac unit. I was told during the interview tha...

2. Missing a class for CA license

   ewrn posted a topic in Travel

   Well I applied for license by endorsement to California. I though everything was going great because they issued my Temp license on 5/4/15 but now today I get a notice saying I'm missing an oral communication class and that I can't get my permanent l...

3. Epic training

   ewrn replied to ewrn's topic in Travel

   Yea I read about their training in Madison, WI just wasn't sure if there was any other program.

4. Epic training

   ewrn posted a topic in Travel

   Just wondering if there is anyway to get Epic training if you don't work in a facility that uses it. I'm getting shut out of some great travel jobs because I have never used it before.

5. Is RN Network a decent agency ?

   ewrn posted a topic in Travel

   I wanted to hear thoughts about RN Network. I am considering them for my first assignment.

6. Nurse Supervisor References

   ewrn replied to ewrn's topic in Travel

   I asked about other types of references and the agency said it had to be only a direct supervisor. Too bad because I have plenty of coworkers and doctors that can give me rave reviews. They said they just wanted to ask her a few questions about my sk...

7. Nurse Supervisor References

   ewrn posted a topic in Travel

   Today, I called up a travel nursing company and told the recruiter I was interested in going to Louisiana for a first time travel assignment since I have all my family there. Everything was going well until they wanted supervisor references. I was ho...

8. I hate my job and I can't get out.

   ewrn replied to ewrn's topic in General Nursing

   All the nurses on my unit are fairly new. No one has more than 2 yrs. experience except for the nurse managers. I left the clinic because I wanted to get acute care experience and I was afraid of getting stuck in one area early in my career. The clin...

9. I hate my job and I can't get out.

   ewrn posted a topic in General Nursing

   So I have been an RN since March 2011. In Sept. 2011, I moved 1,600 miles to get a new grad job in a clinic ( that is all they would offer) . I got a sign on bonus and had to sign a one year contract. After about 7 months I asked if I could transfer ...

10. Just hired at Trinity

    ewrn replied to Tristar's topic in North Dakota

    I'm moving out there this week and I got hired through an agency. Even they could not find me a hotel room or apartment. Housing is tight but if you look everyday on Craigslist, or Roomates.com you can probably find something. I found someone on room...

11. Anyone moving to Minot and looking to share housing ?

    ewrn replied to ewrn's topic in North Dakota

    Did you ever find anything ? I have been looking with no luck so far. I'm also waiting to hear about an apartment through trinity.

12. Anyone moving to Minot and looking to share housing ?

    ewrn replied to ewrn's topic in North Dakota

    Did you get hired through an agency or directly by the hospital ? I have heard that even the hotels have no availability till at least Sept. 18th I got hired through an agency and they told me that the hospital has apartments and its 950 a month for ...

13. Anyone moving to Minot and looking to share housing ?

    ewrn replied to ewrn's topic in North Dakota

    Yes I will be in the Oct. 3rd Orientation. I will be working a rotating position in the clinics. I'm thinking about getting up there at least a week before to find a place. It's kind of scary because many places won't rent to you unless you are in pe...

14. Anyone moving to Minot and looking to share housing ?

    ewrn posted a topic in North Dakota

    I'm going to be moving to Minot at the end of Sept. for a job with Trinity and I was wondering if anyone else was moving around the same time or already in Minot and looking for a room mate.

15. Finally got a job just not how I ever expected.

    ewrn posted a topic in New Nurse

    I'm a Dec. 2010 grad and could not find any job locally and I felt like I was running out of time before I was no longer employable Well I applied to a job in Minot, ND through a recruiting firm. I never thought I would move from the south but this w...