any experience with travel agencies?

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did you lke/dislike your experience? what was the pay like? did you get to network among coworkers? would you recommend it?

I used American Mobile for a 13 week assignment in Ft Lauderdale. They offer good benefits, housing, utilities and travel paid for. The only think I paid for out of pocket was cell phone, cable and internet (and food of course). Day one health coverage, good plan. I worked for a very nice hospital where they were glad to have the help.

My advice is to have everything in writing... from the float expectation, to nurse to pt ratios, etc... protect yourself from a bad situation.

I left travel nursing after the first assignment because we decided to settle down. I would def consider it in the future.

Pay was OK... I think I only made $21/hr but when you add in the free housing and utilities and travel it adds up. DO KNOW- the recruiters are given a certain amt of money for you and the travel nursing company pays you a rate out of that, the remainder is the profit for the company... Let's say a hospital is paying $50/hr for a nurse, and the travel nursing company is offering you $20... that means the travel nursing company is making more that you. SO NEGOTIATE. The rate is never in stone like they might lead you to believe.

Specializes in ED, ICU, PSYCH, PP, CEN.

visit travel nurses and therapists on the delphi forum and PAN travelers association. There is a wealth of information.

Specializes in Emergency Medicine.

There is slot of information comments, tips, opinions, and experiences.

It is in the Travel Nurse forum.

Look around there.

(Oh, and AMN sucks!)

Specializes in Home health was tops, 2nd was L&D.

If you like challenges, change and are flexible..Travel nursing could be for you..Can you make new friends quickly? Could be for you....Like to travel? Could be great for you...Are you experienced in your field and able to work with very little input?...Could be for you.

If you need to fit into a clique, are uncomfortable with constant change, or want roots.. Travel nursing is probably not for you.

Considering the housing, benefits and all the bennies, the overall income is great in most cases. Yes, by all means do not take first offer or first gaencies that calls you.. Due diligence will get you a decnt agency to work with and yet even then on certain cases another may offer more.. But staying with one good agency gives you consistency and that may be worth more than a few dollars.

Remember it is a contract..do not commit to long one in case you hate it.

Absolutely best advice from previous poster is to get everything and I mean everything in writing from the agency not the facility.. You are employee of agency.. they will give your reference, facility will not usually. If you need a certain day off but it in the contract up front!!! Be more specific than you ever imagined.

I tried it for home health loved it, then could not find another position...now there are many but now I have roots. But every so often I get a call with a recruiter wondering if I would be interested... and apart of my brain says OH Yeah!

And if you get bored easy.. travel is great and no one will ever accuse you of job-hopping!!

My opinion,, try it. it is only 13 weeks and who knows????

Specializes in Medical and general practice now LTC.

moved to the travel nursing forum

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