Heard of American Mobile Healthcare

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Hi everyone.

Has anyone heard of American Mobile. The rep. has been calling me.

Can you tell me about their reputaion, pay, etc.

Thanks :)

Jaycrue :cool:

I've been traveling with American Mobile for a year now. What can I say? I've traveled with 3 other agencies, and have tried recently to get an assignment with a fourth. My "recruiter" at Cross Country doesn't return my calls, and I haven't even taken an assignment with them yet. If they don't return them now, and I have trouble on an assignment, it's likely that I'll not get a call back THEN, either. Gee. I don't think I'll be taking an assignment with them after all.

2 other companies (both large names) were worse. One small company was better, but they have fewer available assignments for me. All-in-all, if you get a good recruiter at AMN, they are a pretty good company to work for. At least they call you back. The pay rates vary per assignment, and per company, but I'll take a few dollars less to have a great recruiter (D.P.), who listens to my concerns and works with me to get what I want for an assignment. The housing is mostly good, and I pay a little extra for private housing, but it's worth it to me just to have someone support me when I'm out at the facility working hard. -Hope, RN

Hi...I have actually been looking into AM...just out of curiousity...how much is " a little extra" for private housing? Because I am defintely not willing to share!

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Can you tell me who you work with?

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can you tell me too? This is my first time traveling so I want to look in to as many agencies as possible!

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Specializes in L&D/MB/LDRP.

"a little extra" is $300-$500 a month. Don't travel w/ anyone who doesn't offer free private housing. As a traveler you should have to pay for NOTHING!!!!!

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My story was similar to HMtravelRN's, I was with AMN for 2 years. Actually I hated the company then but I stayed because I loved my recuiter. But when her husband got transferred and she had to quit, I got stuck with this crappy recuiter and that was enough to make me look at other companies and leave. Once my recuiter quit we would still talk and she told me how crappy they really were. Everytime I would extend at a facility with them they would decrease the pay by 0.50 - $1.00/hour, which is crazy. I should have left them then, but I liked my recuiter. Perfect example right now of how cheap they are is I work at Scripps Mercy in San Diego now as a traveler and the AMN nurses are not even making $28/hour,plus 1 girl who has been there since March just extended for another 6 months and is still paying 100/month for a private apartment with no TV or phone. Excuse me but that is really a bunch of crap! There is NO WAY I am going to leave my home, drag a whole bunch of stuff in a car across the country, work like a slave at this busy hospital and get paid and treated like one. I can make more money and be more comfortable at home w/ my TV and phone than work out here for $27 or $26/hour.

I really wish I had known someone working with any other company than AMN when I was with them so I wouldn't have been cheated for so long. Now me and all of my friends have left them, and I am much happier. Everyone please do your homework when looking for companies, because you are definitely your own boss and need to look out for your own interests. If you want private housing w/ all the amenties and a certain pay rate (of course it needs to be reasonable, but anywhere less than $27/hr this day in age is not reasonable, unless you are getting a big tax free subsity with it), then don't settle. Usually I will interview, get offered the position, and then tell them what they definitely need to do to get me to take it. I haven't had anyone turn me down either, since once the facility shows definite interest the company doesn't want to lose the commission on something minor like 2 bucks more per hour or a 1 bedroom apartment instead of a studio. And the longer you have been traveling, the better yor resume will look and the more interviews you will probably get. Never sell your skills short. You went to school for too long to be sold for less. Taking that Nclex has to pay off some how. :rotfl:

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Specializes in ER.
That is who I work for and they are fabulous. Wouldn't even consider working for anyone else. Let me know if you want my recruiter's name.

Can you tell me your recruiter's name for On Assignment? I just sent in my paperwork for this company and can not get a call back from the recruiter, ever since I let him know it will be 6 month's before I can travel. Thanks :rolleyes:

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Hi,

Who do you work for??? I'm looking for a assignment.

quilting nurse

I sent you the info via private Message :)
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I saw a lot of young inexperienced travel RNs get totally ripped off by American Mobile companies when I was in CA for a year. Some of the nurses were getting 66% of my hourly for the same job, and were given lousy shared housing with inconsiderate or thieving strangers. Extensions were always a ripoff and they would leave them stranded in a heartbeat. Worst travel company I heard of besides Nurses in Partnership.

I travelled with AMN for 2 years and I regret it. I went with them when I first became a travel rn because they were in all the magazines and seemed to be the most popular. Every time I took an assignment, if I wanted to extend the pay got decreased by 0.50 - $1.00 per hour. I am sorry but you can't tell me the facility is doing that. Once I started talking to other travelers I realized I was getting a bad deal. Now I work for a company that has FREE private housing w/ linens, cable, phone, appliances, pots and pans, rental car, and airfare all included, plus $30 - 35 / hour every contract. Sorry, AMN can't even come close to that. Plus when I working for them I didn't even know they didn't provide long or short term disability. Now I make sure any company I goes with has that. AMN is too big of a company to be so cheap. They are getting 3x's what you are and still wanna pay crappy while nurses work like dogs. LOL. Like I said before, I really wish I would have know a traveler to ask questions to before I started.
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WHO DO YOU TRAVEL WITH?????

I don't pay for private housing with my agency. In fact, I just took a virtual tour of the private apt I will be occupying for my next assignment- Master suite, 2 bedrooms, 2 baths, washer/dryer, phone, cable TV, fireplace, utilities, linens/dishes, furniture, etc provided and paid for by my agency. The pay is great, and my recruiter is very nice, too.

I've gotten calls from lots other agencies- including American Mobile. they offered me $16.00 per hr less than I am getting now, for a nearly identical assignment.

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Specializes in Rehab, Neuro, Travel Nurse, Home Care.

I worked with the sister company of AM which was Medical Express. Horrible experience, but I learned a lot about traveling. I live in Jersey and got a assignment in Santa Barbara, CA. I told my recuiter that I will fly out there and I also have a cat. A couple of days before my flight my recuiter "forgot that I had a cat" and put me in shared housing. Also my apartment was in the next town and my recuiter told me to take buses. The whole reason that I went was because I had signed the contract to fast and the would sue me rent even though I haven't even left yet. When I got to Santa Barbara, I had to pay 500 a mouth for a rental car, because the bus system was a joke. My roommate had company all the time. I had to pay my mom to watch my cat. After that I got what I wanted from my assignments. I never signed a contract and I will not leave untill all my request are in writing. Now I'm back to being a staff nurse and I miss traveling around the country. I'm bored

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Man, Nicmac. It sounds like you got a raw deal all the way around. I travel and have never had to share an apartment. I have another friend that travels with her husband and son and another that travels with her cat. None of that has ever been a problem. The only people I have met from my company that have had roommates are nurses that WANT to room together because they travel together.

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Several months ago I got a letter from AMN asking me to contact them about a travel assignment. Could not do it d/t hubby being ill. Later I got another card asking me to call. After talking to the recruiter, I would never consider working for these jerks. They don't pay well, have little concern for the nurse, and are not interested in the nurse who may ask too many questions about the benefits, housing, other perks that many companies are giving their staff.

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Hi everyone.

Has anyone heard of American Mobile. The rep. has been calling me.

Can you tell me about their reputaion, pay, etc.

Thanks :)

Jaycrue :cool:

Hi there.

I am a traveler with American Mobile and I am very happy with them. PM me and I can give you further details. I have been with them for one year now. I am on travel assignment with my navy retired husband, my 1 year old son and my 3 year old daughter. I have been a nurse for about 3 years now, so this is very new to me. And I am NICU. I have had a very good experience. Let's chat

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