Agency nurses in Wyoming??

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Specializes in LTC, Psych, M/S.

It seems this site is kind've dead but I thought I would try anyway =-)

Basically asking for a friend of mine but I was curious too - does anyone know of hospitals (or any other health care facilities) in Wyoming that utilize traveler (agency) RN's? If so, to what extent? When i was living there, I knew of some LTC's that used travelers quite regularly, but I have no idea if that is still the case. My friend has family in thermopolis that she wanted to be close to for a while, but I know that is a pretty sporificely populated area so I told her not to get her hopes up on finding anything in that immediate area, but I thought maybe Casper, Riverton, ect...... I know here in colorado she works for the resource pool so would probably fit into a rural hosp. w/o a problem.

I just had no idea if wyo facilities were even needing agency nurses at this time. Thanks for any info in advance!!

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Specializes in Med-Surg, Geriatric, Behavioral Health.

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I would recommend checking out the Wyoming forum. There is a big difference in per diem vs travel contracts, and you do not normally hear of travel contracts to there.

I do know that there are several agencies that cover the bigger cities, but as far as the smaller ones?

One suggestio is to try and do a search on either Google or Yahoo for nursing agencies in Wyoming and see what you can come up with.

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Last I heard all of the prisons in Wyoming were using travelers/agency nurses.

I believe PHS (Prison Health Services) currently has the contracts for those facilities.

I also think there are a few threads in the correctional nursing forum that talk about WY travel nurses.

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Specializes in LTC, Psych, M/S.

Thanks for the reply! I've known several nurses who have worked contracts at the Wyo state pen. I guess they pay top dollar - probably b/c it is hard to attract people there (rawlins wyo). Not exactly a choice town to live in! Probably wouldn't be bad for a while, though.

Last I heard all of the prisons in Wyoming were using travelers/agency nurses.

I believe PHS (Prison Health Services) currently has the contracts for those facilities.

I also think there are a few threads in the correctional nursing forum that talk about WY travel nurses.

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