Any Las Vegas Travel MS Tele Advice ?

[JudyFawce]

I am thinking of traveling to LV this spring. Can I get some input as to past travel experiences here. All is appreciated. Planning on moving. Using the initial travel assignment to uncomplicated the move and will look for permanent or per diem while working it.

[HikingNinja, BSN, MSN, DNP, RN, APRN, NP]

Great post! As this topic comes up every few months, I'll quote you. I'm going to guess the better hospitals are well staffed so fewer travelers? And that those hospitals get their pick when they do need travelers.

Ned, you are correct. Better staffed. Highest pay in the area. Also their hospitals are not right in and around the strip so see a fair amount of volume but not like on the strip. Few travelers. They also have their own internal float pool to fill temp needs at all three facilities.

[imanedrn]

I would suggest putting Las Vegas in the search box above and read the results. It is one of the least liked places in the country for actually working as a nurse. I would suggest getting a job in nearby California and going to Vegas on your days off.

Vegas is my home, and I can't agree with you more. I started in m/s, and I don't remember it being horrible. I'm in ER now, and they're pretty awful. All of them are ridiculously overburdened.

The pay is great, but I'd be happy if I never work there again.

[imanedrn]

Hey, a Las Vegas nurse here with my 2 cents,

Places to avoid like the plague - Sunrise, Desert Springs, Mt View, North Vista, UMC

Places that could be ok for a few months - southern hills, centennial hills, spring valley, valley, summerlin

The best - san Martin, Siena, delima (dignity health st rose facilities - I believe they only use Nightingale)

The dignity health facilities are under the CNA union and have very strict nurse to patient ratios. In tele you will only have 5 pts. Let me know if you have specific questions. I've worked in quite a few of these facilities.

Ooh, I'm curious where you work there! You're still in ED?

Vegas is my home. I started in ER at North Vista. I won't comment on it, as I still have many friends there. I will say, though, that I think I got a decent foundation from NVH, and that every ED in Vegas is bloody miserable. Some are far worse than others, but none of them seem to be in a good spot. Those never-ending holds make it almost unbearable at times.