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I agree the market is a little tighter and a little more competitive than a year or so ago...but I have had no problem with getting offers and interviews. (I do Med/Surg, Ortho, and Telemetry and I have my ACLS) I have been traveling for 5 years. I...

FYI: Most companies will NOT support you on issues of which the hospital or manager is breaking the terms of your contract. I have had this happen several times with different agencies....They want to please the client (oh, and the RN is NOT the cl...

Simply, NO.

Well, here is my experience....I got an offer in Colorado to work Ortho last week from a company...what they were willing to give me for take home pay was WAY too low. (I declined the offer) Yes, in part it my be due to the contract...in part it may...

I have experienced this on most every contract/assignment. It is not unusal. But after orientation week if this happens you should be able to get your pay for the hours promised in the contract...unless it is of course your fault for not getting th...

I worked a 13 week contract there and hated it. I was on Med/Surg/Tele. Most of the patients are psych patients on CIWA protocol, most are homeless and indigent as well. The patient ratio on days was 6:1 and many times we only had 1 or 2 techs for th...

St. Joseph Hospital in Tucson also does Seasonal 3 or 6 or 9 month Seasonal Contracts and they do it year round anytime you want to start. I work there as a 9 month Seasonal Employee. I like it very much. The pay is decent and it is a pretty good ...

Just take the attitude that you are self employed and that you are the boss off your business. If they can't tell you a straight forward answer then your probably best not to deal with them anyway. My company just gave me a quote on a contract of $...

I kind of agree with this that the agency is there to sell you a product (the contract). Some think my attitude is right, some think it is wrong...But the way I approach it is this...they call themselves the "employer" but they can call themselves an...

True what she says about the one year deal....but here is the loop hole. Don't sign an extention that will take you over the one year mark. Even you want to continue working in that metro area or with that same hospital take a couple of weeks vacat...

I work with LiquidAgents. They ALWAYS try and get you/force you to take their "Tax Incentive Plan". I have refused after doing it once and it was not a good deal. The problem...it is all tax free money and it lowers your base pay and you get crap whe...

I have been offered a traveling position at University Physicans Hospital Kino in Tucson, AZ. Day Shift on Med/Surg Telemetry. Anyone have any good info on this hospital? Also, any help advise on apartments in that area that would be suitable wou...

i am a traveling nurse from the louisville area. in my travels i see icu nurses pulled all the time...low census is low census. if icu does not have enough patients to warrant staff that leaves two choices...be pulled to another floor of which you ...

Well get this...I am a traveling nurse on assignment in Dallas, TX (my home is in Indiana). Several of the other nurses and Charge Nurse complain because I do not sit at the desk and help them answer the phone....(they are normally sitting there gos...

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Freedom42...let me clarify. I am a Traveling Nurse just passing through town here. I am not an employee of this hospital. But your point is still the same....and a good one. I am glad my contract ends this coming week. I have 4 more shifts and ...

There is a hospital in Louisville, KY that is Union and I think represented by United Nurses of America. Although I do not work for this hospital I do hold a residence there and have worked in the area in the past. This union seems to be very stron...

Well, for nurses in support of Union's, well Hilary is your girl. She has sent letters scolding Finley Hospital Administration in Dubuque, IA and the parent company of this hospital Iowa Health System in Des Moines, IA about there unfair labor pract...

I am a traveling nurse and I am for the first time working in a hospital that is Union in Iowa. What a nightmare. The union and hospital management are at constant war. The nurses have worked without a contract for almost 2 yrs and have filed numb...

On one had I agree, on the other hand I see potential problems. The problem we have in our "I'm too busy" world is that we have WAY too many people who struggle all day to remain at work and not take time off to go to the doctor or take their kids to...

I am from Indiana, but I am a travel nurse. I am currently in Iowa working night shift on a Medical-Telemetry Unit and we have lots of telemetry as there is no special unit for telemetry care patients, we are it. We usually run 4 nurses (RN/LPN com...

Good to hear NJ has it together in this employment law area. Other states need to follow the example. I am a traveling nurse and at a hospital I am currently contracted at, the hospital has a "Mandate Policy" for EMERGENCY staffing purposes. Howev...

I am not from NJ, just popped in to check on something else and saw this. Hog Wash! I have been an ADN-RN for 22 years...putting me in the 40-50 yr old age bracket you speak of. I passed the same exact NCLEX exam (back when it was on paper) that the ...

uhmmmmm how about staying on subject here. The subject is canceled contracts...not nasty nurses.

I am a male nurse and been in nursing for over 20 years...both male and female...I have seen it all...big, little, deep and wide. Pelvics or Foley if the patient doesn't raise a big stink well...time to do your job.