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deie0383

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  1. Anyone know anything about American Traveler?

    Currently I am working in Florida which is my least paying assignment that I have taken. I only work in ICU and nights. I didn't have a hard time finding a job, but the other day I spoke with Amy my recruiter and she said that jobs are becoming har...
  2. Anyone know anything about American Traveler?

    Hi, I work for American Traveler and have been for the past year. I have no complaints, my recruiter always gets back to me when I have questions and calls once a week to make sure everything is going ok. I have looked at other companies since I have...
  3. Is Anyone having trouble finding an assignment?

    I have never heard of you having to contact the manager for an interview. Acutally my company specifically tells you not to contact the hosptial, but to wait until they contact you. I was told that managers don't like being contacted by travelers a...
  4. Patient Ratio Concerns

    I am currently working at a very small hospital where they are trying to cut costs by cutting staffing. The 8 bed ICU/CCU/Tele floor I am on rarely gets a true ICU/CCU patient, but in the past month they have come up with this staffing matrix that b...
  5. Patient Ratio Concerns

    I have refused to work alone, but this is a policy that they are implimenting and it is unsafe. The hospital feels that it is just fine, even the unit manager. JACHO is due to be stopping in anyday, but I have a feeling if they due show up then the...
  6. NY, NY hospitals

    Where in New York are you looking, are you looking in New York City or anywhere in New York State?
  7. Patient Ratio Concerns

    Does anyone have any suggestions? Any point of view would be helpful, so far this week there have been 5 nurses to resign making the staffing situation even worse.
  8. how soon to start looking for an assignment?

    I have said this on other posts, but I am not having trouble finding a job with the company I work for (American Traveler). Last month I called them and said what area I wanted and was given a list of 20 positions and multiple different hospitals. ...
  9. Tax advantage?

    Check out the thread "Contract Tips" there is alot on information regarding this in there. Also check out the web site www.gsa.gov it lists how much tax free money you are allowed depending on what area you will be working in and as long as you don'...
  10. Contract tips

    I work for American Traveler and have been for the past year. They have been great to work with and I can always get in touch with someone immediately if I have a question at anytime of the day or night. Also I have been reading in other posts that...
  11. trouble finding a job in ICU in CT

    I didn't think it was right, but in CT there isn't anything that says it can't be done. When I put up an arguement about it and called my travel company, I was told by the manager of the department that since we are right next door to the ER that we...
  12. Job outlook for travel nursing in this economy?

    I work for American Traveler Staffing Professionals.
  13. Anyone headed to Florida?

    I am heading to New Port Richey in January. My company American Traveler offered me about 20 positions in Florida with start dates around the 5th and 13th of January. If you want the name of my recuriter let me know.
  14. scared to travel alone

    I have only been traveling for about a year and I only had 1.5 years experience right out of school in ICU. -If your scared of being away from your family find an assignment near family that you don't see often, for my first assignment I found a pl...
  15. trouble finding a job in ICU in CT

    I know that Sharon Hospital in Sharon, CT is looking for nurses in all of their departments since I am here right now as a traveler, but they are having some problems. Their new staffing policy is horrible. For example, the ICU is a mix of ICU (mos...
  16. Job outlook for travel nursing in this economy?

    I am not sure what companies you are looking at in the US, but my company calls me 4 weeks before my contract is scheduled to end and asks me to pick a state and they give me at least 10 positions in that state alone. And as for Florida I just signe...
  17. contracts?

    I am surprised that your finding a hard time finding a contract. I don't even have a full 3 years ICU experience and I am signed up until April. Maybe it is the company your dealing with.
  18. I have only been a nurse for almost 4 years and I have my dream job. I am working as a traveling ICU nurse and making the $50.00 an hour. And yes I have put in my dues, but the senior nurses who gave me the toughest assignments have only made me bett...
  19. trouble finding a job in ICU in CT

    Try Sharon Hospital in Sharon, CT. I am working here right now in ICU as a traveler and I know they are looking for RN's and they do take New Grads.