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Thanks for the help- will take your advice to avoid confusion

I am going through the application process with multiple (5) travel agencies. I am looking for an assignment in the ED department in a particular state. So---- I have sent my resume and paper work to these 5 agencies and more that one of them has forwarded my application to the SAME hospital. (i.e. the hospital receives the same resume from 2 or more different travel companies) My question is "what happens?" One of the recruiters told me not to do this because it causes confusion at the hospital level. I did it because I want to negotiate the best travel package from among several travel agencies. Any advice? Thanks, I'm new to this- it will be my first travel assignment

Thank you very much!

Thanks for the info- not familiar with the PBDS test but I'll try to find more info about it.

Thank you for the input. I will probably look at something either in the Ft Meyers to Sarasota area or north of Tampa around new Port Richey or Brooksville.

Well, thanks for the input, especially regarding lack of beds and "sundowners" After giving this some thought maybe I'll look to northern Fla!!!! (Still warmer than Michigan!)

No, I won't !! Will be doing ER. Any advice?

I will be taking my first travel assignment in Florida this winter and am considering the following hospitals: Oak Hill Hospital- Brooksville Palms West Hospital- Loxahatchee (West Palm Beach) Good Samaritan Medical Center- West Palm Beach JFK Memorial- West Palm Beach Florida Hospital Hartland- Sebring Anybody have any thumbs up or down on the above? Thanks

I worked in a busy ED 6 years prior to flying and not sure I want to do that again. My opinion of the ED is that it is an uncontrolled environment, i.e. you can be maxed out full and still have 3 more critical pts come through the door. At least in an ICU when your beds are full, the beds are Full! If I could find a travel job in an ED that wasn't a three ring circus I might consider. Thanks for the thought.

I am a flight nurse for a large university medical center. Our transports are about a 50/50 mix of trauma and ICU.I have been doing this for the past 12 years. I am eligible to retire in September and I want to do travel nursing starting in January. Will I be comfortable doing ICU nursing even though I haven't actually staffed an ICU in many years? Should I take 6 months and transfer to an ICU at the medical center to get my feet wet again or will I be able to jump right back into it? Any other advice? Who is a good/bad agency to work for. I appreciate your input. I have a couple of months yet before I make decisions.