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I know for me, I will not work for 1200/wk WITHOUT housing. If I'm gonna bring home that amount, it damn well better include housing. I am traveling in California right now and my take home pay is 2200/wk and I took the stipend and found my own hous...

I'm currently on travel assignment, but not in New Orleans. I just wanted to say that I use Craigslist for my housing and I put an ad out looking for housing and I was contacted by my current landlord. I landed a 2 bedroom/2 bath fully furnished co...

I have Flexcare and have not had an issue with them. I am currently on my second assignment in California and I get paid well and my checks are always on time. I tell me recruiter my plans for the next assignment and he listens and take that into co...

Your friend is not telling you the truth. My home state is Missouri, and I have licenses in Kansas and California which are not compact states. And I still work in Missouri between assignments.

I do this now. I fly back home for a week during my contracts and work at both of my PRN jobs to keep up my requirements. I ask for a week off up front in my contracts to do this. I would rather keep my jobs at home because I take a month off in b...

I am on my second assignment in California and I was shocked to find out how much more the staff was making than travelers!

My secret to burn out was to become a travel RN. I've been a nurse 5 years, with 4 years in the ED and becoming a travel nurse helped me a lot with being burned out. I was becoming very jaded and it got so bad that I just didnt look forward to goin...

I currently hold a CA license and work as a travel RN in Cali. It took 3 months to endorse from my home state. I used the standard fingerprint cards from the police department and sent them in with my application.

Hello all fellow travel nurses! I just thought I would share what I've learned being a travel nurse thus far. I am on my second assignment, and I do not let my agency provide my housing. I took Ned's advice on here and posted an ad on Craig's list ...

Yes, did the user name give it away? LOL!

I am a single mother who travel, but I waited until my son graduated high school and went off to college before I jumped into traveling. I did this simply because I did not want to uproot my child from his home and his school and friends and he woul...

I don't know if you are referring to the Sacramento Methodist, but if you are, I did not stay near the hospital. I stayed at the Arden Acres Executive Cottages which is about a 15 minute drive on Highway 99 South. My monthly rate was $1600/month in...

Thanks for the input! Did you feel safe there? Where did you live? A traveler who worked with me is starting there this week in the ED, but I think he is doing Alta Bates Berkeley. I'm just now coming off 8 hr shifts and just don't know if I could ...

Hello all! I am completing my first travel gig in Sacramento CA and just got a call from my recruiter about a facility called Alta Bates in Oakland, CA. The pay is very nice, 40 hr 8 hour day shift, take home pay is approximately $2200/wk. They hav...

Ned, just found out this particular facility goes through Parallon and if you are an active HCA employee (which I am still PRN status for my home job), I can't qualify. This really sucks, as I was really looking forward to making that money LOL! I ...

AT&T Navigator, with spoken directions. I also have Google maps with spoken direction.

I, too, come from a similar distance, I traveled from KCMO to northern California and I printed off directions prior to traveling. I also have navigation on my phone that is updated often. The route I took was I-70 W through KS, CO and then I-25 N ...

I was gonna ship my car from MO to CA and the lowest I could find for shipment was $850! And no, you can't put your stuff in the car and you need to have an empty tank or only a fourth of gas in it. You would have to ship it one week prior to you a...

The hospital is ok, and the staff is very accepting of travelers. The hospital is very busy, but not a trauma center like I'm used to and that's ok. I hate I had to sit and do all that testing, including the PSDS testing everyone talks about. It w...

I will attempt to help, but understand I am on my first travel assignment and I am also a homeowner in my hometown. I'm also PRN status at both of my home jobs and they have both agreed to hold my positions, considering I'm only doing an 8 week assi...

I am with Flexcare, doing an 8 week assignment at Methodist. I ended up driving out here instead and I'm glad I did!

I currently work for a non profit and a for profit and the change is like night and day! With the for profit, the numbers are the bottom line, PERIOD! Patient care suffers and the patient load is dangerous. I work in the ED and I am also triage tr...

I am soon to be the big 4-0 and nursing is a second career for me, I've been a nurse for 5 years now. I'm an ER nurse and I work at two level one trauma centers. I have a soon to be 18 year old son who will be graduating high school and heading off...

I'm taking my first assignment to Sacramento CA starting May 19. I have already found housing, just trying to see if I'm going to ship my car or drive it. It's an 8 week contract and I may extend if the money is right. After that, I may head to ei...

When you say let ER nurses "go", do you mean their contracts were canceled, or their census were too low to accommodate the amount of travelers they hired?