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Thanks to you both! I will do more research on both ideas. My sister lives near Seattle, so will ask her advice there.

I'm looking for my first travel assignment, but I have been working out of the country, and have no car (and no desire to get one). Does anyone have any recommendations about hospitals that are good to work for (ICU) and close enough to shopping/housing/etc not to need a car. I have read on this site about OA providing rental car reimbursement, so something like that is possible. But honestly, I think I'd rather just live close enough to get around by foot or public transport. Does anyone have any advice? Thanks!

Would you mind emailing me the name of your recruiter? I am interested in a travel assignment.... Thanks!

I was a nurse in the ICU at Memorial Regional for 3 years, and in our unit (ICU2) we always treated the travelers well, and they never had a very difficult assignment, as it was a trauma unit. I always recommend Memorial and the location is just between Fort Lauderdale and Miami, so very convenient to be. I myself wouldn't want to work at Jackson, I went there as an organ procurement coordinator and was never treated very well, so I am not sure that would bose well for a traveler. Kendall was a great hospital, very nice staff, but lots of Spanish-speaking clients, may or may not be a diffivulty for you, and located in South Miami, so good if you want to go down to the Keys. Good luck!

Another group that is not affiliated with a religion is International Medical Corps, which will accept volunteers for shorter periods than MSF. They will accept volunteers for their disaster response team, or for a general international volunteer for a minimum period of 2 months..here is a link and you can continue to research it. Good luck! Abbe International Medical Corps | Privacy Statement