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ALWAYS check for a blood consent and order before giving blood, trust no one when they say the order is in and the consent is signed, go look yourself! If the lab says the blood is ready does not mean there is an order to transfuse! I caught this ver...

It is not unreasonable when you are on a "Epic" conversion. The pay is the best. I have a tax home, so Im covered. I still say finding your own housing is the best way

I like the money to much to have my agency find me housing. Heres what I do, I put an add on craigs list stating who I am,what I'm looking for, and how much I can afford. Also a little about myself and the possibly of facebooking. Depending the locat...

Don't waste your money. I downloaded two of them and never used them once.

Policy and Procedures? What Policy and Procedures? LOL I don't worry about those one bit. I do ask on certain procedures what the policy is, and I expect someone to tell me the right way, but I do patient care and thats all I strive to do and do it w...

I'm at a Hospital in Baltimore Maryland that pays decent and the people are great. Its a ICU unit. Cost of living is cheap, and there are alot of things to do and see. Come East!

After 38 years of marriage, travel nursing is what keeps us together! He stays home and takes care of the pets and house, I fulfill my dream. Of course if it is somewhere interesting, he visits, but it is working for us. I say go for it while you are...

I have been asked to re sign at the hospital I'm at. I like it here alot, and its a short drive to home. My question, do they usually pay you more money to stay? Should I use that as a bargaining tool? My recruiter is balking at me asking for more m...

I'm a travel nurse and the hospital I'm at uses meditech. I like it, but I do not like the "nursing note" aspect as I think it is double charting. If we work 12 hours, we chart a full assessment twice. As stated before, there are the q2hr and q1hr vi...

I use Craigslist in the city, or near the city I'm going. I basically put in that I'm a travel nurse looking for a home. I put my needs, and what I'm willing to pay. Of course you have to be careful, there are scammers, but I found both my places in...

I had to take one for the hospital I'm at, and missed 3rd degree block somehow. I was shaking in my boots! I went home and studied the blocks, went back the next day and passed. Hint, if you can't figure out between blocks, call them all third degree...

I waited until I had 6 years experience before I traveled. You really don't need that much time, but please be sure you are comfortable with ICU skills before you go. Nurses don't have time to teach you as a traveler, you are EXPECTED to know what yo...

If you go to a company and add up what it costs to train a new nurse, pay her insurance, disability ect, you will find that hiring travel nurses is cheaper.

Please get your recruiter to explain it better to you. I'm being taxed on 10 dollars an hour, but with all the extras, I'm really making 43 and hour. So you are probably being taxed on the 21 but will really make 41 with all the added extras that are...

I'm on my second travel assignment. I work in the ICU and have found all the patients are bad, so I don't feel dumped on! LOL I have not felt "singled out" because I'm a traveler at all. At both places the only attitude I got was from young lazy nur...

Just an FYI for travelers who are sick of paying 300 and up a week for housing. I not only looked on Craigslist, but put myself out there as a traveling nurse who needs a home. I put what I wanted, and what I could pay. It worked, I'm staying with a ...

Here is what I put in my add. Travel Nurse looking for a home. I am a travel nurse that will be working the the Madison area until Sept 4. I am looking to rent a basement apt or a furnished room. I am clean, neat and quiet. Please, no highpriced dum...

I agee, research is needed, thats why if possible facebook the person. I also put in my add that I didn't want to look at any highpriced dumps, so the people sent me photos of their place. Facebook is good because the person renting needs to know if...

I waited until I had six years as an ICU nurse before I walked into another ICU as a traveler, and I'm glad I did. You HAVE to know your s..t to have only 1or2 day orientation and hit the floor with everybody watching you to make sure you can do your...

Wow, what do I do now? What are my legal safegaurds? I was canceled 6 weeks into my contract for what my travel company has pretty much found to be not my fault. I know I did nothing wrong, and am tempted to get my own lawyer for the hospital breakin...

Thanks for all the very useful information. I guess I will give up the idea of a lawyer, mainly because, IM BROKE! Thats why it is so unfair to me. I did nothing wrong, but i'm now out of a paycheck. I know you are supposed to save for this situation...

Ok, but why should I let a legal contract that they broke unfounded go? If I broke the contract you can bet they wouldn't let it go. After talking with my companys nurse, they are most definately going to find I was not at fault. I understand now tha...

I am on my first travel assignment. As a first time traveler, why do I understand that I am not going to be walking into the best situation at the hospital, or they wouldn't need me, but a couple nurses that have traveled for a while dont get it? Th...

I am on my first assignment and was worried about all the things you are. If you are going out of state, get your licence's before you take an assignment. I had exactly two weeks to give my job as a notice. When you pick a company, get a recruiter, t...

I'm a new traveler also and I'm using Medical Solutions, an up and coming company mentioned on Highway H. So far so good with them. The pay is good and my recruiter got me the exact place I wanted to be. I would like to try a bigger company just to c...