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Thank you very much, Shantus, for posting this here. I am going to San Fan this month for a three month travel assignment at UCSF medical center. I wouldn't dare to make such a big move if it wasn't you and other fellow nurses who is willing to share your own precious experience with us, and provide first hand information to us. Best wishes to you!

Hi Karen, Thank you very much for giving me the advice. I will be working at UCSF medical center for three month through NursesRX. As it is my first assignment in US, I can hardly give you any info in that area now. All I know is the medical center is near Golden gate park. But I would be in SF for one month when you come in Jan, so I would love to tell you something more by then. Because I wanted to go SF for a long time, so I just googled all the hospitals in that area, then chose the large teaching hospitals (Stanford, UCSF) to search for the job vacancies, and contacted travel agencies at same time, and visited this forum almost week (a lot of good info)... please feel free to contact me when you are in SF, good luck!

Thank each of you so much for sharing your precious experience and giving me the advice. I will take the flight to SF this time, and try to drive for the next assignment.

Thank you for your advice, Lisa.

Hi, I'm a first time traveller in Vancouver (BC), going to take an assignment in San Francisco (CA) in December, and most likely will stay there for couple of years. I can't decide whether drive my car or take a flight for this trip. If I drive this 1600km(18hr) for two days (stay in motel at night), I can take all my luggages with me (too much for the flight), and see some places along the trip, and keep my car during this assignment. But I am inexperinced in long distance driving ALONE, not familiar with the road condition and weather (rain or snow at this time of year), and most important, not sure if my car (1989 Toyota-tercel) is capable for this long trip. So if anything happens to the car, I don't have a plan-B. If I take the flight, I would have to pay for extra luggage, and rent a car in SF (heard it's quite expensive). This question might sound stupid for you, who have been travelling a lot. But any advice would be very appreciated!

Hi Fergus, are you still travelling with Emerald? Could you send me your recruiter's name? I have sent you a pm already. Thank you for your help.

Hello, everyone! I am a OR nurse in Canada with 1+ year of experience in OR, 6 year in med surg, have all papers to work in US, planning to relocate to SF bay area. I have only contacted the Stanford hospital, and UCSF hospital so far, no feedback. I would like to know the hospital information in San francisco, especially for OR nurse. Could anyone give me some help? Thanks!

Hi, I am a new OR nurse in Canada and planning to move to the States (California). I was told that there are many OR techs there, so OR nurses circulate instead of scrubbing all the time. Is that true? Can anyone tell me the situation of OR nurse in California, such as jobs, pays at hospitals, and in private clinics... Thank you in advance.