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I drove my car from Atlanta, GA to Ventura, CA and didn't have time to drive it back home so I ended up shipping it. I went with DIYtransport and it was $875 and took 9 days. This was early May 2015. (When I was looking to ship it out to Cali in Janu...

Hello hello! For those who were recently in San Francisco, how much did you get for housing stipend and with which agency and facility? I heard of $4500/month (Fastaff), $2700 (Onward), and $2400 (AMN). I read back in the forum about someone getting ...

Do you still go through hospital orientation and 1 or 2 shifts for unit orientation? I am considering a rapid response for my second assignment. Is it too soon? I'm a pretty quick learner and it only took me a week to acclimate to my first assignment...

I spoke to American Mobile, Supplemental, TNAA, Flexcare, and IPI when I was looking for assignments in Denver in December/January. There were very few assignments for med/surg. The only place was at Rose Medical and it was tele, which I don't have e...

If you get $20/hour blended rate and per diem is $100/day, should your overtime be $38.33/hour NOT $30?

I am confused as to when to negotiate. Should I negotiate before being submitted or after receiving an offer? I feel if I negotiated before, I don't have any leverage because I do not have an offer. If I wait until after the offer, I have already bee...

Money was not my top priority in choosing my first assignment. I went with the assignment that was in a good location (10 minutes walking from the beach!) and where I thought would be a good place for a first time traveler (it is). I am making twice ...

I did not speak with any managers nor did I accept the position. It was going to be my first assignment and I did not feel comfortable floating every four hours.

I did the online interview for Kaiser San Jose and another facility. The first part of the interview is a written portion that included questions about your previous work place (size, nurse/patient ratio, what kind of floor, patient demographic, most...

Hi everyone, Any information (good, bad, ugly) about the Medstar hospitals in Maryland? I am applying for a travel position at Medstar Southern, Medstar Union and Medstar Franklin Square. The online reviews are awful. I wanted to hear from the nurses...

Which company did you find eye, dental and health for under $200? I have Aetna health only and it's $226. (To COBRA would have been $600/month!!!) The agency I'm working with is paying $150 a month for it since I opted out of their plan. I wanted con...

So went from almost nothing to three offers in the span of three hours. Any information about these three hospitals and their surrounding area would be great! Info of how safe the area is, ease of finding housing, public transportation, things to do,...

She's with Aureus

My friend is in Hawaii and loves it. She took company housing which is ten minutes away from the hospital, Queens Medical. She says public transpiration is good and the food is wonderful. This is her second week there so I haven't heard an update on ...

That would be me. I have been looking for the past month for an assignment. I have 2.5 years experience in med/surg at two large teaching hospitals, one is a level 1. I am working with four recruiters. Maybe I am picky with my location (Denver, DC/Ma...

I had an interview at Southern yesterday and was hesitant about accepting. It's a night position 1:6 ratio orthopedics, which I have very limited experience in. I'll think I'll keep looking. Thanks for responding, Maggie!

Yes, research which unit(s) you want to work on and hand deliver your resumes. Also, if you know someone who works at Emory, ask them to refer you. Most of the people hired on my floor have been through referrals or internally.

That was when I was a new grad desperate for med/surg experience. If you have any questions about Atlanta hospitals, PM me. I am at Emory University Hospital and it is wonderful! I really want to travel and will be extremely sad to leave my job behin...

I worked at Grady on a med/surg/tele floor for 7 months and absolutely hated it. We never had enough supplies (IV tubing, alcohol pads, flushes...). The staff was very mean and rude to each other and patients. It was normal for me to have 6 patients ...

I spoke with a recruiter yesterday and asked her to let me know before she submitted my profile to different facilities. She said bc of the acuity of the assignments, it is better for her to go ahead and submit instead of waiting for me to research a...

Regarding the "historical place of work," if I change from full time to PRN at my current job, can I still maintain that as a tax home? It definitely won't qualify as "significant income at home" bc I will be making more money at my travel assignment...

Wouldn't such low hourly rates trigger an IRS inquiry? I remember reading that on this forum. Nine and ten dollars is barely above the minimum wage in most states.

Thank you! I"m going to start calling Monday and ask my heart out. Thus far Travel Nurse Across America has been great. Fastaff told me to contact them when I actually have licenses in states where I want to travel to.

I don't pay rent or any utilities. I only pay for my car note, car insurance and student loans all of which are registered to my godparents' address. If it is relevant, I was living on my own then moved back in May bc I knew I would be traveling and ...

Does this mean I should call the number on the agency website and speak to recruiters and wait to fill out the online applications including the skills checklist? I have been registering at various agencies online and some have called me back and som...