dimplechinRN

Hi I've just been offered a contract (13 weeks) in NC they are giving me $110 daily tax free but my base is $12.00. Take home would be right around $1100 also I have to pay for my own housing. This Co. does not pay for housing they will just help you...

If you have a recruiter giving you the run around and one you cant get a hold of you may wanna drop em. All recruiters I have ever had call or email like crazy. Try to do a search for companies that specialize in the area you want to move to. I think...

I went through the same thing first time out....made even worse by being a 6 hour flight away from home. Needless to say that was my first and last 13 week gig.

Hey Globetrotterrn what agency did you use for your assignments in the Carolinas

I have been seeing this schedule offered with more and more travel jobs. Is it me or is it actually popping up more often than in the past. If so why? My recruiter had a job for me to my childhood city. I really wanted to go but when she said rotati...

IDK just got another call today from a different agency about a NICU rotating shifts. My recruiter didn't want to submit me for the job I really wanted. She said it would look bad on the Co. if during the interview they asked me if I was ok with rot...

Hi I'm desperately looking to travel to NC Raleigh Durham area. Having a hard time finding an assignment. Does anyone know of agencies that focus in that area. I've signed up with Favorite already currently they have nothing.

Thanks.

I currently do travel nursing and I have a 1 year old. I have been doing short assignments since she was about 3 months. My mother travels with so thats good. I figure I need to get all my traveling done before she he reaches school age. It does get ...

I did a 4 week assignment there back in April last year. The facility was really really busy during that time. Lots of snowbirds (older retired people that come to escape the cold weather) from Canada. During the summer months I hear the census is lo...

Hello Unfortunatley I still run into the same problem, but now I have learned to keep a copy of my evaluations from former employers it can act as a reference being if it is a good/satisfactory eval. I dont understand these employers all that is bein...

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Does this sound anywhere near right? My agency (who shall remain nameless unless someone really wants to know) has offered me a contract in CA in the NICU and the break down is: $1200 Per Diem tax free $9.00 Base Pay first 8hr $13.50 Overtime last 4h...

Stay away from Agostini they have some very shady pratices. I worked with them last year on perdiem basis no long term. Dont expect any kind of reference from them if another agency calls because they WILL NOT give em out. Also my last check they tri...

Hello I actually did a 13 assignment at Kaiser Redwood City. It was a Level II NICU very small just grower/feeders. Nothing less than about 32-34 weeks really. If baby needed more than oxyhood ie. CPAP they would be shipped out. As far as the name Ka...

Yes I have heard this also from my agency. Kaisers no longer using NurseChoice but now going thru AM with lower wages. I was talkin to my recruiter about a position but the pay was gonna be the same I can make here @ home in Alabama...needless to say...

Another thing to be concerned about with the low hourly wage is the amount your putting into SS for when you retire. I actually had a recruiter tell me about a position in Cali. that paid some rediculous hourly rate like $10 or something close to tha...

Love to Dive, I think you leaving travel to go to ICU is a good move, that experience WILL make you more marketable. I did 1 year in MICU right after nursing school,but found that it wasn't for me, however I wouldnt trade the experienc and knowledge...

Well you do have a lot to consider but the good news is travel nursing seems to have picked up a little but like you said the positions are now more highly competitive. I am a nurse with 2 years experience as well and have decided to go back to being...

O.K thanks I didn't know if they allowed travelers to take part in those classes, however I'm sure that the first priority goes to their staff nurses when filling the classes.

I just wanted to know how do those of you who travel exclusively keep your certifications current and or get new ones when you are not staff at a hospital. I have been on one travel assignment and about to start another however I have been offered a ...

I'm currently on my first assignement and have signed up for a per diem agency as well,and funny thing my recruiter called one of my last hospitals worked and the lady who hired me actually told him she would not give me a reference because I had tak...

I currently am on an assignment at Kaiser in Redwood City Ca. & Travelinjones is absolutley right about the floating to another floor/dept. after 8hrs in a 12hr shift. I work in the Intermediate Nursery and for my last 4hrs I float to Mother Baby...

I'm new to travel nursing...looking to get my first assignment, they are trying to send me to Chinle Hospital in Chinle Arizona. It is on an Indian Reservation and in the middle of nowhere...just wanted to know what was your experience where did you ...

Thanks soooo much...that helps a lot!