ashleykaye86

I am interested in hearing anything and everything about working at an IHS facility. Do you really get to see a lot of cultural differences? What are the attitudes like toward the traveling nurses? I know a lot of these jobs are in very rural areas, are you welcomed into the community or treated more like an outsider? I am new to travel, I wanted an IHS facility for my first assignment but they move so slow, I took a 6 week assignment near my home but hopefully my next assignment will be in Gallup, NM. Please share!

Awww I'm sorry jskgx2 but at least you're staying positive!! I'm submitted at several in the midwest, I gotta see what it's like with IHS :)...I'm with RN network and my recruiter is awesome, her name's Amanda Grimm, and she has really been there for me. I don't know how they compare to other agencies but so far so good! @sweetgurly25- If you wanna get on board fill out your app with RN network and lets go to an Indian Health Service facilty. Shared housing means more money :) and everything is better with company! New Mexico and Nevada have the greatest need. If you do, ask for Amanda and if you tell her a chick so into the indian jobs sent you she will know just who you are talking about lol

Hey I'm looking for the same thing. I'm doing an assignment right now in NC its up in 7 weeks, then I'm submitted at one of the Indian facilities in Nevada only a couple hours from Las Vegas. I'm 25 too, and new to traveling also. It would be awesome to find some peeps to share these experiences with :) Where did you have in mind next?

I encountered that ALL THE TIME. The more you do for someone the more they expect you to do. And for the year and a half I've been doing anything and everything I can for these people it has burnt me out to the point that I quit my job last week. Don't do that to yourself. You have to realize that you can't be everything to everyone. I was going way out of my way, falling behind, doing hours of paperwork at home because I spent all day doing things that an RN doesn't get paid for. You have to remember why you're out there and do your job and get out. It's the hardest part I think- seeing these patients and families, they need so much and you think if you just do this or that it would make their life a little better BUT in the long run you are only spreading yourself too thin and then they rely on you too much which could put them in a bad situation when you are no longer there for them. And don't give your cell number out. I learned that the hard way too.