Kait

Hi guy, My name is Kait and I've been a medsurg nurse in Canada for 2 years. I recently wrote (and passed!) my NCLEX, and I'm going to do travel nursing in the states. I'm currently working with Cross Country Trav Corps; it took 14 months to get li...

Hey KellyNY! You seem to know about NY and the weather...I'm looking to travel to NY to work, and I was thinking about late February. I'm not in THAT great a hurry at the moment, I was thinking of the weather, too! Would you mind telling me what Ma...

I made the mistake of telling CCTC I'd like to work at a Columbia Presbyterian in NYC, which I know they staff. They've had other jobs come up I don't want, like 8 hour shifts at other hospitals for $30/h. Now that one at Columbia's come up, it's o...

Hi guys, I've been on this forum and all over the Internet, *trying* to find answers! I can't find anything. If anyone has any thoughts, please tell me! Here's the situation. I'm a medsurg RN with 2 years experience (I'm Canadian). I have applied...

Thank you so kindly to everyone who has replied!! As for apartment, I don't know where it will be. They tell you AFTER you accept the assignment, I believe. I just know it will be near the hospital. But I'm not really worried about that part... It...

Hmm...if you don't mind me asking, what is your specialty and how many years of experience do you have? I a medsurg nurse with 2 years experience and this will be my FIRST travel assignment, so I think those things put me fairly low on the totem pol...

Thanks for the thoughts, guys. It's so good to get other people's take on such a new experience!

Oh, and I've *been* all over the Travel Nursing forum trying to find answers without much luck, although someone was very helpful.

Alem-Tsahai, I really appreciate this feedback! I have been having an absolutely TERRIBLE time finding some kind of baseline for what I should expect. I am SO grateful for any thoughts that you have! Yes, I am a medsurg RN with 2 years experience (...

KyRNBSN- Thanks for your reply! I forgot to clarify something, so I edited by post- I mean Columbia Presbyterian in NYC!!! I think you're right about signing on with a few agencies. I've signed on to one other. The problem is, CCTC seems to be a "...

Hi guys! I'm been in RN in Canada for 2 years (medsurg). I'm traveling to NY to work, I just got licensed. My agency is talking about jobs that pay $25-27 an hour. I suspected that was a bit low, and a poster named Suzanne was kind enough to infor...

On the surgical ward, 6:1 with one LPN shared between four nurses. On the medical ward, 8:1 but you have your own LPN for part of the day.

I think this response was needed here. Thank you.

Sunnibee, thanks so much for all this! I'm going to be taking my first travel assignment probably next month, and this is invaluable to me. I really, really appreciate you taking the time to write it all out!

Hi there! I'm an RN in Vancouver (who's actually going to the States next month, lol) and we DO have agency nurses here. They're quite well paid too... our starting wage for a new grad is about $27/h, goes to about $35 or more for years of experienc...

Thanks for the advice, guys! The last time I talked to my agency, they talked about a job at the same hospital for $30/h. Hmmm...! (this was after I'd politely expressed surprise at $25). The thing is, this company (CCTC) staffs the hospital I'm int...

Well, I'll post with uncertainty. I'm looking at being a travel nurse in NYC and they're offering $25-$28 an hour. I thought this was kind of low (esp. for a travel nurse...) and someone was kind enough to confirm that for me here. It's hard to fin...

Don't do it! It's illegal, unethical... And if you something happened and you were caught, do you think your administrator would stand up for you, even though he asked you to do it? Not a chance...I'm sure he'd hang you out to dry!!

Congrats! I know you will be happy for ages because of this!!

Hey Margaret, Some of the people who did the best in my class were the mature students! I don't think any of them did poorly, actually...they were all very focused. We looked up to them, too. Kait

Started nursing school at 24...finished at 26.

Hi guys! I've been an RN (medsurg) in Canada for two years. I'm going to travel in the states soon, and I wonder if anyone knows of any websites where I could find out rates of hourly pay per state/city. I know they can be different. I would appre...

Hi again! What the company said is that the apartment is "free" but it's part of my taxable income. Therefore, if my pay was say $3500 a month and my "free" apt. was say $2000, I would be taxed as though I was making $5500. Is that not right/common...

First of all: I'm keeping my fingers crossed for you. I really hope you passed...let us know! I know how awful the waiting period is I am wondering why it is a good sign to get priority questions? I got a TON of those (I took mine last month (a...

Hi guys, I'm a Canadian nurse of 2 years who just wrote (and passed!!) my NCLEX two weeks ago. I'm so excited about working in the states! I have lots of questions, but here's one to start with...and I'm sure the answer varies by place, hospital, e...