dreamworx07

Labor and Delivery is a highly specialized field that takes AT LEAST 2 years of experience to even begin to grasp the ability to perform and function at 100%. It costs thousands of dollars to train and L&D nurse, so NO---- no one is going to hire an untrained person for a travel job. Good luck, and I would highly suggest to stay in your speciality to travel and if you want to work L&D, then move somewhere to where you can get a foot in the door. Many hospitals would rather recruit and pay the expense to hire a seasoned nurse than to train a new one.

You sound like me!! Wanting to come out of the hospital (l&d) and looking for a home health/case manager job in st Pete. Did you find a good company, and what's it like to be away from the bedside?

Took me about three weeks to get my RN license in Florida once I applied for endorsement. Pretty sure they do not offer a temporary.

Are you working their mobile pool or casual pool? Are you getting full time hours, and how much are you floating between facilities? How is baycare to work for? Thanks!!

I really have no idea, but have you checked if they do more agency work? Rather than travelers.

I think you received the same info from everyone, show about you let us know the recruiter and agency so we can all "blacklist" them!!!! Save us the same nonsense!

Very good information. Thanks for sharing.

The one I received from Cali was the same that I had to use for GA, which I picked up at a police station in FL. So those three states use the same one....

Almost all acute care nursing positions offer travel opportunities. The most important thing is to find the department that you enjoy, Some people love OR, some ER and some L&D. Three very different work environments. You need to find your "niche" Because If you hate what you do, traveling won't "make it better". Med-surge is usually the best place to start to develop those very, very important clinical skills then branch out into what interests you. I have a love/hate relationship with my job-in L&d but wouldn't do anything different!

I also got mine right away, no problems. Check with your police department or fingerprint agency. The ones around me all have the blank cards.

Popped online for a moment, and ironic...my patient tonight is 13. In 7th grade and it's been a long, long night!

I actually looked at this job but got cold feet ..... I heard how remote it is. I would love an update once you get there how you found it to be. Never know what the future will bring!!

Guess I win for most rural so far....4 labor rooms, I triage and 8pp. No residents, midwives come in when complete and pushing. Docs come for c-sections. Nurses triage and if patient looks good, call midwife and make recommendation over phone to admit or d/c. During day nurses don't catch too many babies, but at night it happens. All cervical checks are done by nurses unless midwife is in unit to deliver. Ancillary staffs are limited and usually suck (sorry) at night so constant battle to get the easy stuff done, nurses work with so much autonomy that it usually ends up, do what we need and then let the doc/midwife know what we did, We do plan on transferring high risk out but not always possible, so have to be ready for anything. Breech delivered lady partslly and 24 week twins back to back last week with just two nurses on the unit. OR team takes an hour to arrive to do a section, CRNA not in house at night, call them in-they do epidural and leave so we are managing pump and bolus's. I happen to love it. It can be really really scary at times, but you use all your nursing skills and then some!!! Have to be confident in your skills and confident in those you work with!!!

I know you are just looking for general opinions.... I know as a first time traveler the companies try to use that for reduced pay, BUT, I don't think the offer is that bad for a first-timer. If the job and location sound like a good fit for YOU, then take it. Its not the greatest offer ever made but it is do-able. In my opinion the most important thing about the first assignment shouldn't the money, but rather the experience itself. Go for the money on the future assignments and take this one to get you started!

The easiest thing I have found is to go to a mailbox or ups store and get a po box. (not u.s. post office). Then I either set up a routine schedule for them to send me my mail, or I call in and each time and request it to be sent. Some places also offer a service of opening and scanning your mail-then email it to you. You can search that option out on the Internet. I think it runs about 8.00 a month or so for them to scan and email.