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I have been a nurse for 21 years and a traveler for 12. I used to work full-time in the Baton Rouge area as a staff nurse in the ED. During my years of traveling and speaking with nurses in CA, NV, MN and many more...........they just could not belie...

I have worked two travel contracts in Nevada, one in Reno and one in Las Vegas. Let me tell you.........it is like working in Mississippi during the 1970's. Without nurse-patient ratio laws and the increase in patients at the hospitals, the staff is...

I have been traveling to Northern CA as a nurse for 11 years......from the South. I have finally realized that, if you really want to make some serious money, you need to be a staff nurse there!! no doubt about it. Even in the small town ho...

I like the Sacramento or Modesto areas. How long have you been a nurse? I think it is the way to go! I am in S. Louisiana.....u?

Right on Zeke!!!!

Oldnurse......the only negative things I state in a post.......are against the low salaries/contracts that travel nurses are offered by the agencies today. I am very "pro-nurse"....and always be! A recruiter in San Diego told me years ago..........

Well spoken!

That high cost of living stuff is for the Bay Area. It is true that land cost more............but I will have an apartment. I have allread checked......a nice apt in Baton Rouge cost more than in Sacramento! Every since Katrina in 2005....we hav...

I was a patient at OLOL for an eye procedure in the OR. Once all the nurses found out that I was a travel nurse............they all wanted info on companies. Man, they dont get lunch breaks, earn low salaries (low 20's), and the way the admini...

Old RN......are u a recruiter at Aur? u gotta be!! lol

Old RN......are u a recruiter at Aur? lol

The last two posters........must be recruiters at Aur. lol

Go for it! Take the new job. Believe me hospitals are cold toward nurses, so u better worry about yourself. The hospital will have a new grad working in your spot next week! So, take the new job..............that way you wont have to wonder ......

Wow............... Auburn, CA Davis, CA Roseville, CA Fresno, CA Fairfield, CA to name a few that we got paid those rates. Man, if you think you are getting paid today, what you were worth 11 years ago..............dream on, pu...

Sorry......I am only going by statements I have read here. Travelers have stated that they want to work in a place with sights to go see and things to do. That is just not on my list of requirements for a travel contract. They never list the payr...

It is a busy, sh*thole place. I personally know nurses who work there. And yeah, it is Modesto, CA.......about an hour south of Sacramento on the 99.

Hi, RN here in Louisiana and have been traveling to CA for 11 years. Am looking at Valley Healthcare also. So, thanks for the info. I am aroung the Baton Rouge area and just work as a traveler.

Travelers were getting paid $35/hr in 2001. Now, 11 years later, we cant get that! We are getting screwed for sure. I went to nursing school in Mempis and lived there for 8 years. good luck

You are right! In 2001, travelers got $35/hr. Now, 11 years later, we cant get that! What a crock! The agencies are really screwing travel nurses man. And the traveler newbies don't even know it. They just want to be tourist and act imma...

Fair........well, in 2001 travelers were paid $35/hour, with housing, airfare and rental car. Today, 11 years later, we cant get that! You are lucky if u get $29/hr with housing. How many jobs dont make as much today as they did 11 years a...

Now, I did not say.....move to CA indefinitely! Just wanna go there for about 24 months and save a little money. I allready have a home that I own and it is paid for. So, with that, and my years of experience.....it makes it easier for me to do...

Well,, I have worked and lived in CA for at least ten years. You know what makes the cost of living high there......it is land and gas. I aint gonna buy any land, and my car gets good gas mileage and I am not tourist. I am telling you, ...

First of all............$31/hr is a joke for travel nursing! Second of all.......Aureus is a bigger joke! They always try to low-ball their travel nursing payrates. And all the recruiter I talked to kept repeating was...."Well, we are a very large...

Hi, I have been traveling since 2001, and have been an ER nurse for over 20 years. I am here to tell you, that you can't get a contract that is as good as they were 11 years ago! That's a fact! Travel nurse payrates and benefits have be...