Something I noticed no one has mentioned- acts outside of the hospital. I tried to get an answer out of our risk manager at my first job for nearly 18 months. She kept saying she'd get back to me and...
Sarmea Moon replied to Peaches8144's topic in Travel
1) Most travel contracts are 13 weeks with a possibility of extension, so you might not get anyone to agree to 6 months. 2) You should also consider posting to the Travel Gypsy group on Facebook-...
Sarmea Moon replied to rayasunshine's topic in Travel
The more specialized, the fewer assignments. However, the more time they require in a sub-specialty, the higher the pay. If you google one of your sub specialties (Ped onc), you'd see there are...
Sarmea Moon replied to Work2Live's topic in Travel
To give you an oddly specific example- I know for certain my company was being paid $84 an hour for my time on a certain assignment (the vendor manager had me sign a paper that had the rate on there)....
There are places that are very "first traveler" friendly. Most of them are in the compact, so you'll need a license in one of those states eventually. I've never traveled to California, as I make more...
My recruiter warned me ahead of time that it might be a dollar or two less per hour, before even beginning to negotiate an extension. He got my permission ahead of time. He still ended up getting me...
Several sites. I've used trustedhousesitters.com (once) and housesittersamerica.com (twice). Several other sites work as well, and they have overseas sits available. It really depends on where you're...
There are quite a few sites you can use. Craigslist, by googling the town you are going with the words "temp housing". Many professional sites advertise there, and it's pretty easy to weed out the...
The only experience I had before traveling was in Med/Tele. I had my BSN, BLS, ACLS, and qualified for my PCCN. That's it, that's all. I've been traveling since, and have not lacked for VERY well...