nikkidrn

This is helpful. I wasn't even aware that recruiters are involved. As I said, 100% clueless as to what is out there. My hope was to use this as a way to work in Connecticut for summers and spend the rest of my time in Texas, from reading many of the posts in this forum I'm still unsure if this is even a possibility as far as travel nursing goes. I guess I need to speak with a recruiter and hope they are with a decent agency.

I can't understand all of the negative that goes on in these forums. It seems as though someone finds a problem with just about every question asked...just looking for some help, from people who have experience, not really in here to get trashed

I am very curious about travel nursing. I currently live in Texas but most of my family is back home in Connecticut. I would love to be able to spend extended periods of time back home in Connecticut while still being able to provide for my family. I am looking for information about travel nursing. What is it like, what is the pay like, do companies really pay for your housing and can you bring your children along on assignments? This seems like a great way for me to spend more time with my family and earn a living while doing it but I would love to know all that I can about this type of job. Best companies etc...Any helpful advice would be greatly appreciated.

I have applied to Baptist for some open positions but the "new grad" positions are for graduates of their nursing school only.

How soon after applications closed did you here from them for an interview? The program starts here in February, applications closed Nov. 30 and I still haven't heard a peep.

Anyone have any experience with these? I am a recent grad ADN and really looking to move out of long term care into acute care but I have applied for 19 different positions with various hospitals and can't even get an interview, just a letter saying they are looking for more experienced nurses. I have applied to Christus an Seton residency programs and will also be applying at Methodist when they open the application process but how long until you hear something and will they let me know if I haven't been selected? I'm starting to get very discouraged.

New grad ADN and I have been applying for everything I can find since November 1, only 1 interview so far and that was with a long term care facility. I went back to school to get out of the long term care setting but the hospitals won't even interview me unless I get accepted into one of the residency programs. I have applied to 7 different hospital systems from San Antonio to Austin and am still waiting to hear about any chance for a residency but at this point it looks bad.