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Anyone have any experience with Gifted Nurses travel nursing company? Any negatives? Positives?

Thanks NedRN. I am actually a seasoned traveler and am working with several companies. The reason I AM asking, is because I HAVE had a bad experience recently. The only reason I want to look elsewhere is because this company has jobs in the area I w...

$18.59/hr is low. Even in Florida. Especially considering you are taking their housing. If you take the housing stipend and find your own housing, you can usually pocket several hundred $ or more per month (If you have a tax-home because that makes...

Talk to your recruiter and let him/her know your concerns. A friend of mine who travels (I travel as well), found herself in a difficult situation and actually terminated her contract. There were actually no hard feelings between the nurse and hosp...

I am on my 5th contract. I still feel anxious at times. I am not a new nurse either. I think a lot of it has to do with being out of my comfort zone. I push myself to adjust though. I think it's making me a better nurse.

I have been traveling for 1 1/2 years. Lucky for me, I have had good assignments. The orientation is short, but it gets easier to adjust with each assignment. I am 30 hours away from my home. I am fortunate, however, because my husband (a disabled...

I have had titers drawn (for MMR, etc) in the past by my current travel company and THEY paid for them. I am going with a different company for my next assignment and they are telling me that I have to pay for them. Is it common for the employee to...

My labs were drawn through Labcorp. I am signed up on the site where you can view your labs. They did not and will not post them and give me access to titers. I have already talked to LabCorp about it.

The agency will not give me a copy of the titers because it is "against company policy", since they paid for them. The lab told me they can't give me a copy because "a physician did not order them". So I do not have a record of them. Unfortunately...

emb92250, we may be at the same facility. The place I am in went live Aug 2 also. (In NC)

I have had easy, quick interviews, and I have had 30 minute interviews that were more intense. I've had the typical "tell me about a time when...." questions, which I hate because you never know what they are going to ask and I have a hard time reca...

I took the ER competencies last week and had no problems. They give you plenty of time.

It really is a lot of information in the beginning. And a lot to do to get started. I have been traveling for 1 year now, and I think it is worth it. I have actually wondered if I can ever go back to a regular full-time job. I think with 3 years,...

You mentioned that you do not have a house/house payment. In order to qualify for the tax-free benefits, you must have a "tax home". If you haven't researched this, you may want to. It has been my experience thus far that the hourly (taxed) amount...

I travel with 2 dogs. One is a German Shepherd, the other is a miniature Schnauzer. I have had some difficulty, mostly because of the German Shepherd breed being on the "restricted breed" list. If you take an assignment in a vacation spot, it's no...

I was in the same situation and lucked up on my current assignment with a hospital that is going through an EMR conversion. They are going to EPIC. My recruiter knew that's why I was getting turned away from some jobs so she was on the lookout for ...

I am taking an assignment in the Winston-Salem area. I am in need of a FURNISHED, PET-FRIENDLY rental for the 13 week assignment. The hardest part is finding something furnished without paying corporate rates ($1800/mo. and up). I have thought abo...

I believe it's exactly what you stated....limited access to the outside world basically....breaks you down so they can build you back up the way THEY want you. They were allowed an occasional phone call from their personal cell phones. But cell pho...

I just accepted my first travel assignment, 9 hours from home. I need advice on how to handle my mail while I am gone. I will likely only come home once or twice while on the assignment. I thought about either a) having my parents pick it up twice...

Yes, NedRN, as you have already found, many facilities are requiring prior EPIC experience. I too found that there is a certification that you can get, but like you, I'm guessing that is for super users. I may try contacting EPIC directly. Thanks

I am a new travel nurse with experience in EMR, but I am finding that many hospitals require EPIC experience (a few require Medhost) and will not even consider you if you do not have experience with these systems. Is there a way to gain experience o...

NedRN I JUST read your reply. Yes.....8 months later. To answer your question... My son was in MILITARY BASIC TRAINING. So no... he was not allowed to email.

It has been my experience that they want the majority of what you listed in items 1-11 prior to an interview. I don't know that it's required (prior to an interview) but that's what I was asked to submit. I didn't submit any of it until I pinned dow...

I let my agency find housing for my 1st assignment. First, because it was already stressful enough. Second, because I was in an area that did not offer short-term housing. The apartments that the agency contracted with would not take my dog (he wa...

I am on my 2nd travel assignment. I work ER also. My 1st assignment I worked mostly in fast-track, but floated to triage and the main ER as well. I didn't mind fast-track because I am well into my career and honestly have no desire for trauma or high...