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I'm done. Thanks.

My husband is about to join me on the road(our baby is off to college), which means no more company insurance. We are trying to decide between the insurance offered by my travel company and private insurance. Unfortunately this is above my knowledge base. I've tried getting insurance quote but discovered a disclaimer at the bottom that said it wouldn't cover Obamacare requirements. Any suggestions? Companies to get private insurance quotes from, anyone with actual experience with this. All opinions and suggestions are greatly appreciated. At my age you would think I would know more about this, but I have always taken company insurance, good and bad.

Being as the other travelers work for companies other than Aya,(one had her own things to complain about Aya) and the fact that I am already working for Aya, I have no clue as to why they would misdirect or lie(kinda feel there is more of an implication here). Regardless, I did bother to look it up and found statements that backed up and refuted their comments but was unsure of the authenticity of the sources as I just did a basic internet search and could not find any definite unbiased resources. So did not use either in my decision making process, nor have they affected obtaining a contract or getting paid. So VBN- If you read around on the forum it suggests having active profiles with around three travel companies. This way if one is not fitting your needs it is an easy thing to go with another. I picked my companies by going to a review site and picking the five with the highest reviews for the last year, I then spoke with people at each one and narrowed it down to three. I talk to other travelers and ask their honest opinions. I found that someone with a bad experience barks louder than someone with a good one, keep that in mind and really listen to what they say. As it is said time and again on here it's 13weeks, you can do almost anything for 13weeks. But buyer beware- do your research too ,when picking a hospital/contract. Ask questions, know what your getting yourself into. And read your contracts, before you sign! As NEDRN and others have said, your recruiter can make or break the company.

I don't know much about the state laws, but I am currently at Wesley in Wichita Kansas. And for the first time in over ten years of nursing I have mandatory lunch breaks, it is glorious! My first few weeks I kept coming back from lunch early and they would send me back. That's all I have to offer on that.

I currently am on Assignment at an HCA hospital in Kansas and have a very hansom rate as well as good staffing on my unit, however 1/3 the hospital is travelers which I find weird but other than the charting system being very difficult I don't see any big red flag issues here. Been here over 4 months and have been treated very well. Just offering my incite. FYI did the fore mentioned modules on my house-wide days, boring and tedious but I didn't break a nail and I got paid.

I currently travel with aya. When I started working towards traveling in Oct. of last year I talked to 4 or 5 different companies. I had lots of questions and was very unsure about traveling. When most of the companies found out I wouldn't be available until Dec. they wouldn't return my calls or emails to answer my questions, but Aya took the time with me. They answered my questions and basically handheld me through the process of figuring out the breakdown of travel nursing. By the time the other companies bothered calling me back I already had all of my classes done that I needed and a signed contract within the area I wanted. My recruiter texts or calls every week to check on me if I need anything, she even offered to talk with my husband to answer any of his questions and ease his fears as we are considering our third travel with the company being all the way out in California. Everyone there really took the time with me, and that made a big difference for me, as I had worked for the same company for my entire 10year nursing career it was a huge and scary change for me. So far I really love it, and would recommend Aya. I have talked with other travelers at my facility and Aya did have a bad reputation but according to one its because they have been mixed up with a company that changed its name that was terrible and they no longer are, or something like that. It really comes down to how much your recruiter wants to do, I just like the personal care I'm getting at Aya.

Based on that behavior I would never want to work for them. If they manage to blacklist you through their system, it will suck, but there are lots of jobs out there. My opinion. There are ways you could fight such things, but that has a tendency to make things worse as often as better.

OOOh that looks promising! Thanks.

I was not aware of UBER, we will defiantly be looking into it, thanks.

We considered that he could easily job hop but worried about what that would do for his overall resume when we decide to settle down again. That is why we were looking into online jobs/work from home stuff. That way he could have consistent employment even if it doesn't pay a lot. It would also be his personal fun money to spend as he wishes without my influence. (he is an impulsive spender, I'm a bit of a finance control freak) We considered having him just be house husband and manage things for me, but experience has shown that to probably be a risky choice for our marriage, so I was interested in what other travelers do.

I start traveling next month, but our son graduates and moves away in May. My husband and I have talked about him traveling with me after that, as all we will have left is a furbaby at home and we can take her with us. My husband is not a nurse, he has teaching degree but actually works in retail. I'm curious about what your spouses do for work when they travel with you? I've looked into online jobs but am unsure where to start. My husband needs something to keep him busy, and frankly likes to have some of his own money. Any suggestions or advice would be great. He is a very smart man and unbelievable with people but can't stand blood so nursing is out. Short schooling requirement, under 1 year, is ok and doable.

I disagree with the year in med-surg being a waste of time. I'm L&D x 5 years, I did 3 years med-surg as new grad. (mostly because I loved my co-workers and got comfortable, had planed on one year.) I have had several incidents in the last 5 years on L&D where I was able to pull from my med-surg knowledge and actually save a potentially deadly situation, over nurses with more than double my experience in L&D (and these were exceptional nurses in their field). I work in a high-risk facility, our patients have all manner of underlying medical conditions complicating their pregnancies. Most of my co-workers have only ever done L&D, and although they are amazing, intelligent, exceptional nurses they do lack some versatility when it comes to strange, unexpected cases that seem to roll in every couple of months. You can do either with or without med-surg background you can still be a great nurse, but having that background gives me a versatility and confidence that more than one of my co-workers have expressed that they wished they had. It also seems to put me high on the hire lists, or so I've been told.