I am a traveling nurse and live in Iowa. I have worked at Avera Mckenna in Sioux Falls SD and at Trinity in Fort Dodge Iowa. Both are extemely busy hospitals and both are very travel friendly. I also worked in Sioux City at Mercy which is not as busy but just as travel friendly. Hope this helps.
http://www.accessnurses.com/travel-nursing-jobs/Iowa/
Allen Hospital
Covenant Medical Center
Genesis Medical Center, Davenport
Great River Medical Center
Independence Mental Health Institute
Iowa Lutheran Hospital
Iowa Methodist Medical Center
Jennie Edmundson Hospital
Mary Greeley Medical Center
Mercy Hospital
Mercy Iowa City
Mercy Medical Center
Mercy Medical Center - Clinton
Mercy Medical Center - Des Moines
Mercy Medical Center - Dubuque
Mercy Medical Center - North Iowa
Mercy Medical Center - Sioux City
Saint Luke's Hospital
Saint Luke's Regional Medical Center
Trinity Regional Medical Center
University of Iowa Hospitals & Clinics
Nursing Specialty Units Staffed in Iowa
I can't speak for specific hospitals, but I think Des Moines is the best place to live in the state. People are super friendly, the shopping and amenities are great, and when we have crappy ice storms the public transportation is pretty good too. Just don't live in the South or East sides of town, too much crime and poverty. Downtown is okay, the west and north (Ankeny) are good too.
Iowa Health Systems is the best...they take travelers. I worked with two great ones in the OR a few months ago. It was recommended to me to stay away from Mercy DSM by one of the travelers. You gotta watch your license there.
And with the two new hospitals opening up later this fall, they will need more nurses...they'll have the two new ones, Iowa Lutheran, Iowa Methodist, Mercy Main and Mercy Ambulatory, and Broadlawns
I know that the Ottumwa Regional Hospital in Ottumwa in the South Central Region of Iowa has had travelers before....They are decent to new people.....
Do you know if they are still taking travelers? I would love to go there, it would be closer to home. I grew up outside of Kahoka MO. Thanks
futureRNtraveler08
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i am going to start traveling in the next 6 months and am looking to traveling withing a couple hundred miles of my home. Would anyone recommend any hospitals in Iowa to work at or to stay away from. I work Med/Surg but would like to get more experience in other areas. I wouldn't mind Minnesota or South Dakota. Any suggestions would help.