yes, i know, picking a travel company is very dependent on what one wants. however there are things ever travel nurse may want:
great pay
accomodation + utilities paid for
car allowance perhaps
benefits
guaranteed hours in a great hospital
location, location, location
a supportive company
from what i have read these companies are a no no:
the "eveil empire": american mobile healthcare, medical express, nursechoice in demand, nursesrx, preferred healthcare staffing, thera tech staffing, medtravelers, mti staffing, rn demand, o'grady-peyton international, merritt, hawkins & associates, and staff care, inc.
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world health - they are being investigated for tax fraud.
who has done their homework or from personal experience...is willing to share their list of the best comapnies out there that meets the above criteria??
a thread with a good list of all these companies would help so many of us just starting out.
for myself personally, i would love to work in new york, san francisco, miami, or somewhere in hawaii.
Thank you for all the responses. I am just beggining nursing school for my ASN, I'm 23/male and have always wanted to be a traveling nurse. Thank you for all the helpfull information.
I just want to put out there that some of the companies in the Evil Empire are not all bad. I am working for American Mobile right now. They have a lot of assignments (I needed to be near Greensboro, NC to be with my sister and they had the closest assignment.) My recruiter has been kind, accessible, and has followed up with issues promptly. I would not change. It;s all about the recruiter you work with and knowing what you want out of a company.
Has anyone ever worked for Agostini Nursing based out of California? A coworker of mine used to travel with them and said they are good, but I would like more opinions before I make the giant leap to travel nursing.
I disagree with at least one of the evil companies. I've been with medical express for several years. and love everything about them/. my recruiter is so trust worthy and truthful with me and really fights for me. I've never been screwed over and always are in the best apartments and evrything ready. no problems in anything if you want I'll refer you to my recruiter she's is the best and I love her to death.[/quote']
Hmm, are you the actual recruiter for Medical Express? My experience with them wasn't great. Thing that bothered me the most (among other things) was that I asked them if they were affiliated with ANY other companies and they said "no." I later found, when I was having housing problems (that they never fixed), that they were a smaller company under American Mobile. Dishonesty to me = bad. That's just my opinion...
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Thank you for all the responses. I am just beggining nursing school for my ASN, I'm 23/male and have always wanted to be a traveling nurse. Thank you for all the helpfull information.