I am a beginner at all this. I have recently decided to travel. I am wanting to start in September but I have no idea where to start. Does anyone have an suggestions for me? What companies do you travel with and what kind of experiences have you had?? Also, any suggestions as to where I should go??
Welcome to the forums l-gal. Sorry I can't help you with your question. Hopefully, we'll get an experienced traveler to log on here. Where are you heading off to?
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Can you tell us what your speciality is and where you might like to go.
This site has a section where some of us travel nurses have rated companies. Remember some people will love a compnay and some will not like the same company.
One thing I will say is that your company can't physically look at every housing situation and some small towns or cities just don't have nationally known housing complex.
Don't expect a pool, spa, and fitness center in every location.
Tell us what you are looking for i.e. money, location,pets,speciality, do you need health insurance, do you want a 401k. etc and maybe we can help you.
WR,,, three commas for Becca.
Stacie,
recruiters are not allowed in this forum...
Yeah that's what I think too.
WR,,, three commas for Becca
I have traveled for two years. Number one is to look for a company that is interested more in the Nurse than the dollar. Next remember it is all in the negotiation. There are thousands of travel agenices out there, they work for YOU. I have checked out many agencies, have applications with at least ten different companies. Don't be afraid to try another company if the one you are with does not offer what you want. There are alot of good companies out there but the two best I have found are Trinity Healthcare Staffing Group out of South Carolina or ON Assignment Heathcare Staffing out of Ohio. Hope this helps.
Becca,
Did you have a bad experience with COMFORCE?
Please let me know-there have been a lot of changes in the last year so please let me know what happened to make you feel that way!
Thanks
Stacie
I am an ICU nurse with 2 yrs experience. I am thinking about the east coast, but I want to go where the money is. However, i really want to find an assisgment that want overwhelm me at first. I am a small town girl and i'm sure about the big city just yet, but i'm single and want to go somewhere at least within driving distance of a night life!!!
First of all my name is WindingRoad. WR... If you notice I sign my posts WR,,, three commas for Becca.. I don't need extra commas...
Comforce is a farce. They pay poorly and weren't honest with me. You never get a second chance to make a good first impression. When someone who isn't a nurse tells me they know more than I do about my profession I tend to laugh and tell them where to put their ideas.. Right where the sun don't shine.
WR,,, three commas for Becca
My..my..my what a busy little thread this has been. Illegal recruiter, administrators deleting posts, possible hijacking. Be that as it may, I would like to encouage you, louisianagal, to visit the Critical Care forum and help us get that off the ground. As for your question here, I'm confident WR will get back to you when she composes herself.O_S
I don't want to squash your dreams but you need to be ready for whatever comes along. Actually, if you are from a small hospital you may be more ready for the big league than you relize.
As a travel nurse you need to hit the floor running. You need to be able to take care of patients ASAP. These hospitals are on strict budgets and they can't "waste" time orienting an ICU nurse.
2 years would probably be the minimum. Of course you could ask for a small hospital and not a big teaching hospital if that's what you want and if they have needs.
Really you need to get hooked up with one or more travel companies and see what's out there.
I don't do ICU so I can't be of much help.
BTW my post that got deleted wasn't addressed to you. It was addressed to Comforce and I don't believe it was as bad as the one still standing here.
WR,,, three commas for Becca
I am new also to traveling. I saw where there is no spam on this board. Can we ask about or mention specific travel companies? I am trying to find a good company to travel with and don't have a lot of people to ask. I am from Arkansas and would like somebody that is close by or at least someone I can contact whenever I need to.
Hi CaseyJean welcome to the forums. As a matter of fact there is an entire board on this forum just for Spam. That is where it is supposed to be posted.
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I know this sounds stupid, but what exactly is spam? I thought it was when a specific company was mentioned.
From reading some of these posts, I guess it is when a company posts specifically trying to get nurses to their site for hiring purposes?
What is it?
There is an old saying when you open a can of Spam, one can never be sure what's in it. Likewise, the spammers have a link in the body of their message that they will entice you to open. Once opened, you have opened your computer to whatever diabolical program that they might have attached to the link. Spyware, virus etc.
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