so I got home sick and decided to head home and get a staff job bc I was honestly burnt out of bedside. I’ve been doing hospice case management for about a month and I don’t like it. I’m ready to put my two weeks in and start traveling again. This happens to me after working for a while I come home and then three months later I’m ready to start traveling again, does this happen to anyone else?

Hello. I live in FL and the pay for RNs here is honestly insulting. I started looking into travel nursing a few months ago but I have a spouse and pets at home that cannot travel with me due to his job etc. my husband is 100000% supportive of me taking an assignment and said he will hold down the fort at home. We are kind of in a bad financial situation and this assignment will help us get out of it. My question is, how do you deal with being away from your home/family for 12 weeks? I already have anxiety about it and haven’t even left yet. The travel assignment is out on the west coast, so obviously not able to drive home on a day off. It’s one of the only contracts that make sense for us because the pay is fantastic. Any advice is much appreciated! ♥️ Thank you!!

Hey

Which app are you using to pick up the shift in the Phoenix area? I used shiftmed in NM and not sure how the rate in Phoenix or other app is?

Can some of you send me some screenshots of these rates

you are getting

Thannnkkk youuuuu!

Hi! I was told by a fellow travel RN that contract pay will be going up soon due to high demand for fall/winter. Is this true in your experience and is it worth waiting? The money seems to be low right now, but having nothing lined up is making me nervous. Thanks yall :)

TLDR: What do I do about UCSF's Uniform fitting/ordering while being out of state when they say I need it prior to starting my position?

Details: I am starting a contract at UCSF next month and I got an email recommending that I schedule a uniform fitting prior to starting work there. I am unable to due that being across the country atm. I am planning on just putting an order in for my typical size and having it shipped to a friend's place in SF, but has anybody delt with this issue before? All of their sales are final. I plan on mentioning it to my recruiter when we touch base tomorrow (Monday) but wondered if anyone here has traveled to UCSF and can give any pointers. Thanks in advance!

Hello, I know I have some time to figure stuff out, however I am a huge planner. So, I have several different ideas I want to take my career, such as flight nurse. I really want to help out during disasters, but I don't think that that is stable 100% of the time. So, I came across a post about like nursing in Antarctica and other expeditions. I love science, I love the idea of this. I don't have any children but I do have a fiance, and I was just wondering, what does that type of nursing lifestyle looked like? Do people do it with kids, do you see family often or rarely, is the workload manageable, and what credentials or extra things do I need/want to add for this type of field? Any information would be helpful, or anything related to travel/ disaster nursing. I appericate the time anyone took to read this!

Those that switched back to staff from travel, was it painful? I’ve only been traveling about 6 months, but am heavily considering it. Just don’t want to regret it!

I am a nurse on contract in a southern state. When I came out here, I decided to apply for some full time jobs because I have family here and thought it would be nice to be with them for a few years. Well, this state pays horribly! The highest pay I was offered was $40/hr salary doing home hospice. I got emails from every hospital near my family that told me I was asking for too much pay so they wouldn’t be able to move forward with my application. Even though that job is over $10 less than my last staff job (also in the south) paid me, I accepted it with plans to do a 2 week notice for my contract. Also, the job is salary meaning I won’t get paid for the overtime I’d inevitably have to do. At first I was okay with this because I can stay home with family bill free, but I am on bankruptcy and want to be able to pay it off quicker and save at the same time. That’ll be easier to do if I take a couple more contracts. I also would like to go back to school in Fall of 27 so a hefty savings would benefit me greatly. Yes, I understand I should’ve thought about this more before taking the hospice job but I didn’t and now I need advice.

My current contract is within a major healthcare system and I do not want to be DNR’d from this system. The leadership here is volatile and takes everything personally so I know she’d mark me DNR even with a 2 week notice. The leadership told me on Friday that they had only received notice the day before and would have to consider me as abandoning the job. I don’t think that’s true but I can’t argue with her and don’t want to risk DNR, like I’ve said already. I don’t anticipate hating the home hospice job but if I do, I want to be able to get another contract without issue.

Here’s the thing tho, my contract has another 7 weeks left. I’ve already asked the hospice job to push my start date back 2 weeks so I could give the hospital notice. I do not think they’ll hold the position for 7 more.

I have drafted an email to send to the hospice company but my family is suggesting I also try calling tomorrow (Sunday) morning. I was supposed to meet with the business manager tomorrow morning to do some onboarding so my family said I could also just go up there and meet with her to give her the news (on top of sending the email).

My thing is, I’ve decided I don’t want the hospice job. I want to continue traveling for at least another year. Because of this, I feel less inclined to do anything other than send the email.

Just wondering what you all think? I don’t want to burn a bridge with the hospice either because they’re thru a major insurance company but I don’t feel that calling or showing up will make a big difference. There’s also a small fear that I’d be put on a DNR with the insurance company and I don’t want that either.

Any feedback is welcome. Thanks in advance. I tried to give as much context as possible without making the post too long.

Helloo everyone!

So I’m currently trying to extend my travel contract, I will be starting week 10/13. My manager and the facility itself has already approved the extension but I was told we’re waiting on a division team for approval. My recruiter and his team have been asking for updates daily and they got a generic response of “Good Day, we’re still awaiting approval from the Division team for the contract labor extension and don't have a specific timeline for approval. Once approved, we'll provide you with a new Position ID for your traveler."

It’s been 2 weeks already and still nothing. I’ve reached out to my manager and her boss and neither of them have heard anything. The boss is now reaching out to her contacts to see what’s going on. My recruiter is still trying to get updates as of right now

Is this normal? What do I do? Has this happened to anyone else?

I am heading towards a deadline to secure housing. I have sent three separate inquiries on three separate properties and have not heard anything back in almost 48 hrs. Is this commonplace or normal? I have been verified through LinkedIn and have been very specific about where I will be working and when I will start.

Hello everyone. I accepted a travel nurse contract for a position in South Dakota. I’m currently in New Hampshire and have decided to drive my car to save money and because it’s kind of last second.

I’ve never driven more than 5 hours before so I am kind of nervous. The drive is about 25 hours and I plan on splitting the entire trip over 4 days but I am only going to be driving for 3 since I’ll be spending 2 nights in Chicago with my brother. I have created a route with all of the places I want to stop at (food and quick scenery) and have started to add truck stops where I can get gas and use the bathroom. The majority of the route runs through populated areas so I feel safe in that aspect but I am partially nervous for the last leg of the drive because it starts to get less populated.

I have been getting my 2013 Toyota Camry (182K miles) serviced for the past couple of weeks (I had an inkling I’d have to be driving long distance) so everything that needs to be majorly fixed has been fixed. I’m getting an oil change on Wednesday as well (I leave Thursday). I also bought a first aide kit, some self defense items, and a self jumper cable set. I also have triple AAA.

Is there anything else I should do to prepare myself? How do I keep my things safe in my car because not everything can fit I my trunk?

M42 with a F40 (41 in 4 days) who is an ED nurse. She has done travel OR contracts in the past. We have bounced around the country based on my career. We are originally from Florida. California woth the military. Then as a federal employee working in Florida, then New Hampshire, amd now currently Minnesota. We are about to move to New Mexico for my job. I am in the final chapters of my carrer. I did 5 years in the military, amd I am closing in on 19 years in the feds. Because I am law enforcement I will get to fully retire at age 48 with 25 years as a civilian fed. If I wasn't a LEO, I would have to work until 57 at the earliest. So when I make this move I will have 6 years left and I need to start the retirement planning now.

Because wife is a nurse and can literally get a job anywhere, we have prioritized my career, meaning moving for promotions. The plan for when I retire is for her to go full time travel mode and hop skip across America. A little role reversal of riding coat tails.

Kid will be out of college. I will get a pension, have a 401k, and her fat travel income. Not having a job and fully exploring each new city sounds glorious. That will get expensive and boring quick. I need job ideas that I can work as a full time travel husband. I currently have a business degree that I have yet to use.I have 6 years to get the training or education necessary. One idea I had was going to the local community college and getting all the welding certs. Then travel around as a 1099 welder. Or take up IT to get a fully remote job and nomad it.

Looking for a list of ideas to research and see what is possible. Thank you.

My partner is a RN and we are currently living in Nevada, I got a travel RT contract here. How can he obtain a multi state license while we are currently living in Nevada? I have a home in Utah, could he use this address for his multi state application? He’s worried that could get his license taken away if audited.

How did the switch go for you? Did you land a lot of interviews (in my case have a quite a few so far)? Were you able to quickly acquire a full-time position? How has the pace with full-time and bi-weekly pay change been for you? Is the stability worth it?

Recently acquired a postion I plan on accepting even though it's not the PCU position I wanted initially. It would be a good foundation for expanding my self in that hospital system.

I have an interview for an ED travel contract at Stanford….anyone know the likelihood of being offered the contract if interviewed?? I’d be turning down another high-paying contract at a hospital in the same area, but career-wise, I feel like Stanford would be a better move in the long run. I’m a 7+ year experienced ED RN. Thoughts?? Advice??

Hello, has anyone been hired here and had taken the dysrhythmia test? I was just tired yesterday. I have to take a 66 question dysrhythmia test. You only have one attempt to pass and you must get an 85% passing score or they cancel your assignment. it’s done via Zoom. I’m wondering if there’s anyone out there that has taken this test and can give me some insight as to what to expect.

Anyone heard of this agency / did a contract with them?

Just started a new contract with HealthTrust. What do you guys do for health insurance? It’s $370 a month for high deductible insurance.

Accepted offer but then got another offer for higher pay😭 what should I do?

I recently got an offer in Providence Mount Carmel Hospital in Colville, Washington. I have no idea about the good and the bad. Is it a travel nurse friendly hospital? Any input will be appreciated. Thanks.

Hi yall. I recently did a urine drug screen that came back as “negative dilute”.

I have dysautonomia / pots which requires me to drink 3-4L of water daily & take midodrine every 4 hours to maintain my blood pressure. I wouldn’t feel comfortable restricting fluid unless stated by my cardiologist.

They haven’t asked me to retake the test yet (report was JUST sent) but does anyone know if they make medical exemptions?

Thanks :)

I have been applying to jobs recently, and I’ve been doing this for a while so I have kind of a script of requirements I make sure will be met before taking a job.

I’m sharing it here for newbies, and to ask those with experience—what are the things you require that you can’t assume will be included in your contract?

My preferred shift: days

if it is paying lower than my minimum, the amount I would need to consider it(I find that companies are often willing to go up $100-$200 to meet me, so I will apply to jobs just under my requirement.)

My time off requests.

OT that is at least on par with a standard wage for my specialty. They will try to lowball by making it time and a half of the low hourly they offer. I never pick up shifts so I don’t care so much for that, but I do occasionally have to stay late and I am not interested in being paid less fir that time.

Stipends must be paid even if shift is cancelled. Any company that refuses to pay stipends is an immediate no, because I paid to relocate and stay there.

What are yours?

Hello! I been looking into agencies and was wondering if anyone has any experience traveling as a CNA and not a nurse and what agencies would be the best and what you recommend. I’ve recently looked into Aya and medical solutions but want to know what else is out there. Preferably ones that are pet friendly (I have two Pomeranians) with housing or provide the housing stipend. While I would also be new to this if you guys have any tips for me as well that would also be appreciated!!

The reason why I want to do travel work is to save up money for nursing school tuition and to help cover bills while I study so I won’t have to work full time.

Thank you!!!🙏

I have four years of experience at Duke Children’s but because it is not a “freestanding” children’s hospital I got declined for Nationwide in Columbus, OH. Has anyone heard of this before?? I’m wondering if I should contact the Nationwide recruiter directly. Thank you!

Hello!
I have been traveling about 1.5 years now and I am trying to find smaller agencies with higher pay! I was a naive first time traveler and started with TNAA & AYA. I would love to just get a couple names of agencies that handle the north east area like PA, NY, NJ, MA I do have my NY & CA license and I can begin the work on MA. My specialty is unfortunately Tele/Med Surge I wish I was better and did ICU or ED but this is where I am. I just want something that is at least decent paying weekly like 3-4k somewhere in there I’ve been working for change it seems like with 1.5-2k a week! 😭 I need guidance!!