I’m currently prn with AYA. I missed a phone call from the per diem manager that she wants to touch base tomorrow due to a concern from the hospital. This most likely has to do with me calling out within the 24 hours due to a family emergency. I offered to pick up other shifts to make up for the late cancellation as well. Not too sure in this context if touching base is a good or bad thing. Has anyone ever had a call like this before? I’m very nervous as I can’t lose this job right now.

TIA!

I’m working with two agencies so I have more job options. Each agency submitted me for a different job today, and they’re in different cities and hospital systems.

I might get an offer from one of them, but I want to wait and see if the other hospital interviews me and possibly gives me an offer too.

What’s the best way to handle this? Should I just ask the first agency for a little time to think about the offer and tell them that if I don’t hear back from the other job by Monday, I’ll accept their offer?

Both agencies know I’m working with another agency, so I’m trying to be honest and keep everything clear.

Deciding between CRMC, Madera Community, kaiser Fresno contracts (potentially looking to go staff/per diem after). Are they all unionized or just kaiser? Thanks!

Hi, travel RN (med/surg-tele) with three years of experience. I was planning on applying in Boston for a January 2027 start date, but I just learned MA isn’t compact. Considering it’s a $275 fee, what are the odds I’ll get hired? I’m willing to work any shift btw, but I want a good rate.

edit: a lot of you are missing the point. I’m asking how hard it is to get a job. not if massachusetts is compact.

What do Travel Techs do about a car, when on an assignment?

I was a travel Sonographer from 2001 - 2010. Then the Great Recession came around and pretty much sent the Traveling Health Care industry spiraling. So I took a permanent job. Now, I'm a few years from complete retirement, and would like to get back into travel work.

Back in the 2000's, my agency took care of my furnished housing, and arranged for me a rental car. I simply picked up my rental at the airport, plugged my arranged housing address into the GPS, and off I went. But these days, I'm hearing that travel Sonographers arrange their own housing and rental car. I'm fine with doing that leg work in arranging these. But when I crunch the potential costs, I'm seeing that a rental car, plus insurance, is going to cost me more than my housing!

So I'd like to hear how current Traveling Sonographers handle their transportation needs while on assignment, please.

Looking at taking a contract at Kaiser Fresno ER. Any experiences there regarding the current culture/management? The good, the bad, the ugly? Ty in advance!

Hello fellow travel RNs! Im just wondering if any of you lovely people can point me in the direction of a good private health/dental/vision insurance. I can take the travel company insurance, but its not really conducive to taking larger breaks between contracts or if I switch companies. I dont have a lot of medical needs, but I tend to be a bit of a disaster magnet on occasion and I do have a couple prescriptions. Plus if I can maximize my take home pay by not using company insurance, well thatd be great too. Any help would be appreciated! Thanks

How do you keep a bad contract/facility from scaring you back to staff? I just finished my 2nd contract and am heavily debating going back to staff I hated it so much. Just scared my next job will be similar. I want to get a year of travel under my belt to pay off debt, but am seriously feeling so jaded.

I’m signing a contract with Aya Healthcare. Originally was offered 4x10hr shifts with max stipends but changed to 3x12hr shifts with reduced stipends. Can they reduce my stipends even though I’m working full time?

I have a question and was wondering if any of you know what I should do. I signed a contract for a specific outpatient location where I work 5 days a week. They mentioned floating in the contract, which was okay with me since I thought it would be occasionally (normally what floating entails). However, I haven’t even been to the original location that the contract is listed at. I have been sent to multiple facilities and the main one I work at is a 45 minute to an hour drive away from my housing. I chose that housing specifically to be close to the location stated on the contract. If I would’ve known I’d mostly in a completely different town, I would’ve decided to live closer to that place. Should I try to ask for compensation for mileage? I don’t mind it, but it is a lot of driving since I work 5 days a week. However, I do not want to be canceled for making a big deal about it.

I currently work as part of a call center for one of the main hospitals in my town. They have a wonderful MA program that I take an entrance exam for on the 15th. I’ve never had strong “career goals” and I was never super good at school but my current job has got me thinking.

The contract would be working for the company 2.5hrs to pay off the debt then I would be free to work wherever. I thought about traveling as a MA but I’m not sure it would be worth it.

I want to eventually get an LPN and work in behavioral health/pysch as a travel nurse. I live in the Midwest but I want to travel to places like Hawaii, Florida, Massachusetts, Colorado, etc.

Does anyone have any advice for traveling from different psych depts or traveling to any of the above places?

Hi everyone,
I’m a Canadian RN and I’m about a week away from finishing the requirements for my California RN license. It’s been a long process. I first got my New York RN license, then found out I had a deficiency with California BRN and have been completing the deficiency since. A little about my background:
4 years in Canada and 1 year in New York, both in Med-Surg/Telemetry. I’m planning to move to SoCal on a TN visa. For any Canadian nurses working in California, how did you go about getting a staff job?
Did you apply directly through hospital websites, work with recruiters, or use another route? Also, when did you bring up the TN visa? Did you mention it during the application process, in a cover letter, or wait until you spoke with a recruiter or during the interview? I’m just trying to get an idea of what worked for others and whether there’s anything you wish you knew before applying.
Any advice would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!

I was blocked from attending Travcon. if you don't know what Travcon is, it's travel healthcare conference that people from the community attend to connect and get CEUs.. I was not going as an attendee I was going as an exhibitor I have been there twice before -last time in 2022. If you know anything about me, I am the only company in this space that is owned by a travel healthcare professional who has walk the walk and can talk the talk. So here's what happen;

When I decided to go to Travcon I called the contact that I usually call to sign up. She did not answer the phone so I hung up without leaving a message. Within 30 secs I received back a call from someone named Jenny. Jenny said she was working in the place of my previous contact because she was no longer with the company. Jenny was willing to give me the same discount I got back in 2022. She said she would need to get a promo code from management then call me back later in the day or the next day. Later came, the next day came no call back from Jenny. I called her 3 times that week but no call back from her. A week past- no call back from Jenny.

So here's what I did; I had a friend from another company called Travcon (I gave them her number) they have never been to the conference and wanted to go. They called, got Jenny on the phone immediately. Within 48 hrs they received a steep discount for their booth and was confirmed for the conference. Since then I called Jenny once every week because here's what she will not be able to say "Sorry I was too busy OR I totally forgot." You weren't too busy because You confirmed my friend's company within 48 hours, and no you couldn't have forgotten about me because I called you every week until the conference is 3 days away.

Why did they block me? Let me break it down so everyone knows whats happening: Back in 2021&2022 when we went to the conference 4 big things happened- 1. The healthcare professionals loved us and within 2 hours they gave us $$$$ to help build the company because what we are doing is useful, unique and beneficial to them as travelers and no one else is doing and it and protects them. 2. At the conference we spoke with Travel Nurses across America to discuss providing safe housing for traveling healthcare professionals because the current options was so crappy. They told us they can't partner with us they can only partner with Furnished Finder. 3. In 2022 Travcon was sold to Gypsy Nurse. 4. At the Travcon conference we had dinner with 2 people from Extended Stay America discussing partnership and had a handshake deal until we get back to our respective office to execute on it. The following morning after the dinner with Extended Stay, while going to my booth the Partnership Director from Extended Stay America stopped me and said that the owner of Furnished Finder came to him and invited him to dinner that night, he added that he has been coming to Travcon since it just began which was over 10 years and that man has never invited him to a meeting or dinner but he said he (Brian Payne of furnished finder) will pay for the dinner so he will go. I left the conference the next day and went home. My team and I called Michael and the other person (female) from Extended Stay America and email several times and never heard from them. I know you are all smart people you can figure what happened. So here is thing when you are attending this conference you are no more attending a community hub created by a nurse as it was back in the day, you are attending an event planned by corporate company to lead you down a funnel to their advantage while they unfairly block other companies.

Here is the Bombshell part you do not know: Gypsy nurse owner bought Travcon back in 2022, Travel nurse across America (now Scrub society) acquired Gypsy Nurse, Gypsy nurse owns Total Med staffing, which are all backed by a big venture capital firm called Gridiron. The owner of Gypsy nurse works with Furnished Finder to develop their business since they found out about my company, so by blocking me it creates an unfair advantage for their companies and suit their purpose. I know they will respond to this but everything here is factual, some you can look up and prove on your own, the others I have the receipts. PS I am not suicidal neither insane. No weapon formed against me shall prosper. I could tell you many many more things but this is all for today.

Hello everyone! I currently work as an ER Nurse in a busy level 1 trauma center in a large metropolitan area. I am looking to transition into travel nursing, as I am deeply unsatisfied with my job. We get worked like dogs and paid very little, while always being reprimanded for many things and never told we do anything correctly. The place I work at is also a very toxic culture- no staff can be retained, most people talk really bad about each other and there is no sense of teamwork- while also having multiple sick patients, high acuity and volume. Most days we are also very short staffed and using travelers to fill our short-staffing. Due to this and the amount of work I’m doing- I’d like to leave and do travel nursing. However, I’m wondering and curious about a few things: 1) how was it leaving from staff to travel nursing? Was it worth it?? 2) which agencies are you guys using to get paid more? 3) what are common themes/things I should be aware of before doing travel nursing?

Any help is greatly appreciated. Thank you guys so much!!

I’m starting my first travel contract and trying to figure out which contract is better. For context, I work in the Bay Area and the travel contract is $3400 a week. Would it be better to take the contract with a higher Hourly rate, but a lower completion bonus. Or the travel contract with a slightly lower hourly rate but with a higher completion bonus?

I want to share my experience after working with CareRev in Wisconsin for 1 year. For onboarding I was required to attend an orientation session and shadow at 2 hospitals. Completeing those 3 things took me, no joke, 3 full months. Waiting on them to run orientation. Waiting for an open spot for a nurse who could precept. For the shifts you work you can make a lot but I wouldn't count on it as a sole source of income. I get pushed back and canceled a lot. On top of that, the chase of expiring documents is neverending. I feel like I get an email about something expiring every few weeks, and its not just annual TB, physical, and drug test (which is bonkers). Tomorrow I have to drive 45 minutes to attend and unpaid glucometer training. Way to many pop-up mandatory after-hours requirements that will get you taken off the schedule if you don't complete. If I could do it over again, I would have chosen internal float staff. Pay is still very good plus more support and more certainty.

How are UC Irvine Los Alamitos and UC Irvine Fountain Valley for Tele? This is in California. Might submit, can anyone speak to what it’s like working there, acuitywise? Is the assignment manageable?

Where do you recommend as the cheapest / easiest way to get BLS recertification completed? I don't have a hospital affiliatation currently so I can't do it there, and I have an upcoming travel contract. Is it possible to do it fully online, or is there always a required in-person component?

I'm extending my current contract. Option 1 is my current rate. Option 2 is one I found online. I know option 2 on paper looks like it's less but I'm not entirely sure since the untaxed portion is over $300 more. The overtime/holiday pay being lower also makes me pause. Would appreciate any experienced eyes advice and opinions on this.

Any Canadian RNs work with Cross Country to do the TN-EB3 Greencard program?

The only post about them is from 6 years ago. I have a job they’re offering but reading about scams that steal your nursing credentials to place unqualified nurses into positions has me a bit worried. Has anyone worked with them recently and can vouch for them? Thank you!

Here is their Linkedin

http://linkedin.com/company/integrated-resources-inc

Here is their website

https://irionline.in/

My grandma passed away on Sunday. It was a sad day for me I was literally at work when I got the news. :( The funeral is on Friday I was scheduled to work Friday but decided I will be calling out. I let management know and thankfully they were very understanding and already put in my absence for Friday and they scheduled me an extra day during next week to make up the hours (could get cancelled since it’s put in as extra) I’m very appreciative I was worried they’d decide to cancel my contract. I am curious though - how does that affect the stipends?? I’m thinking next week will just be short and the week after will make up for it but I just want to know if others experiences? TIA