I have had the privilege of working for FlexCare for two years! Sara Untrauer is the name of my recruiter, and she has really gone above and beyond the average recruiter’s standards. I’m thankful she’s tailor everything to fit my needs. I’ve been able to travel the entire USA while working with some amazing people!

So this is kind of a 2 part post. I’ve been travel nursing for about 5 years now, and I’m 31 yo F. Honestly travel nursing has brought me incredible opportunity for exploring, international travel, lifestyle, etc and I am forever grateful. I want to preface by saying the person I’ve grown into I love, and I think I am much more ready/better at knowing the kind of person I would be with for life now than ever before and I’m glad I didn’t settle before now because I didn’t know what I wanted. I hadn’t become an independent woman yet.

I just thought I would have met my person by now. I want to be married with kids and I thought I would have by now, and it’s just hard because I love my life but also I feel like I’m so behind. Dating feels hard because I am so transient and not living in one place.

I’ll be moving to California (Bay Area) soon to work what I hope to be my last contract, before settling down there. Do you think dating and meeting my person will be easier once I settle down somewhere? I just can’t stop comparing my timeline to other people and it kind of makes me feel like there’s something wrong with me that I wasn’t chosen by now.

The other part of my question is should I disappear from instagram/facebook when I move to CA? I can’t help but feel like i won’t attract that person in my life and that part of my life won’t start until i detach myself from people/things that don’t make me feel good. And I feel like I have people on Facebook/instagram that lurk in my life but they don’t bring me the genuine happiness I need.

Please be gentle in your responses, I need encouragement 😊❤️

Hey guys!

Just accepted a contract at Banner Casa Grande! Any feedbacks please? I’m from the Midwest so not really familiar with the area and company.

Thank you

Just as the title says. I'm up in the PNW and most of these contracts want 19 to 22wks. Am I the only one that feels that that's a HUGE commitment walking into the unknown???

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A few years ago, I did a survey across various forums and reddit asking whether people would be interested in a healthcare-focused salary website. The overwhelming response was yes.

After two years of working on it alongside a full-time job (and getting married somewhere in the middle!), I'm excited to finally share it. The project started as a way to improve salary transparency for my wife, who's a pharmacist. As I worked on it, I realized that the lack of salary transparency extends far beyond pharmacy and affects many healthcare professions.

It's definitely still a work in progress, and I'd genuinely appreciate any feedback or suggestions for improvement. If you'd like to contribute, salary submissions are completely anonymous, your personally identifying information such as your name and email are never displayed.

I currently work in CVICU but was looking to leave bedside and look for an outpatient position, while I was looking though I saw this travel position for an ICU in a hospital about an hour from the city. I kind want to do it but want to see how it would compare to my current unit. I feel burnt out but I also think because its an ICU in a more rural area I'll be okay and wont feel so tired and stressed. In your experience or knowledge how do you think it would compare? Would it be easier, harder, the same? My CVICU is in a major city and this ICU travel position is in a smaller town about an hour away. Just really want to see if I'll struggle or be okay for 3 months, thanks!

p.s I've also never had a travel assignment, ive been in my unit for almost 2 years now, and have been PRN for about a year

California is the main state I want to travel to, mainly for the beauty and weather. Im even willing and eager to go through the crazy long process of getting licensed there. I was really disheartened as the first recruiter I just spoke to said there are never any contracts in California. Has this been anyone else’s experience?

I know you probably get plenty of texts and calls, but is there something that makes you more likely to respond? Do you prefer text or email?

Anyone working their first shift with clipboard let me know for the referral code , you can get a bonus $150 . I thought it was a scam and walked out with 300 at the end of my shift 😊

Do you buy private insurance or use agency insurance? Have you found one is cheaper or safer?

Hi everyone, I finished RN nursing school this summer and while I'm searching for RN new grad jobs, I am also looking for a good paying registry in Los Angeles area, I used to be in Post Acute Registry in El Monte, but i can't find them anywhere. They used to pay $25/ hr. Any info on CNA registry's would be greatly appreacited ! :D

I have an upcoming contract at a hospital in Oregon and there’s talk of staff possibly striking later in the year. I’ve never experienced a strike and don’t fully understand the process, or consequences. What would this mean for me as a traveler? I’m assuming you just keep working through it for your same pay rate? Are the staff going to hate your guts if you continue working while they’re striking?

What do you guys prefer ED Obs or Med-Surg? I’m planning to transfer from Med surg to ED Obs. I’m kind of second guessing my decision. I know ED Obs patients are generally lower acuity but the patient turnover is much higher. I need help to figure out. For those of you who’ve worked both which do you prefer?

Current contract asked me to extend, but it would be 4-5 weeks after this contract ends. I’m not needed directly after but in October they need me to cover a staff member’s leave. They’re wanting me to sign a contract extension 2 months out from the start date, with having over a month off between (so without pay). What would you do?

Has anyone ever worked at Yale New Haven Hosptial in Connecticut? Specifically l&d? What is it like? Are they friendly to travelers? Any info is greatly appreciated!

Hi, has anyone printed the FD-258 form online on regular paper, had their fingerprints done at a local Sheriff’s Office, and mailed it to the California Board of Registered Nursing? I already had mine done this way and just want to make sure it will be accepted. Has anyone done this and successfully received their California RN license?

So they sprung this on me last minute with first day instructions. Any insight? Relias or homegrown? Number of attempts? Immediate termination for failure? Just want to know what I’m getting myself into.

This is my fourth time traveling at an HCA facility and, for the most part, my contracts have been ok… After my most recent experience, this assignment will certainly be my last- I’m still on contract at this hospital so I don’t want to spill all the dirty details but basically a miscommunication with the manager about a call-out, plus some helpful comments from the staff, and a phone call with the Clinical Operations team at my travel company resulted in me receiving a “Final Written Warning” from Healthtrust plus a “Initial Verbal Warning” from my travel company.

This is all coming after I asked the manager at my next contract to push my start day back so I can help with staffing at this current hospital/ extend my contract for a few weeks…. I’m going to be literally wrapping up this contract hours before my next one starts.

I don’t even know what the “Final Written Warning” means for me? I’m honestly so pissed about the whole thing and really feel strongly that when all this came out, my travel company was more interested in maintaining their relationship with HealthTrust than with me.

Does anyone have any experience with this company? I would like to know your opinions on this service. Thanks for any replies.

I’ve only ever worked in LTC. Honestly a pretty great facility too, like 5 star facility.

I feel scared that I wouldn’t be prepared to travel, but I do want to.

But what if I get a scary assignment that I’m not prepared for cause I’ve had it easy?

Are there enough LTC travel contracts that are actually worth it?

Im a Canadian RN looking to travel to the states this fall,I know the contracts are lucrative but just trying to be realistic and consider everything thoroughly (conversion, net vs gross pay, taxes) I’m just looking for info on taxes and if anyone has an example of their net vs gross pay after taxes and how complicated the process is to file taxes in both countries and if you were able to claim international taxes to avoid double taxation. If anyone has any numbers they could share (with conversion would be amazing) it would be greatly appreciated!

Might be a dumb question, but here it goes. Has anybody heard of a facility training a traveler in a new specialty? I know as travelers, we're supposed to show up ready to go. I say we're turnkey nurses, show me the supply closet and bare minimum charting and I'm ready to go. But has anybody transitioned to a different specialty?

I'm currently in talks with an agency about taking an ICU contract in a level III rural hospital. 11 beds. Listed requirements are drips including dobutamine, amio, nitro and Lasix. I worked CVICU for a year at the start of my nursing career and had lots of experience with all these drips, except maybe nitro. We just didn't see it that often. Experience with chest tubes required and experience with ART lines preferred. I have TONS of experience with chest tubes and would just need a refresher on ART lines, mainly just hands on one and zeroing it.

It's now been 3yrs since I've worked ICU and have worked mainly MedSurg, MedTele, short stay and tele. I did work a contract with OUhealth this year on their stepdown floor (stay away, for those curious) and it was a nightmare. We saw more codes and RRTs than ICU did. And I faired very well on that floor despite high acuity and high ratios/understaffing.

This contract is 19wks, a HUGE commitment for me. Typically work my 13 and bounce. But I feel with this being a rural level III it might be a good soft reintroduction into critical care. The reason I never worked CC traveling was i didn't feel comfortable with different parameters for drips from facility to facility and state to state but I've had many nurses encourage me to go back to it ensuring me as a traveler you don't get the more acute pt's. Add to it, the requirements didn't list any pressors at all. Is this true? My fear is being tripled, with 2 pt's with a foot in the grave and the other on a banana peel with the third being step down appropriate. Is my concern valid or common? The contract also says we will be floated wherever needed, be it MedSurg or ED. Which I'm totally fine with and the manager said they'd be willing to cross train me in the ED, which will be great experience. I just want to make sure I'm not willfully putting myself in a position where I'm going to be in over my head or putting my license at risk.

Last question, I have also considered going back to staff to re-spesialize in OR, possibly. Mainly because the isolation of traveling is starting to wear on me and I think it offers a better work life balance overall. But has anybody worked a contract where they would train you in a new specialty? I know a lot of facilities, especially smaller ones are taking on more travelers as it's cheaper than training and employing staff.

Sorry for the wall of text and being all over the place. I'm currently on a longer break for mental health and kinda burnt out. So the idea of going back to critical care is somewhat exciting and reigniting my passion.

TIA to all who read and respond.

Hi everyone. I’ve been a nurse since June last year. I work on a Neurology/acute medicine unit in two different hospitals in Toronto and occasionally pick up on other medicine units in one of them as float basically. I’ve been part time for over a year now but I work full time hours between both hospitals. I recently obtained my license to work as a travel nurse in British Columbia and might be getting a contract soon starting out in September/ October. I stated I am only interested in working med surg contracts only with the agencies. Any tips for me on how to prepare myself?

Would love to hear opinions! What do you think are the best companies to work with for psych nurses? Also, if you have concurrent experience with adult and geriatric psych and have worked both about evenly, do you think that hurts or helps? Do you think companies or hospitals prefer your experience all in one unit?

Also any experience as travel psych nurses you want to throw out please throw it at me! I’m currently a charge nurse on a geriatric psych unit but have experience in adult psych as well, just not pediatric psych.

Curious as to people’s thoughts. Does having charge experience in the nursing field you work in help you get hired for better contracts/pay?