MOVE IN DAY!!!

OK! Let me start from the beginning:

So you decide you want to sign up with travel company X; you fill the application, submit a skills check list and give them your references...a day or two later you call them (or they call you) and you decide where you want to go. (I have explained why I'm in Temple already...travel feet-->wet, then NYC right?!) After that, you start getting calls from unit managers/directors of nursing for telephone interviews! (I will will do a hints and tips post to make things very clear and concise when exploring your travel options--if its not up within a week remind me!) They then offer the contract, you negotiate then you sign! (Hints and tips) After you sign the contract you then discuss---> HOUSING!!!!! 

*record scratch* (to my current RNs) Just like @ your home institutions you will have to be compliant and make sure all of your credentials are up to date...I will have a post specifically to you all really REALLY soon! ;-)

Basically, they offer a 1 bedroom apartment/loft/studio and furniture. The lady discussing my furniture was naming different items and I was like "PAUSE, let me make you laugh...you have just named more furniture i currently own in my apartment now"...yeah we chuckled for a couple min. After you tell them what you want, which can range from washer/dryer, pots pans, TV..(it all depends on whats offered through the place you are contracted to (and the travel company) you agree and its done. After that, you show up the Friday before your start date (you will usually start on a Monday... a day of hospital orientation then a couple "orientation shifts") and move in....Oh yes, all utilities paid (except cable and internet).

QUICK FACT: They offer 13 week contracts because its done on a quarterly system...

So I showed up to a fully furnished apartment: love seat, chair, dinning table chairs, bed, dresser, washer and dryer. Literally opened the door, brought my my ps3 and clothes and I was moved in! It was probably the easiest move-in I have ever had in my life!

Pictures do not lie! (Except they are little fuzzy r/t to the dang case on my phone!) This place is exceptional! I could not ask for a better location! In the evening I can watch the sunsets right outside of my balcony doors, its breath taking!  Just image smooth jazz playing...sipping on your favorite ______: PRICELESS!

So one of the major humps is done---HOUSING. The next hump is the facility...dun dun dun! I have heard so many horror stories about traveling about how you get dumped on and how you develop a thick skin etc....My philosophy going into this is SAFETY IS 1ST! Screw how I feel, or how you feel about me and how much im making...the PATIENTS COME 1ST !!!! Cleaning poop is a part of the job, i know this...but two confused patients getting out of bed with potential for injury...not cool. That's all I'm sayin'! I will defend and protect my license like its my child now! lmao! (For my peeps, could you imagine someone endangering a child of mine?? Yes.)

All in all, so far so great! My recruiter is excellent, really pays attention to detail and I can't wait to refer them! If you have any pressing questions please leave comments or email me directly! CHEERS!

B.S. RN