travel and the econony

[stellar]

I recently stumbled across another nursing site and was very dismayed to read some of the posts. There were the standard glowing articles about how nursing will withstand everything, but then there are the anecdotals of seasoned travel nurses who say things like, "It is the worst [they] have seen in 12 years of travel nursing." It basically seems like a ripple effect. Fewer elective surgeries was a consistent remark, leading to lower census. Fear in the general public and so per diem nurses locally are taking permanent positions, or their spouses have been laid off such as three of my current coworkers, or they need to supplement thier income and so they are working tons of overtime and the need for travelers decreases. And then there is the push from management to get permanent staff and to cut travelers, all of which seem to be lowering the requests for travelers. Where it goes from here I think is anybody's guess, but to suggest that the above dynamics will not effect traveling, at least in the short term, like 6-12 months, is myopic IMHO. My feeling is you are taking a risk to leave a permanent job right now, but each person has to decide how much of a risk they are comfortable with.

[AmandaWIRN]

If you are flexible with where you're willing to travel to, then there is no risk of you ever not being able to find a travel assignment. People usually run into trouble when they have their heart set on one specific location, and then can't find an assignment in that location.

[Up&running]

I have been having trouble finding a job with TNAA for my next assignment. I told my recruiter I would go anywhere on the east side of the US, (I thought that might be broad enough!:wink_smile but she says there are no jobs available out east right now. I'm shopping other companies. I think it's the general concensus that the smaller companies just don't have that many options due to the economy.

[AmandaWIRN]

I'd go with another company... for a recruiter to tell you that there are NO assignments in the entire Eastern half of the country??? I can go on a couple different company's websites and find plenty of listings...