All Forum Posts by: Walter Ware

Hey dale, the way I look for bigger hospitals is if they are a higher trauma level or a regional hospital. That’s how it works in Alabama. Also some hospital systems buy a lot of facilities within a an area. In South Carolina, one system has literally half of the hospitals, in what’s called the Upper and Midlands.

Hey, fellow travel nurse of  less than one year. Some quick pointers you may already know:

-buy close to the bigger/busy hospitals. If you can ask around or some now find out, the bigger hospitals pay more, but they may not have as much turnover as other smaller hospitals.

-fridge, bed, black out shutters, night time house rules, and Wi-Fi we’re a must for me.

-a little above market average. We can afford to the higher life, but we is “broke” to and trying to scrape by and make money like everybody else. So keep that in mind..

-I personally preferred driving around 5-20 minutes from the hospital to my room. I had a room that was 30 minutes away, just like at home, but it felt so much longer. My original commute was 5 minutes, and I cherished all 3 of them.

-a nice, up to date room is nice, but what is that mattress hitting on? And does the room(mates) stay quiet? These are important questions for any traveler.

let me know what you think!