a friend who signed a contact to be a travel nurse in Canada and dosent want to go what can she do?
my friend signed a contract to go to work in Canada as a Nurse and now she dosent want to go she says she cant get out of it unless she becomes ill or family does. and if she just dosent go etc they can put restrictions on her nursing lic. is this true? any ideas on how to get around all this? HELP!
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Is your friend in the U.S with a nursing license and just going to work in Canada? If so, I don't know how they can possibly restrict her nurse's license for pulling out of a contract. (if she is Canadian license, then I have no clue). I could be wrong here, and she needs to check with her nursing board, but I've never seen or heard of that. But the contract thing is pretty serious ---- they make alot of money on the nurses, so when one backs out of a signed contract, it most likely becomes a legal issue -- as with any contract. Hopefully this was a 13 week assignment that she signed and not longer. If so, why doesn't she just go and avoid the legal hassles that this will cause. She isn't going to be able to fake the illness part - they investigate I'm sure. My daughter is a travel nurse, so far she has had a great experience. The way she looks at a new assignment, is if it is awful, it is only 13 weeks - then she can go on to something new. Guess the best thing is for her to keep in contact with the recruiter and find out if there really is anything that she can do - will they give her another assignment instead (staying with the same agency, not taking another assignment with a different place.) good luck to her!
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I was a traveling PTA, contracted for 13 weeks. In my contracts myself or the facility always had a way to opt out with a 30 day notice if its not working out for whatever reason. So she may have to go and put in a 30 day notice when she starts. But if its only for 13 weeks it could be fun, unless there is something that is making her want to stay. But just tell her that its a great opportunity, whats holding her back? As far as the lic., I dont think that could be possible. Since she signed a contract, they may be able to doc. her pay, or some how take it out that way, but they cant take her lic.
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