EXHIBIT (a)(1)(V)
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                                  PRESS RELEASE


                                  Contact:  Donald R. Myll or Joseph F. Marino
                                            (866) 861-3229




                     AMN HEALTHCARE SERVICES, INC. ANNOUNCES
                       FINAL RESULTS OF SELF TENDER OFFER

         San Diego, CA (October 16, 2003) - AMN Healthcare Services, Inc. (NYSE:
AHS) today announced the final results of its tender offer, which expired
October 8, 2003. In the tender offer, AMN offered to purchase up to an aggregate
of $180.0 million of securities, consisting of $175.0 million of shares of its
common stock, par value $0.01 per share, and $5.0 million of vested and
exercisable employee stock options with exercise prices of less than $18.00 per
share. The purchase price for common stock in the tender offer was $18.00 per
share, and the purchase price for stock options was equal to $18.00 per option
less the applicable exercise price of such option, in each case, net to the
seller in cash, without interest.

         Based on the final count by Mellon Investor Services LLC, the
depositary for the tender offer, 36,273,661 shares of common stock, representing
an aggregate purchase price of $652.9 million, were properly tendered and not
withdrawn. In addition, stock options to purchase 1,249,809 shares of common
stock, representing an aggregate purchase price of $15.8 million, were properly
tendered and not withdrawn. AMN accepted for purchase 9,722,222 shares of common
stock, or approximately 26.8% of the shares properly tendered and not withdrawn,
for an aggregate purchase price of $175.0 million. AMN accepted for purchase
stock options to purchase 376,029 shares of common stock for an aggregate
purchase price of $5.0 million, or approximately 31.6% of the value of the
options properly tendered and not withdrawn.

         The shares of common stock accepted for purchase represent
approximately 25.7% of AMN's 37,842,562 shares of common stock authorized and
issued as of October 8, 2003. The stock options accepted for purchase represent
approximately 12.0% of the 3,138,030 stock options eligible to be tendered as of
September 2, 2003. As a result of the completion of the tender offer,
immediately following payment for the tendered shares of common stock and stock
options, 28,120,340 shares of AMN common stock will be authorized and issued,
and, of the stock options eligible to be tendered, stock options to purchase
2,762,001 shares of AMN common stock will remain outstanding.

ABOUT AMN

         AMN is the largest nationwide provider of travel healthcare staffing
services. AMN recruits nurses and allied health professionals nationally and
internationally and places them on temporary assignments, typically for 13
weeks, at acute-care hospitals and healthcare facilities throughout the United
States.




CAUTIONARY STATEMENT

         This press release contains certain "forward-looking statements." AMN
has tried, whenever possible, to identify these forward-looking statements using
words such as "anticipates," "believes," "estimates," "projects," "expects,"
"plans," "intends" and similar expressions. Similarly, statements herein that
describe AMN's business strategy, outlook, objectives, plans, intentions or
goals are also forward-looking statements. Accordingly, such forward-looking
statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors
which could cause AMN's actual results, performance or achievements to differ
materially from those expressed in, or implied by, such statements. These risks
and uncertainties may include, but are not limited to: AMN's ability to continue
to recruit and retain qualified temporary healthcare professionals and ability
to attract and retain operational personnel; AMN's ability to enter into
contracts with hospitals and other healthcare facility clients on terms
attractive to AMN and to secure orders related to those contracts; the
attractiveness to hospitals and healthcare facility clients of AMN's services;
changes in the timing of hospital and healthcare facility clients' orders for
and AMN's placement of temporary healthcare professionals; the general level of
patient occupancy at AMN's hospital and healthcare facility clients' facilities;
the overall level of demand for services offered by temporary healthcare
providers; AMN's ability to successfully implement its acquisition and
integration strategies; the effect of existing or future government regulation
of the healthcare industry, and AMN's ability to operate in compliance with
these regulations; the impact of medical malpractice and other claims asserted
against AMN; and AMN's ability to carry out its business strategy, including
adapting to an increasingly competitive environment. These statements reflect
AMN's current beliefs and are based upon information currently available to it.
Be advised that developments subsequent to this release are likely to cause
these statements to become outdated with the passage of time.