SEC Form 4

FORM 4		UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940	OMB APPROVAL OMB Number: 3235-0287 Estimated average burden hours per response: 0.5
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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* NOWAKOWSKI SUSAN (Last) (First) (Middle) 12400 HIGH BLUFF DRIVE (Street) SAN DIEGO CA 92130 (City) (State) (Zip)	2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol AMN HEALTHCARE SERVICES INC [ AHS ]	5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) X Director 10% Owner X Officer (give title below) Other (specify below) President and COO
	3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year) 10/16/2003
	4. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed (Month/Day/Year)	6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line) X Form filed by One Reporting Person Form filed by More than One Reporting Person

Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
1. Title of Security (Instr. 3)	2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	3. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)		4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed Of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)			5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 3 and 4)	6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
			Code	V	Amount	(A) or (D)	Price
Common Stock								300	D

Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 3)	2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	4. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)		5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)		6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)		7. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 3 and 4)		8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5)	9. Number of derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 4)	10. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
				Code	V	(A)	(D)	Date Exercisable	Expiration Date	Title	Amount or Number of Shares
Stock Options (Right to buy)	$3.8	10/16/2003		D			89,311	12/31/2003	11/19/2009	Common Stock	89,311	$14.2	84,837	D
Stock Options (Right to buy)	$3.8	10/16/2003		D			1,888	05/14/2002(1)	12/31/2009	Common Stock	1,888	$14.2	200,120	D
Stock Options (Right to buy)	$6.68							05/14/2002(2)	12/31/2009	Common Stock	119,448		119,448	D
Stock Options (Right to buy)	$9.68							05/08/2004(3)	05/08/2013	Common Stock	120,000		120,000	D
Stock Options (Right to buy)	$22.98							01/17/2003(4)	01/17/2012	Common Stock	60,000		60,000	D

Explanation of Responses:

1. Options to purchase 149,618 shares of Common Stock are currently exercisable. Options to purchase the remaining 50,502 shares become exercisable on December 31, 2003.

2. Options to purchase 59,724 shares of Common Stock are currently exercisable. Options to purchase 29,862 shares become exercisable on December 31, 2003, and options to purchase 29,862 shares become exercisable on December 31, 2004

3. The options to purchase shares of Common Stock were issued pursuant to the AMN Healthcare Services, Inc. 2001 Stock Option Plan and become exercisable in four equal installments, for the right to purchase 30,000 shares on each of May 8, 2004, 2005, 2006, and 2007.

4. Options to purchase 15,000 shares of Common Stock are currently exercisable. The remaining options to purchase 45,000 shares of Common Stock become exercisable in equal installments on each of January 17, 2004, 2005, and 2006.

	Susan R Nowakowski	10/20/2003
	** Signature of Reporting Person	Date
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