EXHIBIT 23.1


              INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' REPORT ON SCHEDULE AND CONSENT

The Board of Directors and Stockholders
AMN Healthcare Services, Inc.:

     The audits referred to in our report dated February 12, 2002 included the
related financial statement schedule as of December 31, 2001, and for each of
the years in the three-year period ended December 31, 2001, included in the 2001
Annual Report on Form 10-K. This financial statement schedule is the
responsibility of the Company's management. Our responsibility is to express an
opinion on this financial statement schedule based on our audits. In our
opinion, such financial statement schedule, when considered in relation to the
basic consolidated financial statements taken as a whole, presents fairly in all
material respects the information set forth therein.

     We consent to incorporation by reference in the registration statement No.
333-73482 on Form S-8 of AMN Healthcare Services, Inc. of our report dated
February 12, 2002, relating to the consolidated balance sheets of AMN Healthcare
Services, Inc. and subsidiaries, (the Company), as of December 31, 2000 and
2001, and the related consolidated statements of operations, stockholders'
equity, and cash flows for each of the years in the three-year period ended
December 31, 2001 and the financial statement schedule, which report appears in
the December 31, 2001 Annual Report on Form 10-K of AMN Healthcare Services,
Inc.

                                        KPMG LLP

San Diego, California
March 15, 2002