DeDe245

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1. Will a year of assisted living experience with hospice patients be enough experience for travel hospice positions?

   DeDe245 replied to jdileo's topic in Travel

   In search phrase need to put RN after specialty

2. Will a year of assisted living experience with hospice patients be enough experience for travel hospice positions?

   DeDe245 replied to jdileo's topic in Travel

   Some are sticklers to the one year recent experience rule many aren't. Same with facilities. Although more than one year is ideal. Consider the abundance of each specilaty as well with ER being more abundant. Use Google Job Search Sear...

3. Travel nursing or derm clinic nursing

   DeDe245 replied to nurseang77's topic in Travel

   20's, BF, Dog, Clinic>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>Marriage, Mortgage, Kids, Retirement, Death That's when I wake up in a cold sweat so glad it was just a nightmare Just my opinion based on years of living You h...

4. Best Travel Companies?

   DeDe245 replied to speedynurse's topic in Travel

   I suggest doing more reading, research, planning to have the best experience. Many companies supply housing and some with multiple options. It's something to be negotiated like everything else. Be careful once you travel you may never want to go...

5. Travel nurse housing wishlist

   DeDe245 replied to MC44's topic in Travel

   I like the idea of a yard for dog. Never had that. Maybe with a pet door Most important I need quiet, close to parks, bike paths and facilities Don't need a lot of space. Stackable Washer/dryer Hard wood floors for pets is a plus or even withou...

6. Word of warning about tax consequences for travel nurses

   DeDe245 replied to allstarnurse1's topic in Travel

   Also IRS Publication 463 https://www.irs.gov/forms-pubs/about-publication-463 And IRS Free File Fed and States https://www.irs.gov/filing/free-file-do-your-federal-taxes-for-free

7. Best Travel Agency?

   DeDe245 replied to Rachel_T's topic in Travel

   Don't follow those top 10 or 20 Best agency sites either even though some good companies may be in there. After many years of investigating those sites and their criteria it is based upon money referrals and a lot of slick talk that fools many new or...

8. Travel nursing

   DeDe245 replied to mari1993's topic in Travel

   People either love or hate Psych. Psych is all I've ever done and all I want to do. If you contact enough companies you'll get one that will work with you depending on your experience in the first specialty but then you have to find a hiring man...

9. Travel Nurse Corps

   DeDe245 replied to Sasrn10's topic in Travel

   I get my healthcare through the VA even while traveling. They have a Traveling Vet program not to be confused with the Travel Nurse Corps. I am grateful for my VA Care and found it better and much less costly than health insurance and less hassle now...

10. What is the real deal with Trustaff???

    DeDe245 replied to oncrn86's topic in Travel

    Professional Nursing Service PNS is the one to stick with in USVI. I worked for them down there years ago. Trustaff has a long history of complaints but as always negotiate especially for decent housing and do your research on it, if you take medicat...

11. Federal Mandated Hazard Pay

    DeDe245 posted a topic in Geriatric

    The Senate is about to throw out Federally Mandated Hazard pay of an extra $12-13/hr for Frontline Workers Which passed the House of Representatives Part of the Next Stimulus Package Plan RE: COVID Yet put in a provision to give employers legal prote...

12. COVID19 Screening

    DeDe245 posted a topic in Psychiatric

    I'm wondering if staff are being screened for COVID19 as well as patients? As psych units are limited to what you can do with social distancing especially with hands on incidents. I work as a Psych RN Traveler but have been out recovering from a su...

13. Is it hard to get an assignment if you haven’t worked for awhile?

    DeDe245 replied to Kiwigirlie's topic in Travel

    I was out of official Nursing for 8 years caring for parents. I was really scared of never being able to return to Nursing without taking one of those expensive RN refresher programs. Yet I had been maintaining my licenses and doing a lot of continui...

14. Travel nursing questions

    DeDe245 replied to merne72's topic in Travel

    There are lots of assignments for Psych RNs accross the country. I am constantly getting emails for Psych assignments. In my experience just about every company recruits Psych RN's with a small percentage of exceptions. I know there are couple of com...

15. How to be a travel nurse

    DeDe245 replied to MistyDawnRN06's topic in Travel

    Tax Advantage does not set you up for an audit Unless of course you don't have a permanent tax home (a place you own, rent or buying) Unless of course if the company is paying way below the lowest pay rate for the area on the taxable portion and shif...