Flygaze

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1. Shipping your Car from Coast to Coast

   Flygaze replied to ERpinup's topic in Travel

   I drove my car from Atlanta, GA to Ventura, CA and didn't have time to drive it back home so I ended up shipping it. I went with DIYtransport and it was $875 and took 9 days. This was early May 2015. (When I was looking to ship it out to Cali in Janu...

2. Housing stipend San Francisco

   Flygaze posted a topic in Travel

   Hello hello! For those who were recently in San Francisco, how much did you get for housing stipend and with which agency and facility? I heard of $4500/month (Fastaff), $2700 (Onward), and $2400 (AMN). I read back in the forum about someone getting ...

3. Rapid Response assignments

   Flygaze replied to Michi66's topic in Travel

   Do you still go through hospital orientation and 1 or 2 shifts for unit orientation? I am considering a rapid response for my second assignment. Is it too soon? I'm a pretty quick learner and it only took me a week to acclimate to my first assignment...

4. Denver

   Flygaze replied to Underthemoonicp6's topic in Travel

   I spoke to American Mobile, Supplemental, TNAA, Flexcare, and IPI when I was looking for assignments in Denver in December/January. There were very few assignments for med/surg. The only place was at Rose Medical and it was tele, which I don't have e...

5. what should you insist on in a contract?

   Flygaze replied to RobotNurse's topic in Travel

   If you get $20/hour blended rate and per diem is $100/day, should your overtime be $38.33/hour NOT $30?

6. When to negotiate

   Flygaze replied to Flygaze's topic in Travel

   Money was not my top priority in choosing my first assignment. I went with the assignment that was in a good location (10 minutes walking from the beach!) and where I thought would be a good place for a first time traveler (it is). I am making twice ...

7. Kaiser taped interview

   Flygaze replied to HikingNinja's topic in Travel

   I did not speak with any managers nor did I accept the position. It was going to be my first assignment and I did not feel comfortable floating every four hours.

8. Kaiser taped interview

   Flygaze replied to HikingNinja's topic in Travel

   I did the online interview for Kaiser San Jose and another facility. The first part of the interview is a written portion that included questions about your previous work place (size, nurse/patient ratio, what kind of floor, patient demographic, most...

9. When to negotiate

   Flygaze posted a topic in Travel

   I am confused as to when to negotiate. Should I negotiate before being submitted or after receiving an offer? I feel if I negotiated before, I don't have any leverage because I do not have an offer. If I wait until after the offer, I have already bee...

10. purchasing your own health insurance

    Flygaze replied to Soliloquy's topic in Travel

    Which company did you find eye, dental and health for under $200? I have Aetna health only and it's $226. (To COBRA would have been $600/month!!!) The agency I'm working with is paying $150 a month for it since I opted out of their plan. I wanted con...

11. New Travel RNs Can't Find Assignments?

    Flygaze replied to Soliloquy's topic in Travel

    So went from almost nothing to three offers in the span of three hours. Any information about these three hospitals and their surrounding area would be great! Info of how safe the area is, ease of finding housing, public transportation, things to do,...

12. Anybody Lpns or RNS travel to Hawaii

    Flygaze replied to NursyLady30's topic in Travel

    She's with Aureus

13. Anybody Lpns or RNS travel to Hawaii

    Flygaze replied to NursyLady30's topic in Travel

    My friend is in Hawaii and loves it. She took company housing which is ten minutes away from the hospital, Queens Medical. She says public transpiration is good and the food is wonderful. This is her second week there so I haven't heard an update on ...

14. New Travel RNs Can't Find Assignments?

    Flygaze replied to Soliloquy's topic in Travel

    That would be me. I have been looking for the past month for an assignment. I have 2.5 years experience in med/surg at two large teaching hospitals, one is a level 1. I am working with four recruiters. Maybe I am picky with my location (Denver, DC/Ma...

15. Medstar Hospitals

    Flygaze replied to Flygaze's topic in Maryland

    I had an interview at Southern yesterday and was hesitant about accepting. It's a night position 1:6 ratio orthopedics, which I have very limited experience in. I'll think I'll keep looking. Thanks for responding, Maggie!