AzNurse67

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1. OMG-FIrst Assignment

   AzNurse67 replied to alwayslearnin's topic in Travel

   Congrats on completing your first week as a travel nurse! This by far, is the scarest part of travel nursing... we all remember our first time. My first was going from a 5 bed Rural ER to a 22 bed Level One Trauma Center and ER... what a differen...

2. Looking for another travel company

   AzNurse67 replied to Je-the-travel-ER-RN's topic in Travel

   If you do a research on Delphi for On Assignment, you will find several posts where the company stranded nurses in Tucson. Including one nurse that had paid in advance for three months of RV space. My experience has been that the bigger companies l...

3. Permanent Tax Residence - I don't get it

   AzNurse67 replied to Nick&Leslie's topic in Travel

   There is a difference between a PERMANENT RESIDENCE and a TAX HOME. You can have a permanent residece in a state if you have your drivers license, mail box, and bank account in a certain place. BUT, to have a tax home and take the tax advantage, yo...

4. What does "compact state" mean??

   AzNurse67 replied to ladyjay808's topic in Travel

   I have never had to complete "other" paperwork. My residence is in Arizona, I have worked in Idaho, Mississippi, and fixing to go to Iowa, and never have had to notify the state board where I am going. When you get to the other hospital, they will ...

5. What does "compact state" mean??

   AzNurse67 replied to ladyjay808's topic in Travel

   Compact is about 20 states that have "compacted" together so that you can work in those states without having to get a new license in the other state. The only "trick" to this, is that your residence also has to be in a compact state. For more info...

6. Can you do travel nursing with a husband, three kids and a dog???

   AzNurse67 replied to Jo Dirt's topic in Travel

   I travel in an RV with hubby, child, and 2 goldfish... We homeschool and have a small plastic aquarium that we put in the sink before the head down the road. They make RVs with up to FOUR bunks in the back now. I know others who do the homeschoo...

7. Seriously considering traveling, need guidance!

   AzNurse67 replied to NYCRN16's topic in Travel

   Yes, LPN can travel. Don't know for sure their pay rate, but I would think that it should be for around $20/hour.

8. Seriously considering traveling, need guidance!

   AzNurse67 replied to NYCRN16's topic in Travel

   There is also a newly released book out "Highway Hypodermics: Your Road Map To Travel Nursing" by Epstein LaRue, RN. It has great information on what to look for in a travel company, what to look for in a hospital, and how to survive your travel nu...

9. What about the spouse??

   AzNurse67 replied to kat29's topic in Travel

   My hubby fits into the househubby category. Some of the other travelers I know have hubby's that work at nationwide places, like grocery stores/fast food, and a few who's hubby's are truck drivers. Hope this helps!

10. Seriously considering traveling, need guidance!

    AzNurse67 replied to NYCRN16's topic in Travel

    I would try taking a nearby assignment at first. My first assignment was 200 miles from home. It was just enough for me to get my feet wet, but not out far enough that I felt "stranded." Hope that this helps!

11. R.V.'s ?

    AzNurse67 replied to fawnsternurse's topic in Travel

    I have been traveling for almost 2 years and a fulltime RVer for 1 year. We have a 36foot travel trailer that is two bedroom. There are three of us living in this comfortably! A new trailer will cost you from $10K, but a new luxury motorhome could...