Kathy643

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1. Tax Advantage Plan????

   Kathy643 posted a topic in Travel

   Hey all! I talked with some travel recruiters today, and they were telling me their rates and stipends and such and i'm pretty overwhelmed and majorly confused! What is the deal with this tax advantage plan? One recruiter told me they give an hourly...

2. First-time traveler?? - need help!

   Kathy643 replied to Kathy643's topic in Travel

   Thank you both for your comments! While I don't have any scrub experience, I do have a year's worth of CVOR circulating experience so that is good to know, NedRN. I'll look over those sites and think of some good questions before I talk to a recruite...

3. Can a new grad get hired in the OR and other questions?

   Kathy643 replied to NenaRK's topic in Operating Room

   I was hired straight into the OR out of nursing school. I did have some experience as a nurse extern which helps with basics like sterile technique and what to expect in the OR. Its unlike anything you've learned in nursing school (granted, you use i...

4. Daylight thinks we do nothing on night shift

   Kathy643 replied to ErinRad's topic in Operating Room

   I've worked both shifts.. They're just different. One isn't better than the other.. The day shift might be more "steady" of a pace.. but as you said night shifts do a lot of work that might go unappreciated... I started on nights, and I got SO much e...

5. First-time traveler?? - need help!

   Kathy643 posted a topic in Travel

   Hi friends! I'm a Registered Nurse with 3 years of Operating Room experience... and I want to start traveling. The thing is I HAVE NO IDEA where to start! I don't know how you choose an agency or what the beginning steps are... I've set up a time ...