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About picknenders

picknenders has 5 years experience.


My name is Nick Penders. I'm from Cincinnati, OH. I graduated in 2007 from the University of Cincinnati with a BA. I'm a proud Bearcat! I work for On Assignment Nurse Travel - I also do PR for an NFL team on a part time basis. Love sports and helping people out!

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  1. Anyone Heard of Medefis?

    Medefis is like ebay. Hospitals post orders through them and the agencies bid on the order with a specified bill rate. Generally speaking, it helps drive down the cost per traveler for the hospital - not in all cases - but in many. A traditional VM p...
  2. For those who have travel experience

    What do you find to be the most frustrating aspect of travel nursing? What is the most rewarding aspect?
  3. Has anyone else noticed drop in jobs?

    Definitely less medsurg right now. LD/MB/PP have spiked drastically over the last few weeks. So frustrating to have medsurg nurses who want to work, but not jobs for them! Flu season usually helps increase medsurg and er though, so hopefully we'll se...
  4. Hard to get first assignment as a travel nurse?

    Try other areas and keep your mind open. usually the first one is the toughest to get, but having that one on your resume will help you with future travels. Hang in there!
  5. Timing of pay negotiations and accepting a job.

    Ned is right. Not affiliated with AMN (aside from staffing some of their direct accounts). Now that the market is transitioning to a vendor managed business, we as a company had to adapt and work with more vm's and less direct clients. It pushes bill...
  6. New RN Can I travel?

    Yes I am - but I'm not on here to solicit. Just put my two sense in and keep my eyes and ears on the industry. I also do Public Relations, am a current Big Brother for BBS of Cincinnati and a season ticket holder for the University of Cincinnati Bear...
  7. Timing of pay negotiations and accepting a job.

    Ned - You are exactly right in what you say. I had never recruited prior to working for On Assignment, so it was a whole new ballgame for me. Yes, unfortunately there are negotiations that do occur. However, all of our jobs are put in to our system a...
  8. Tax Advantage Program-Need explanation

    Ned - you sound like you're well informed. You are correct that the IRS does not see your direct hourly wages - however, as you mentioned, they do have access to overall taxable earnings. While you may have not experienced an audit due to wage swings...
  9. Travel nursing companies

    Find someone you trust and have a connection with. That will make or break it. When you face adversity (which you will at some point during an assignment) your recruiters response/actions will be what keeps/pushes you away from the company.
  10. Realistic take home pay each week

    A lot of it depends on the area - but $1000 per week without housing should be do-able with about 90% of the contracts you see out there. Typically housing is about $6-10 per hour (depending on area). So if a job pays $30 with housing, it would be $3...
  11. Tax Advantage Program-Need explanation

    Travel agencies can give tax free money for Housing and M&I because they are viewed as "double expenses", meaning that you already have that expense back home - therefore they can give you money for it. The problem which you will run in to is tha...
  12. Timing of pay negotiations and accepting a job.

    ha! You shouldn't have to negotiate if the recruiter is being honest! They pay is set by the bill rate at which the travel agency charges the hospital to provide the nurse. It sucks that people treat this like a used car deal. Unfortunately it's the ...
  13. New RN Can I travel?

    we (on assignment) require at least one year of experience in the specialty that you would be traveling in. I would say, though, that most of the hospitals that would be willing to take you with just one year of experience would make you never want t...
  14. Verbal agreement

    Any hospital chain can "blacklist" you - it happens with HCA quite often...lots of people don't like working for their hospitals. However, definitely do your research before making any kind of commitment. Remember that the recruiter is always trying ...
  15. Travel Companies How to Decide

    I would call a few that you think sound like a good fit for you - most of them have job postings on their websites. Talk to a recruiter and see which one jives the best with your personality. I'm a recruiter, and have found that the relationship that...