Re: Travel pay is SO confusing! Originally Posted by goinmimi I have been a nurse FOREVER and am about to accept my first travel assignment, but this whole pay thing is just making me nuts. I read the forum threads and then read the ads from the various company websites and now I have actually talked to real people at several of these companies and the $30 - $40/hr is suddenly $26/hr. I work Oncology and want to take a day shift assignment in AZ. I didn't think that was being too picky, but the recruiters seem to say that since it is my first travel assignment I should grab what is offered. True, it is my first travel assignment, but 20+ years of nursing should count for something! (tenacity, if nothing else) Anyway, is $26-29/hour reasonable? This does not include the "free 1 bedroom furnished apt" . There is no "bonus" from the hospitals associated with the jobs thus offered, because they are day shift positions (like I should be grateful and not ask to be paid)Travel reembursement is .28/mile which comes out to about $200. I know I am not a great negotiator, but taking a position like this gives me a $10/hr pay cut from what I am making now. Am I not getting the whole picture or what? Thanks so much for any insight you can give me.
First, if you are entering Travel Nursing just to make money, you maybe in for a dissappointment. And whether you get a bonus or not on an assignment, has nothing to do with whether it is days nor not, only how desperate the facility is.
As for being a first time traveler, more and more hospitals will NOT take first time travelers. In fact there are those who won't take FIRST YEAR Travelers! Why? Because there is too much hand holding, too much of I am home-sick, and too much of "My mother (or any family member) died and I have to leave...stuff going on. Not to mention Travelers calling up at the last min, and deciding that can't honor their word, and cancel.
If I can be of help to you, I would be more than happy to assist, as I have been Traveling for over 14years now.
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