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1. Tax rules for travelers?

   blkbelt3dg replied to blkbelt3dg's topic in Travel

   A font of information Ned! Thanks. I will check out those other websites. I should have been more clear. I was looking for tax deductions and legality of what I can and cannot deduct. You are correct in that my business makes it more complicated...

2. Pros, Cons, Salary In Agency Nursing

   blkbelt3dg replied to Meriwhen's topic in Agency

   Thanks for letting me know. I learn something new every day!

3. How did you decide management?

   blkbelt3dg replied to Cehurstrn's topic in Management

   Nursing is a second career for me. I spent the greater part of 20 years building a career in the IT field. WHAT?? Why would you leave such a lucrative field to be a nurse? Well, I got tired of being laid off. After building my way up to entry lev...

4. How do I get into this field?

   blkbelt3dg replied to Maggie RN's topic in Legal

   Is it possible to make a decent living doing this? Do you have to have considerable credentials or is it possible to do this with a BSN and experience? I'm considering this as well but I don't really want to go back to school and pay a ton of cash d...

5. Can you support yourself on agency nursing?

   blkbelt3dg replied to andreaek's topic in Agency

   Andreaek do you have an update on what you decided? I would think speaking spanish would be a fantastic addition to any staff as the Latin community is the fastest growing minority in america. I would LOVE to be able to speak spanish. I have been ...

6. Pros, Cons, Salary In Agency Nursing

   blkbelt3dg replied to Meriwhen's topic in Agency

   Lottie152 I'm sorry you didn't get any responses on this. I'm not sure why as there are many travellers that peruse this forum. My best advice is "research, research, research" before you take on the assignment. I'm fairly new to travelling and on...

7. Tax rules for travelers?

   blkbelt3dg posted a topic in Travel

   Just curious, is there a good website that would give a traveller good ideas as to tax implications and deductions along with details as to how to maximize your tax risk? My complicating issue is that I also own another business and my eyes get blea...

8. New hire to the OR

   blkbelt3dg replied to heather42r's topic in Operating Room

   What a small world. My brother lived in Sierra Vista for about 8 years back in 1984-1992. It's a neat place but not a lot of jobs. How are you liking Wisconsin? I lived in Illinois for 11 years and moved to Florida to get warmer!

9. New hire to the OR

   blkbelt3dg replied to heather42r's topic in Operating Room

   Thanks for you posts Rose_Queen! I learn something from you everytime!

10. travel nursing

    blkbelt3dg replied to danunn67's topic in Operating Room

    I am currently a travel RN in the OR and I have to say it has it's "ups" and "downs." If you are doing it for the huge salaries and expense accounts, I'd say stay where you are. It's not a great deal of money but it can be lucrative if you know how...

11. Suggestions for getting my foot in the door for OR??

    blkbelt3dg replied to darthsunshine's topic in Operating Room

    I agree with the Periop 101 comment. If they are interested enough in you they won't have any problem putting you through Periop101 and it's a good introduction to the OR. My first hospital was very limited on lateral transfers and with the politic...

12. VA Travel Nurse Corp

    blkbelt3dg replied to fancyhen's topic in Government

    Are you still working for Travel Corps? How does one get in contact with you?

13. VA Travel Nurse Corp

    blkbelt3dg replied to fancyhen's topic in Government

    What did you end up doing after all? Did you ever get into the Travel Corps? I am considering working for the VA Full-time but I'm concerned with all the hoopla going on right now and wonder if this will affect the hiring process. I'm currently a ...

14. Anyone experienced this before?

    blkbelt3dg replied to LadyTiger44's topic in Travel

    Ned you are a font of information! I am grateful for your posts. One thing I found out about Parallon is they are the premier nursing contract holder for all (ALL) HCA hospitals. This means that any HCA hospital must use Parallon as the primary co...

15. Urgent advice needed for first assignment

    blkbelt3dg replied to Trickster122's topic in Travel

    I know my company AMN quotes the stipend as a monthly amount and divides that amount by 30 or 31 days of the month and then multiplies it by 7 to get the weekly amount. They only pay on the contract start date and it goes through the contract end wh...