mileage

[nursehoagie]

What should you get? For many miles in car, should you be putting limits on how far you drive?

[KelRN215, BSN, RN]

I'm kind of confused about what you are asking about "putting limits on how far you drive" but, I get paid $0.40 per mile. Federal mileage reimbursement is $0.56 per mile so I deduct the remaining $0.16 on my income taxes.

[CatHair]

Well ideally you SHOULD GET: a company car with all gas paid for.

That does not happen often (though that seems to be changing at some larger agencies...).

That being said- you have to decide if what the Agency is offering for milage reimbursement is worth it for you.

KelRN215 mentioned the $0.56 per mile deduction and that is a good starting point for understanding that "milage" is not simply the cost of gas to get from A to B. If you do a lot of travel, you "consume" your automobile.

You use up the brakes, the tires, the suspension... these are maintenance items that need to be replaced and they can get expensive.

That should be factored into your milage.

I am currently at a very small Agency that only does any sort of milage reimbursement if you go +25 miles from home.

That is a deal-breaker for many people. But for me, there are other benefits to this Agency that outweigh that lack of mileage reimbursement at this time.

[SeaH20RN, BSN]

If your a full time employee you are obligated to drive the distance. If you are Per Diem you can refuse cases out of your "area".

[ttouslee]

We are reimbursed .55 per mile. We are licensed in 4 counties, basically if the agency accepts the client, we are expected to drive there.

[taggart84]

I get 49 cents a mile and go where I'm told. Sometimes it's 30 miles from one patient to another. Usually though, it's 5-15 miles between patients.

[aeris99]

I never got mileage as an LNA. Nor did I get the right to refuse. If I refused I saw a drastic cut in my

hours. :/

Big part of why I quit.