allstarnurse1 BSN, RN

Please don't do things like lie and say you live at your parents' house just so you can get a tax-free reimbursement for housing and meals. Apparently, this is a thing? ? That's not enough as the kind people at traveltax have pointed out. You might t...

Yep, my first travel nursing contract was cancelled after the first week. Bummer, but it was a crisis pay job, and with plummeting covid hospitalizations, I rather expected it. Luckily, I was able to quickly secure a local contract with my agency and...

Really! That is interesting! What issues are you having? Is the stress comparable?

I think you're right about crisis contracts and overtime. All the crisis contracts I've seen at my agency are for a minimum of 48 hours. There's a lot on my plate right now because I'm also in school for my MSN-FNP. So, yeah, nothing like working 4 d...

What kind of negotiation is possible with these contracts? Are the rates the rates? With my first assignment, I managed to negotiate my shift time. The offer was for a rotating schedule of 7pm-7am and 3pm-3am (or something like that), which I didn't ...

Hey guys, I am a U.S.-based NP student at an online school. I am having tremendous difficulty finding a preceptor for my course this semester. I have contacted everyone I know and even cold-called several facilities. Many aren’t doing preceptors...

Just wondering if employers care about the school I attended to get my MSN-FNP. I'm considering attending a relatively inexpensive online school. My initial thoughts were that employers don't really care where I went to school; they just care about w...

We do get paid a lot, but it should be more! Nursing is a traditionally female occupation. We all know how women's work is underpaid (or unpaid!) because of a long history of sexism. Nurses today probably earn less than they would have earned had nur...

Hey guys! I still have no idea. I have not breached the contract, and I don't plan to. But if something came up, it would be nice to know what my options are.

More thoughts: (6) Travel expenses. I don't want to get into percentages here, but the amount Avant covered wasn't even close to meeting my expectations. Again, travel expenses should have been specified in greater detail in the contract. (7) My hosp...

The most ridiculous statement I've ever heard.

I have not breached the contract. This is more of a question about other people's experciences. Like, if they quit their jobs, what breach fees did Avant want them to pay?

You can believe whatever you want. This is America. But your perspective is not widely shared among nurses. For example, Provision 8.1 of the Nursing Code of Ethics is literally titled, "Health is a Universal Right." And provisions 9.3 and 9.4 integr...

Avant is OK. (1) Their contracts are one-sided. You have practically no bargaining power to negotiate the initial terms of the contract. It's take-it-or-leave-it. This is probably a standard problem in this industry. Still, I expected better. A littl...

If health care is not a right, I think you're in the wrong business.

Has anyone breached a contract with Avant? What breach fees did you pay?