rdaven

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1. What company do you use?

   rdaven replied to Ragan's topic in Travel

   My companies name is Traveler Independence Inc. Not to bad of a name if you ask me.

2. Rights as a travel nurse

   rdaven replied to NursieCutie's topic in Travel

   I would definitly start looking for a new position. If your agency can not find you anything in the LA area then there are over 230 other agencies that probably can. I would og tho Delphi Forums. They have a forum caleed TNT Traveling Nurses and Ther...

3. Advantage RN Travel - too good to be true?

   rdaven replied to stavem's topic in Travel

   It is hard to say without seeing the figures. If you want you can send me the numbers and I can crunch them to tell you if they are good or bad. I will need to know what city the contract is for too. Of course this all depends on you having a tax hom...

4. Medical Solutions question, please help

   rdaven replied to carebearRN's topic in Travel

   YOu did not give all the details regarding the travel reembursments but I can do the math for you on what you did give. This is going under the assumption that the M&I and Car allowance is tax free. $25.00 X 36 Hrs ...

5. rates are so confusing!

   rdaven replied to cruisernurse's topic in Travel

   I am sorry that you have not found travel nursing profitable as well as fun. I myself have a different experience. I too am from FL. Last year I made over 3X the pay I was receiving in FL. I was able to max out my 401k max out my IRA, go to Italy for...

6. rates are so confusing!

   rdaven replied to cruisernurse's topic in Travel

   I agree with you. Trying to desipher all the different ways agencies quote pay can be quite exhausting. If you go to the Proffesional Association of Nurse Travelers at http://www.pantravelers.org/ you will find a paycheck calculator there. This calcu...

7. Does anyone mainain a house while traveling

   rdaven replied to goldilocks's topic in Travel

   I beleive that it is best to have your own permanent house while you travel. First reason is money$$$ If you have a TAX home then all of the housing that you receive would be tax free. The agency can also offer you tax free per diems for Meals and in...

8. Traveling Advice

   rdaven replied to zoefire's topic in Travel

   What you should do is read everything on here about travel nursing and go to Delphi Forums. They have a forum called TNT Travel nurses and therapists. There you will find a all the information that you will need to get going on your travel adventure.

9. Who is the highest paying travel agency?

   rdaven replied to TracieRN's topic in Travel

   Per Diem literally means per day. It is a term that is used in a few ways. It can mean a shift that a nurse works through an agency that is booked dayly. It can also stand for tax free payments made by travel agencies for business deductions allowed ...

10. Who is the highest paying travel agency?

    rdaven replied to TracieRN's topic in Travel

    I am sorry to tell you that if you can go home after your shift you do not qualify for tax free per diems. The only way to qualfy for tax free per diems is to be away from your permanent TAX home and have duplicating expenses. Meaning you have to wor...

11. What company do you use?

    rdaven replied to Ragan's topic in Travel

    i know the next question is who is the evil empire. it is a group of travel agencies that are all owned by one conglomerate. here is part of there annual report filed with the sec: we use a multi-brand recruiting strategy to enhance our ability to su...

12. What company do you use?

    rdaven replied to Ragan's topic in Travel

    From some of their posts it looks like their pay is on the better side. I know that they are part of the evil empire though.

13. IC vs.employee-Tax problems later on?

    rdaven replied to krazenurse's topic in Entrepreneurs

    Hello Harry, Thank you very much for the response to all the posts. I have sat back and listened to everyone and was going to post a reply to suzanne4 & Eddy but you beat me to it. And said it as good and if not better than I could...

14. IC vs.employee-Tax problems later on?

    rdaven replied to krazenurse's topic in Entrepreneurs

    So what your saying is it is not worth making $55-$70/hr to become independent over staying a regular traveler and making $30-$45/hr? I became a corporation in order to make it easier to contract with hospitals. I know that a lot of hospitals will no...

15. Nurses in Partnership

    rdaven replied to carebearRN's topic in Travel

    I went to Valley Pres in Van Nuys. It was a little messed up but I heard they just dumped the NM and CN so it should be better now. The people were good and I actualy liked most ot the Drs. They just put a new coat of paint in the ED and it looks muc...