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  1. RV traveling

    You are a brave one Argo. I've pulled a trailer around the country for four years and twice (both times in Cali) our bikes, which were pricy, were stolen from their shackles. Both times some sort of...
  2. contract language

    I've never been asked to pay anything back for a facility cancelled contract. If you cancel for any reason there would probably be repucussions obviously. If I ask for specifics I always get them. If...
  3. Traveling to CA with stipulation

    Ned the answer is no, if expungement is properly done (depending on charges and on particular state) then it is proper to answer "no" to the question on convictions and the charge and plea disappears...
  4. Adjusting to Smaller Hospitals

    Placing orders under a verbal is legal in every state I have worked in, which I'm sure you already know. My advice is to do what's right for the patient at the time. As long as your position is...
  5. RV/ travel trailer as housing?

    Your instincts are correct. Parks are no more dangerous than other neighborhoods in our sometimes scary cities. In fact sometimes people are more colorful in an rv park. My wife and I have travel...
  6. California "travel" RN

    I have worked with two such sets of people. One at mercy San Juan in Sacramento. The other in Redding ca. One was a married couple who actually lived in Mississippi believe it or not and the other was...
  7. Overtime pay

    wife gets 84/hr for ICU. I get usu a little less in ER, this time it's 75. She works ot (by choice!). I don't but if I did I do pretty well with this company. Search around. Negotiate. Explain to them...
  8. Help with Housing

    Ditto Airbnb and Craigslist. Both are top notch. With Craig you need to be a little more careful but Airbnb is already vetted and safe. I have sometimes announced and or posted a sign in lounge at my...
  9. How do you travel to and around your assignment?

    My wife and I are both travelers. She's ICU and I am ER. To rent a car is prohibitive and a pain, and if you negotiate that in the contract it will just be taken away somewhere else. Like lifetime...
  10. Traveling and PSLF

    i have investigated this in the past. Travel does not make you qualified because they are for profit. You must make 120 consecutive payments while working full time at any non profit. For nurses, any...
  11. Travel nurse being asked to float to different hospital?!

    My wife worked a contract three or four years ago at an ICU in Fairfield ca and when it struck them fancy they would float her down the road a few miles to Fairfield. I agree with Ned. Don't get fussy...
  12. Extra Shift Bonuses

    I have found extra shift bonuses to be mostly baloney. For example my current contract in Cali has a 365 buck extra bonus for ot. But the ot rate is 30 bucks. No extra money there. I did NOT take a...
  13. Insurance for Travel Nursing

    Again Ned is right, the grand poohbah of this board. I hate to be the bearer of bad tidings, but if you have to insure a family while traveling, it simply can't be done. If you don't qualify for the...
  14. If your pay is really that bad, travel is not for you. If you can't make a good profit, do what Ned says. Go staff. I used to insure my kids using Hawk-I. In Iowa that's the plan for kids if your...
  15. Overlake Hospital Bellevue, WA

    That's why I work in the ER. I can nag directly if I don't get what I