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yeah GSA. Not gao. Autocorrect is a real pain. Didn't mean to confuse. You can verify a lot using those tables to see if your stipends are matching what you are offered in the contract. My company always gives me 100% of the housing and Meals & I...

You should have at least two years experience. Ideally be in an area in demand. In no particular order OR ICU L and D or ER. Those four give the most choices and the better pay. Beyond that have fun it's a great lifestyle!

Remember that your pay involves stipends that should be broken down in the contract. They should send it to you. Add that in to the reply here and we can give you a better analysis. Looks about right for Ky but you might do better shopping around. Ho...

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There are many good companies. And a few shady ones. I wouldn't call onc a hot area but my company has openings in that area. You probably won't have as much location choice as OR, L and D, ICU, or ER. You will make more than what you make now. There...

If you can get 2500 weekly on a 36 hour week please post the details of that when it happens. God bless you if you can get that but on 36 hours I have my doubts. Concerning posting all this, I am all for it. Regardless of the inside baseball details ...

I just left Santa Rosa Ca in June, made 1600/wk on 36 hours. I thought that good pay personally. Remember if you are traveling only for the money then you might be disappointed. I make good and sometimes great money and have a freedom of movement tha...

Addendum for you, I just looked up the gsa per diem rates and Denver has 163/day housing and 66 for M and I. That's the max that a company can legally offer you to remain a tax free benefit for you. You might not ever get that much, but if they say t...

I calculated this out to about 1150/week. Don't know the market in Denver, but that's a little lowball for a big city, at least to me. I would echo the others, shop around. What company is this? M and I seems about right, housing stipend seems a bit ...

I have a bit of experience with that whole "crappy assignments" thing in the ER. I have traveled as an ER nurse for a long time and now specifically ask in the interview if I'm going to be babysitting psych patients or endless er holds. I just don't ...

I have traveled with my wife for a while now, I'm ER...she's ICU. We get accommodated sometimes and other times not so much. However, we take long stretches off between assignments (when I keep her shoe budget under control lol) sometimes 6-8 weeks. ...

I do most of my work with medical solutions, the one from Omaha. They have always done me well. Pay is middle of the pack to a little higher but the ins is 10 bucks a week. There are other plans if you want to pay more. It's a catastrauphic plan, so ...

I've had contracts where it hardly seemed I did anything at all. And ones that were endless and silly with requirements. Mostly these are the hospital's doing. Not the company. At least in my experience. I would get used to it. It's part of the game ...

No way. I don't think they care about age. They care about experience and if you can do the job. No matter what your age.

I always make an agency break the pay down by stipends and by taxable hourly wage. I've had a fair number of them (not AYA) do this babble of such and such per hour, etc and it never tells me a story. A good company, and there are quite a few, will t...

Totally agree with Ned. All of it. If your OT rate is not atleast 50 bucks, don't bother. The OT is outside the contract, and easy profit for the company, I've gotten OT rates mostly in 55-60/hr range, I consider that fair to company and myself alik...

that is, 36.00 per hour with insurance. I agree with the 41.00 number if you don't have the insurance/benefits. Sorry

15.00 is a pretty standard taxable wage. The per diem amounts they are quoting you can be double checked on the government website that this company has a link to on their own website. This by my calc. ends up about 36.00/hr, with 15.00/hr of that ta...

Ive had this trouble for a long time as a night shift traveler and mostly use hotels when I travel. I've never found a hotel which will let you stay past your check out time until 6pm without paying for another night. It's just the perils of the busi...

Good comment, however I would simplify it even more for you. Hospitals pay one bill rate. If two or more companies are hitting you about the same opening, all of them are getting the same payment for it. So if one company pays you less than another, ...

How has team nursing worked in your ER? We have a new system, which frankly sucks, where nurses are divided into two colors...blue and red, with one or more "float" nurses, and a nursing assistant if one is available. Does this work better than any o...

I work in a level I trauma center and wonder if there have been any issues, good or bad, with changing from a classic ENA approved five level triage system to a physician-directed system where patients get a quick set of vitals and chief complaint at...

I'm sorry to disagree...times have long passed since "anesthesia providers" can lay sole claim to providing these things without their consumate knowledge. Many level I trauma centers and large facilities ROUTINELY use propofol and these other mentio...

There are several alternatives to propofol here. What about versed, etomidate, ketamine, fentanyl, depending on the patient and what you need it for. Propofol should be reserved for intubated head bleeds and/or traumas where quick sedation and short ...