pinktermite

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 CIA Jack Bauer cutting device was used to cut throu...

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 they don't I move on. Don't work with anyone who d...

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 from all background checks. The problem comes when...

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 defensible and you have the charge or house mom at your ...

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 nursed in a large camper for a long time. It's a big i...

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 Florida. They were both per diem and worked block...

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 you know they don't lose money, even with high ot...

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 new contract to rent from a staff member. I almost...

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 free oil changes but the dealer makes a profit elsewh...

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 non profit hospital qualifies. Which sucks because...

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 about it if it's work you can do. In the end you ...

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 contract (which I should have) in another location i...

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 tax credit for obamas care, then you are probably h...

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 under a certain income. 10 bucks a month per kid. That...

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

Try it Ned. It scans better than my 150 buck canon scanner. Saves perfect every time to any kind of document you want. And it cost me a buck and if one of my agencies insists on a copy of something I know I already sent, then I pull over, press two k...

You don't even need a scanner anymore. Get Camscanner, it's an app on your phone that saves anything to a perfect PDF that you can email to yourself or anyone else. You can make any size scan into a PDF document. Handiest thing in history for a trave...

I meant rent for the rv spot costing what it does, that 450 or 900 per month is to rent a place to park it. I own the trailer. That's how I deduct it as a second home. Sorry if I wrote that confusingly. As far as I know you can't rent a fifth wheel, ...

Its only super expensive in Cali because everything is ridiculously pricey in Cali. We were making around 1800/ week each after tax on 36 hrs contracts. Naturally it would be higher for 48. This was Napa, Santa Rosa, st. Helena area. I'm ER. Wife is ...

I know a little something about rv travel nursing. My wife and I have done it for about two years now. First of all Ned is right. You can't give up your tax home. The reason we profit (or one of them) is that I can deduct the trailer as a second home...

I can't agree more with what Ned and Sally say. Travel for the fun of different venues. But realize what your folks taught you which is be wary and protect yourself and read your flipping contract. Travel pay. Bonuses. Stipends. Pay. Guaranteed hours...

Reading comments about travel agencies, while sometimes true, is not always. It's a little like reading comments on amazon about an item you want to buy. I have traveled for years with mainly three companies and have nothing but good to say about all...

My wife and I travel by RV, pull the trailer wherever we go. It is a larger up front cost but the everyday cost is cheaper since rent in the rv parks is monthly and cheaper, way cheaper, than finding housing, which we have also done. And with a dog i...

I always get max stipends when I can. And want that every time. I usually get it. Ned of course is right about the bill rate. And with another offer in hand you can use that to max those gsa rates. The closer they are the better the tax benefit. Usua...

Except for one contract or maybe two I have worked for medical solution (the Nebraska) one for years. Always straight up. Good benefits. Good pay. I trust my recruiter like a member of my own family. And this despite their Husker fandom (I am from Io...