DM74LA

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1. California taxes

   DM74LA replied to DM74LA's topic in California Nursing

   Thanks for all the feedback, this information helps guide my decision

2. Maybe A Rant?.... Housing Frustrations

   DM74LA replied to IbreakForBichons's topic in Travel

   BigT, thanks for that info. So there quoted rate on the site IS the actual pay. im OK with that money being taxed as I've already calculated for it and I want to be able to hit some OT with base rates...

3. Maybe A Rant?.... Housing Frustrations

   DM74LA replied to IbreakForBichons's topic in Travel

   Last question, so even a company like Fastaff, who advertises rates in the 40's and higher, incorporates housing into these quoted

4. California taxes

   DM74LA replied to DM74LA's topic in California Nursing

   Yeah, that's why I'm asking. Cali has the highest state tax plus a multitude of other costs associated with living there. My eventual plan is to work for Fastaff, sell my home in LA (the state) and...

5. Maybe A Rant?.... Housing Frustrations

   DM74LA replied to IbreakForBichons's topic in Travel

   Why is the issue of extended stay being expensive an issue if the agency is paying for it? Does this detract from your hourly pay? I'm not a traveler so don't

6. California taxes

   DM74LA posted a topic in California Nursing

   Hey everyone. I'm curious as to how much the state tax rate of 13% seems to impact your take home pay? It's possible that some nurses are pushed into the higher tax bracket of 28% some these two...

7. Current employment situation in Dallas area

   DM74LA posted a topic in Texas Nursing

   Hey all, it's been a couple of years since someone has asked. Seems around 2013 someone had asked about the Dallas market and got a few replies that it was flooded due to all the nursing schools in...

8. Acute travel pay

   DM74LA posted a topic in Dialysis, Renal, Urology

   Hi all, I'm wondering how well a traveling acute dialysis nurse gets paid compared to med-surg or ICU. I've spoken with some non-dialysis travelers and they are convinced that dialysis assignments...

9. Informatics in the Insurance World

   DM74LA replied to Csmgr2info's topic in Nursing Informatics

   Hey, I'm not certain about any one particular course you could take, it really depends on what you want to do. General organizational and analytical skills are the best. Knowledge of Microsoft Office...

10. Informatics in the Insurance World

    DM74LA replied to Csmgr2info's topic in Nursing Informatics

    I happen to be a programmer and a nurse and I know people frequently get the terms 'configure' and 'programming' confused. But there is the possibilty of writing computer code in the informatics area...

11. NI salary really 90K

    DM74LA replied to Visuals's topic in Nursing Informatics

    74K in Louisiana. I'm content though, basically making the amount a float pool nurse

12. Interested in switching to NI profession-questions....

    DM74LA replied to Love4OBX's topic in Nursing Informatics

    I have a similar background. I have a bachelors in computer science, but no job experience. I went directly back to get an associates in nursing. After nursing for five years I accepted a position...

13. What administrative dept are you under?

    DM74LA replied to CathyLew's topic in Nursing Informatics

    Kathy, our informatics team is within the Data Processing Dept and we answer to the

14. Day in the life-8 weeks in

    DM74LA posted a topic in Nursing Informatics

    Hi all, This is a bit overdue, but here it is. I was hired Aug 5th of this year to come in on a software build that is about a year in development. We are moving from our old system to an...

15. Landed Informatics Job - Now What?

    DM74LA replied to JulieCVICURN's topic in Nursing Informatics

    Congrats, I just landed an informatics job myself, although my organization will have five informatics nurses. The first thing I would do is learn the management structure and secondly the structure...