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He has not been in the medical field for 15 years. The IT field is his specialty. Asking for advice from nurses before setting up a company to cater to nurses actually makes sense to me and right now he is doing research, since I was available I answered some of his questions but I wanted to get some advice from more experienced people to see if what he was offering was something others would be interested in.....

Well I am now kinda disappointed b/c I thought that this guy had the edge on the pay rate but I guess not......No matter he doesn't have things set up yet but I thought this was going to be good deal and since it's standard I will pass that along to him......Let him know that to be attractive the rate will not be the deciding factor........

Ok. So what he is offering is normal for the area. As far as the insurance goes, BlueCross/Blueshield no deductable/copay applies. The rate he is offering by itself, insurance,travel, and housing are completely seperate for payment. He is stressing the availability of someone to contact 24 hours a day, 7 days a week to deal with emergency problems, although we didn't talk about the details with that. But he mentioned the problem with distance from the hospital and suggested Per Diem nursing with contractual agreement to maintain hours with the possibility of being able to back out of the contract by the nurse if they felt it wasn't within their best interest, I liked that option. If I don't like the contract then I can terminate the contract with that particular floor or unit and re-negotiate for another contract either with that hospital or another....hmmmmmm.....

No this is the hourly rate that the nurse would receive in addition to the medical insurance,life insurance, liability insurance, and sick pay, which I forgot to mention before. The nurse would make 37.00 + travel benefits+ housing allowance, etc..... Sounds too good to be true......

Sounds nice. How far away is Disneyland and the beach? Is it worth bringing my whole family to enjoy for a 4 week assignment? I will probably be living in a hotel b/c of the assignment length but I think it would be a good experience for them......I'm trying to convince my wife now but she isn't really buying into it b/c of the logistics involved.......

I just had dinner with someone who wants to start a new travel company and he is telling me that he wants to start in Tulsa Oklahoma with specialty nursing, which for him includes ICU, L&D, PICU, and/or ER nurses starting out at 37.00/hr which is seperate from medical insurance,life insurance, travel expenses and housing. That would be on top of the pay that the nurse would receive. He convinced me that the quality of customer service is lacking in most of the agencies that are out there and he can do better......What do you guys think of that, is this believable???? I will mention he has been doing business for 15 years now, that he also has considered billing rates for the local hospitals and is aware of the billing rates. He wasn't trying to recruit me, he has many nurses at his disposal but wanted to know if that would be a tempting offer to other travel nurses, I simply believe it would be but my opinion is limited to one and my experience is limited as well so let me know what you guys think I would work for the guy but I need devil's advocate opinions......

I figured a hotel room would be in order, I only hope that it will be an extended stay type but I will deal with that. It's either a great vacation or a nightmare we can talk about for years to come.......

Travel nurse wanting to travel to California, anyone have tips about thousand oaks California? Good for my kids, how far from the beach, and DisneyLand???? Any suggestions?

I have been working Per Diem for a travel company locally, the pay is good but the family wants to get away for awhile. Do I go to California with the wife and kids for a short term assignment of 4 weeks OR Do I go more locally to help establish a travel company with the added benefits of possible profit sharing OR do I keep doing what I do???? I have been wrestling with this for awhile but can't come up with the best option. I will be traveling with ACCESS nurses to California, I think this will be a great experience for my kids but I could also be creating a company. So please any and all comments help, let me know what you think???

I've taken a look at this thread and have not seen specific companies that you guys are traveling with, which ones are good, which ones are bad and since I am a father of three small children that complicates my situation a bit, I plan on local traveling to stay close to home for now but I dont have the slightest idea which company to go with, any suggestions?????