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i think part of the trick is to work for the right agency. i work for a small agency that finds local work. if i get cancelled after arriving at the hospital, they owe me 4 hours pay. they have to cancel me 2 hours before my shift , not to have to p...

i was totally confused by the whole math equation. how does the irs believe that your taxable wage is only 14 per hour? i thought it depended on whether or not you had a permanent address? is the travel company issuing you a 1099 at the end of the...

i have worked agency since 1991. i only go to one facility at a time. you have to be a confident nurse for it to work. not a life for a new grad. the best thing i do, when i show up to a new floor is: get there 10 minutes early, ask for the charge nu...

i have been working with a small healthcare staffing agency for many years. they concentrate on treating the nurses fairly with great respect. pay has always been competitive. i am now trying to help them start a travel nurse business. are you better...

HOW DO YOU PRESENT YOUR CURRENT LICENSE TO YOUR AGENCY IF YOU LIVE OUT OF STATE? THEY SAY THAT YOU CANNOT MAIL OR FAX IT. HOW IS IT THAT YOUR AGENCY VERIFIES THAT YOUR LICENSE IS CURRENT? DOES YOUR AGENCY DO YOUR DRUG SCREEN OR IS IT DONE BY THE PART...

Are Most Of You Med Surg Nurses? Do Most Of You Work Days Or Nights? Did You Have To Provide Fingerprints To Your Agency? Were You Tested At The Facility Before You Started? Sandals

well im glad to hear that that counts for so much. we have maybe a 3-5 minute turn around for returning calls. our perdiem nurses really like that. i also appreciate the advice about not having nurses go where they dont want to. we can have all the ...

that is very good advice. we will start local and maybe add one state at a time i understand your point about a specialty nurse not being able to find much work in a smaller company what specialty is most needed out there?

40-45 dollars an hour plus free private housing sounds very good do they pay the housing or reimburse you for it? is it in the form of a 1099 or counted toward your wages?

i love to read all these posts. as i stated before, i work in a healthcare staffing agency that is going to enter the travel nursing arena. i learn so much by reading about your opinions and what concerns you. we are a small company and probably our ...

the state where i work has done mandatory fingerprinting for nursing liscence renewal. as a staffing agency, we do a state name check. we are going to start doing it by soc sec # in each state where the person has lived for the past 7 years. i was un...

what type of background checks are done on travelers? do they get their fingerprints themselves? does the agency pay for the background check? i know that a federally run fingerprint check can take a very long time to get back. do you start working w...

when you get the housing stipend as a different entity on your paycheck, is it still considered as income and taxes are taken out of it or is it in the form of a 1099 and you will have to pay taxes on it yourself at the end of the year?

is the advantage not to the agency that is paying you a 1099. since they are not paying taxes on that money but you are. the nurse thinks she is getting more money but in the end, she will need to pay and file her own taxes on that and pay more than ...

can a nurse be paid as a w2 employee and then get a 1099 towards a housing stipend. do most travel companies reimburse your travel expenses to get around that? sandals

i hear travel agencies offering free housing. is the nurse getting hit with a 1099 that she will have to pay taxes on at the end of the year and are nurses aware of this? sandals

since i see "free housing" on all of the travel blogs, do they get a 1099 at the end of the year? are you then left paying taxes on that "free" housing? sandals

i understand that whether they are giving me housing or a stipend that my wage would be the same either way. my point is that if they wanted to pay me say 50 dollars per hour, and i needed housing. they would figure out what the housing is costing pe...

wow i did not know that so i guess the bigger companies can charge the hospital so much that they can afford to pay that thanks for the info, this is very intriguing to me

i never heard of a 60 percent mark up. i thought it was more like 25 or 30 percent. the reason why you would bem aking so much less per hour is because the company is paying for your housing, insurance, and travel expenses. that all comes out of it. ...

as a nurse working for a staffing agency that is entering the travel business what is it that is most important to travel nurses what do you want from your agency we are small and very sincere, we fight the hospitals for good pay and always stand up ...

im confused if you chose not to get the housing stipend, wouldnt you make more money per hour and then doesnt it all come out to the same in the end? sandals

hi i have been doing perdiem nursing since 1990 and have always loved the independence that it has provided me plus the better hourly wage. i have recently become employed with a staffing agency that is trying to enter the travel nurse business. not ...

i am surprised to hear such focus on pay. from what i see about travel companies, they all pretty much offer the same thing. am i not correct that if you want no benefits, you get paid more. if they are setting up your housing, you get paid less. so ...

I have recently heard that NJ has formed a hospital association just like the one in Arizona. I heard that there is a law suit against the Arizona Hospital Association and was wondering how it turned out. Anyone know where that stands?