BluntForceTrauma

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  1. Altering Contract Terms

    BluntForceTrauma replied to AWanderingMinstral's topic in Travel

    You can make those specifications in your contract, but they may just choose someone more flexible over you due to those

  2. Best Cities to Work (Pay and Experience)

    BluntForceTrauma replied to godbless-yute's topic in Travel

    I would think it depends on the agency and how desperate they are for nurses.....along with figures such as per diem pay, are you going to take their stipend or allow them to house you? Some of the...

  3. Interviewed for Travel Nursing Job

    BluntForceTrauma replied to LTCnurse11's topic in Travel

    Travel nursing is not for gaining experience in another area...by acute care, I'm assuming you mean ICU? You may be floated to a different area, but i doubt ICU unless you have experience there. You...

  4. new grad...and embarrassed

    BluntForceTrauma replied to LookForward's topic in First Year After Licensure

    You're beating yourself up for no reason! Give yourself a break. You will gain experience and you will learn from your mistakes. That's the way life...and nursing is! Yes, people will talk about your...

  5. Newbie, when put "on call" does per diem get reduced?

    BluntForceTrauma replied to txmed/surgRN's topic in Travel

    On call rates are usually lower. If I'm understanding correctly, by per diem, you mean the daily pay they give you while on assignment. You should get that for every day that you are on assignment if...

  6. Landed a great job... Now what?

    BluntForceTrauma replied to ruralccnurse's topic in Travel

    You might want to start checking out extended stays/hotels in the area. They may be more than $200

  7. New to travel nursing and traveling with small children.. Advice please!

    BluntForceTrauma replied to L&DNurseLMW's topic in Travel

    In this economy, I don't think it would be a good idea for your husband to quit his job...too much of a risk. I've heard of people having to go a while without a decent job...sure there are several...

  8. Extended stay hotels?

    BluntForceTrauma replied to kc87t's topic in Travel

    Candlewood Suites are very nice....just like the poster above mentioned. Don't forget the free laundry, wi-fi and cable. They also have a mimi store inside called the Cupboard that sells a little bit...

  9. For those who have travel experience

    BluntForceTrauma replied to picknenders's topic in Travel

    Most rewarding aspects: you get to learn new things everyday, you learn different ways of doing things, you get to see new surroundings every 8-12 weeks... Floating is not necessarily a bad...

  10. Aneurysm Clipping Pro or Con

    BluntForceTrauma replied to clfrn's topic in Neurological

    Maybe they went into vaso

  11. Check out my 1st contract and give me your thoughts, please ?

    BluntForceTrauma replied to 42346_nurse_'s topic in Travel

    What hospital will you be at? I am from Memphis and can give you some

  12. Has anyone else noticed drop in jobs?

    BluntForceTrauma replied to SCRN01's topic in Travel

    I thought the jobs slacked at the end of the year due to budgets, and then picked back up at the beginning of the year. The jobs are there....but the pay and benefits aren't always worth

  13. Feeling like a failure most days

    BluntForceTrauma replied to *4!#6's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Sounds like the normal new grad to me...heck, some nurses that have been doing it for years may still feel the same way. You have to figure out what works for you. Don't be ashamed to ask people for...

  14. FIRST travel assignment...afraid I have been low balled!!!

    BluntForceTrauma replied to docpsychrn's topic in Travel

    What hospital will you be going

  15. FIRST travel assignment...afraid I have been low balled!!!

    BluntForceTrauma replied to docpsychrn's topic in Travel

    On my first assignment I brought home $1450-1550 a week (48 hrs) and housing was taken care of (extended stay close to hospital). I never liked the blended rates or housing stipends or $30/day per...

  16. Fastaff?

    BluntForceTrauma replied to Jess.RN87's topic in Travel

    Every agency I have spoken with has assignments with the "5 hospitals" in Vegas which they want you to float to different hospitals depending on needs...not just Fastaff....American Mobile, Valley...

  17. Travel to Hawaii

    BluntForceTrauma replied to natashacardiacrn's topic in Travel

    What agency did you go

  18. NCLEX exam and misdemeanor charge

    BluntForceTrauma replied to inutero161's topic in Licensure: Criminal History

    Even though your record has been expunged, I believe that you still have to report it to the Board. It is easier to report it first hand, than for them to find it. Either way...YES, they can deny you...

  19. Commuting, is it worth the drive?

    BluntForceTrauma replied to RN4L's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    Yes, you should take it. What other option do you have? Maybe you can find a cost effective hotel near by and stay the night if you are too sleepy to drive home. Let your manager know how long your...

  20. Searching for 1st travel assignment (AMN not my fave)

    BluntForceTrauma replied to RunsWscissors's topic in Travel

    I would stay away from AMN...but that's just me. They seem to low ball their nurses. They are pushing you towards kaiser because they have exclusive contracts with that hospital. They also want you to...

  21. Travel in Boston

    BluntForceTrauma replied to LaurenBlair's topic in Travel

    I wouldn't take any travel assignment for $28/hr. You can make that at home. They are offering travel assignment in Hawaii for $26/hr plus housing..and that's a highly sought after place. Boston...

  22. Hawaii, anyone?

    BluntForceTrauma replied to InnaL's topic in Travel

    Try Aureus...pay was low 20's...but hey! Everyone wants to go

  23. Starting assignment at Vanderbilt Nashville

    BluntForceTrauma replied to HeartSmartRN's topic in Travel

    Wow...what agency are you with?? Vanderbilt is a magnet hospital and to my understanding would never use travel nurses....they also had a hiring freeze a few months ago

  24. Fax doc ONLY labs?

    BluntForceTrauma replied to jschut's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Find another place of employment...your license is NOT safe...that is BS. There is more to a patient than

  25. Brain farts

    BluntForceTrauma replied to linda2097's topic in General Nursing

    I accidentally unscrewed the INT cap off of a triple lumen catheter when D/C'ing the IVF....only to return 5 minutes later with blood all in the bed.