duggram

duggram specializes in Informatics.

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1. How to stop Onward Healthcare harassment?

   duggram replied to duggram's topic in Travel

   Thanks for the replies. I understand about blocking an email address. But that's not what I was looking for. Don't you think an agency should have the integrity to deal fairly? I would much rather be able to follow the procedure they prescribe to ...

2. How to stop Onward Healthcare harassment?

   duggram posted a topic in Travel

   A few years ago I contacted Onward Healthcare about a travel position. I did let them have my phone number and email address. They couldn't help me but they have since continued to harass me with phone calls and emails. I got the phone calls to st...

3. What do you get for over time?

   duggram replied to duggram's topic in Travel

   Thanks for the comments. I only have a week left on this assignment and I have the next one pretty much in place. A little tough to change now. During the next 13 weeks I am going to work on a new agency.

4. Bummed...Can I not do travel nursing in the area I currently live?

   duggram replied to KLeigh's topic in Travel

   I'm not an authority on the subject, but you do seem to understand things the way I do. That rule about traveling at least an hour from the hospital is a local hospital rule. Do they also tell you at what rate of speed you are supposed to travel dur...

5. What do you get for over time?

   duggram posted a topic in Travel

   I get an extra $5.00 an hour when I work OT. What do you get? Am I getting hosed? I'm waiting for my next assignment contract to come through and I did my best to get an increase on my OT rate because I know that I will be working a lot more OT. B...

6. Bummed...Can I not do travel nursing in the area I currently live?

   duggram replied to KLeigh's topic in Travel

   Would agency work be the same as local travel? When I was at my first assignment there was a local agency nurse living in the RV space next to me and her take home pay was a lot more than mine.

7. Travel Nursing Agencies

   duggram replied to StacyKingRN's topic in Travel

   Angel, you make OHC sound pretty good. Is there a recruiter there that you would recommend? Do they offer a referral bonus? If yes would you like me to give them your name? Thank you, Doug

8. Are Some Travel Agencies Running a Scam?

   duggram replied to Kanani_Ikike's topic in Travel

   a21chdchic, The agencies set the hourly rate. The hospitals only deal with the agencies in money matters. If a traveler is getting extra money from the hospital the agency is going to want their cut.

9. Are Some Travel Agencies Running a Scam?

   duggram replied to Kanani_Ikike's topic in Travel

   Baglady, thank you for the reply. I have done my research and they do get 60% (or it might be 59.6%). I get $40.00 per hour. Of that only $10 is taxed. $30 is paid as per diem, not taxed. The company collects $98.00+ for every hour I work (reg o...

10. Husband/Wife Team ??

    duggram replied to waterlily252's topic in Travel

    Suzzane thanks for the reply. Maybe you can help us understand this all a little better. BTW one of the first things I did when considering traveling was to visit a CPA. I wanted to be sure I was making the right decision. Actually all travelers s...

11. Husband/Wife Team ??

    duggram replied to waterlily252's topic in Travel

    I don't think you have to be married to get the benefits. It's any two people traveling together. You don't even have to be nurses.

12. Husband/Wife Team ??

    duggram replied to waterlily252's topic in Travel

    It was a married couple that finally sold me on traveling. They came to Alaska every summer to work in the OR at my then hospital. She is an RN and he is a tech. They are from Oregon and do very well. They told me that one advantage they had being ma...

13. computerized charting in the O.R.

    duggram replied to mikethern's topic in Operating Room

    Great topic!! In the 80's I was an OR nurse and in the early 90's I was an informatics nurse where I taught myself basic programming. In '96 I started a 6 career as a software engineer in the Seattle area. After the dot COM bust of 2001 I went back t...

14. Any nurses from Barrow

    duggram replied to liljsmom02's topic in Alaska

    Barrow? Think expensive to travel to. Think expensive for any thing. I've met people that took jobs in Barrow and couldn't afford the housing, so they slept on the floor of the office they worked in. They were public defenders. You also want to consi...

15. pay rate hell..

    duggram replied to ruthiebaby88's topic in Travel

    Here's a GSA Web site that specifies the current per diem rates for lodging and M&I (meals): http://www.gsa.gov/Portal/gsa/ep/contentView.do?contentId=17943&contentType=GSA_BASIC#downloads Rosie, where in Alaska is per diem 90? I'm in Anchor...