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  1. 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...

  2. 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...

  3. 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...

  4. 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...

  5. 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...

  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

  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,

  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...

  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...

  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...

  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

  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....

  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...

  14. Any nurses from Barrow

    duggram replied to liljsmom02's topic in General Nursing

    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....

  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...

  16. Does a travel position like THIS exist??

    duggram replied to Snowshooz's topic in Travel

    Tricia, Sorry for the late reply. I can't comment on housing negotiations with the hospital in Fairbanks because I don't know. I got the information from a traveler that had worked there last winter...

  17. Introductions

    duggram replied to Diary/Dairy's topic in Travel

    Diary, there's a Thai place down on Lake Union that's built in a railroad car. This the first place I had Thai and few since have compared. Then there's this dingy looking Vietnamese place on the...

  18. Introductions

    duggram replied to Diary/Dairy's topic in Travel

    Diary, I'll be going through Seattle the third week of October. I've got a few friends there if you're interested in meeting them or if you'd like to meet at one of my (or your) favorite resturants,...

  19. Introductions

    duggram replied to Diary/Dairy's topic in Travel

    New traveler too. In my second assignment. I'm an OR RN and travel with my fifthwheel toyhauler, Harley, and 4wheeler. I'm long time Alaskan and just started being a snowbird. I've worked in WA, CA,...

  20. Does a travel position like THIS exist??

    duggram replied to Snowshooz's topic in Travel

    snowshooz, the irony here is amazing! i'm a long time alaskan or nurse that has just started traveling to be a snowbird. i've been here most of my life, graduated from the u of alaska and worked in...

  21. Are Some Travel Agencies Running a Scam?

    duggram replied to Kanani_Ikike's topic in Travel

    I'm still in my first few assignments but I have learned one thing I think is important. Get an agency that has recruiters that represent either you or the hospital, but not both. Some agencies have...

  22. How do I know?

    duggram replied to NurseDianne's topic in Travel

    Dianne, If you look at my previous post on this subject I outline some of the $ benefits I get from traveling. https://allnurses.com/forums/f54/rvs-anyone-158969-8.html#post2365606 It's definitely...

  23. Attention RV'ing Travel Nurses

    duggram replied to NurseDianne's topic in Travel

    dianne, over at www.rv.net they have a forum titled campgrounds, resorts and attractions where you can ask a much larger audience about facilities any where. i've just started traveling this year and...

  24. RV's anyone???

    duggram replied to RNERHOUSESUPOR's topic in Travel

    Rod, Since this picture was taken (Feb '07) I have upgraded my pickup to a dually long bed quadcab. For me these trailers are too big for an SRW (single rear wheel) pickup. I had too many close calls...

  25. How do you get there?

    duggram replied to BABNRS's topic in Travel

    I use my pickup or the Harley out of the back of my fifthwheel toyhauler that I live in. They're relatively cheap to buy and you make a lot more $ as well as always having your home with