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  1. Gifted Nurses Travel Co?

    NedRN replied to aamy's topic in Travel

    While I don't know them personally, you can do better than random internet thumbs up or down. For starters, you need to be talking to other agencies for comparison. Pay, jobs, benefits, recruiters all...

  2. Hair color in travel nursing

    NedRN replied to Ortho88's topic in Travel

    It is impossible to say what your next hospital might say, heck, you don't even know which one it is yet! Considering most hospitals appear to be OK with visible piercings and tattoos on nurses these...

  3. Interview Q

    NedRN replied to I<3Endo's topic in Travel

    The recruiter may have been confused about who he was talking to. When you spend 8 hours a day on the phone talking/texting/emailing/facebooking to 50 different travelers... But this a useful teaching...

  4. Does the travel aspect of nursing make up for the jobs cons?

    NedRN replied to TimTamJimJam's topic in Travel

    Somehow, I'm guessing that is not a good fit

  5. Does the travel aspect of nursing make up for the jobs cons?

    NedRN replied to TimTamJimJam's topic in Travel

    Nurses only have a quarter of the back injuries of nursing assistants, but it is still way up there in any list of occupations. That should certainly give you some pause before diving into nursing...

  6. any pediatric travelers out there?!

    NedRN replied to pedsneuroRN's topic in Travel

    Nice first post! Do you have a sense for how easy it is to stay working just in pediatric medsurg? I'm curious

  7. Are you a US to England Travel nurse

    NedRN replied to empatheticRN's topic in Nurse Registration

    Wow, I just read some of the threads on this registration forum! Lots of hoops for foreign graduates. I also had a look at current UK registration for foreign grads (like from the US). Wow again!...

  8. any pediatric travelers out there?!

    NedRN replied to pedsneuroRN's topic in Travel

    If you just look at agency sites and job boards, you are not getting a realistic picture of the true number of pediatric assignments out there. Peds is one of the smaller travel specialties and based...

  9. Are you a US to England Travel nurse

    NedRN replied to empatheticRN's topic in Nurse Registration

    Yup, travel assignments in the US. At the time I was working for Cross Country and they had an affiliate or association with an agency in Britain who found the job offer, I presume for a finders fee...

  10. Are you a US to England Travel nurse

    NedRN replied to empatheticRN's topic in Nurse Registration

    Virtually every country in the world requires that you have a job and work permit before entering the country (New Zealand is a rare exception to that rule by the way). You can't get a work permit in...

  11. Are you a US to England Travel nurse

    NedRN replied to empatheticRN's topic in Nurse Registration

    A work permit is required before you enter the country to work and requires a job and a nursing license. I cooled my heels for a couple of weeks in France (not upset in the slightest) until my work...

  12. Travel contract in home state?

    NedRN replied to Momma1RN's topic in Travel

    A number of hospitals do have restrictions on where travel nurses are from such as not from within a 50, 100, or 250 mile radius from the hospital to avoid contaminating their local labor pool and...

  13. Shipping your Car from Coast to Coast

    NedRN replied to ERpinup's topic in Travel

    There have been a ton of similar discussions here. Perhaps you may find guidance in some of these: https://allnurses.com/travel-nursing/new-traveler-many-488453.html...

  14. Travel Nurse Companies for New Grad?

    NedRN replied to CVU_RN's topic in Travel

    Not only have I read all the comments, I agree you are out of line to object, both to the content and to the tone of the replies. You have clearly not considered the comments seriously. In several...

  15. Housing situation from CL

    NedRN replied to raindrop's topic in Travel

    Why would the OP need proof that the landlord shut down the WiFi? It is landlord's breach of contract at issue here. Given a total lack of trust here, it is far safer to withhold the deposit and let...

  16. It's all about the money.....I mean, the patients...

    NedRN replied to Mursanary's topic in Nurse Entrepreneurs, Innovators

    While I'm not discouraging you in any way as I have myself started my own agency to cut out the middleman, some of that 20 to 40 percent cut the agency "takes" (also known as gross profit margin) goes...

  17. private duty nursing

    NedRN replied to Nicoleades's topic in Nurse Entrepreneurs, Innovators

    Is the small agency just for yourself, or for the companions too? That is sort of an idle question, but it may change the complexity of your business - payroll, workers comp, unemployment, and such....

  18. TravelNurse Source

    NedRN replied to I<3Endo's topic in Travel

    They may get the hint if you change your phone number! But I doubt it. If they have your name, some agency gnome may ferret out your current contact

  19. Guaranteed Hours

    NedRN replied to shortstuff52's topic in Travel

    The hospital is utilizing the hospital association as a vendor manager with a unified contract. That makes staffing the hospital agency agnostic and managers will probably not even know what agency...

  20. Contract wording question -Any AMN travelers out there?

    NedRN replied to newbietravel's topic in Travel

    Unless you got bad vibes from the manager (in which case you shouldn't do the assignment anyway), that is the right person to promise a start time. If it doesn't work out that way, there is not much...

  21. TravelNurse Source

    NedRN replied to I<3Endo's topic in Travel

    Big mistake to sign up on any job board as you have discovered. Now your email address (hopefully you didn't do your phone number) will be sold and resold forever with tons of spam. Not the best way...

  22. a new idea ?

    NedRN replied to pmccarthy287's topic in Nurse Entrepreneurs, Innovators

    The thing is that where perhaps the most dangerous diseases are acquired is in the hospital or LTC setting. Most transmissions in that setting come from healthcare workers, not fomites. Bacteria found...

  23. Low hourly for Boston?

    NedRN replied to michlynn's topic in Travel

    You want taxable pay low. What is your total compensation per hour? PanTravelers has a calculator that will help you understand different offers. It is always a good idea to get quotes from other...

  24. Getting started: psych travel :)

    NedRN replied to ponderthescribe's topic in Travel

    I think any of the agencies mentioned will be OK to work with. I haven't heard the negative reviews you have, although all agencies get bad reviews eventually, bigger ones get more. Just human nature....

  25. Insurance between contracts

    NedRN replied to jcadler82's topic in Travel

    Some agencies will cover assignment gaps if you continue to work with them. COBRA rules apply if an employer has over 20 employees. There is a loophole in that law (which is why insurance companies...