NedRN

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  1. Driving from Chicago to Seattle

    NedRN replied to Lnr567's topic in Travel

    I was stuck in Laramie for two days in April, waiting for I-80 to open during a blizzard with around 80 vehicle

  2. Travel Company Saying I can be reported

    NedRN replied to nursy_2014's topic in Travel

    Why not get the time sheets signed now? In any case, your agency must pay you for time worked. Call the labor board if they won't

  3. Travel Company Saying I can be reported

    NedRN replied to nursy_2014's topic in Travel

    I'm confused about your nursing home statement. Is your contract for LTC? I'm writing from the travel forum and I'm not sure which forum you posted into originally. Some agencies have rather ambiguous...

  4. Northern/Bay Area Cali travel

    NedRN replied to merner1012's topic in Travel

    Sometimes lower pay is better than you think. I have a couple of ER traveler friends working at Eureka now. Lots of OT and extra shifts available. Both are getting a lot extra for missed breaks, and...

  5. Any experience with Trustaff?

    NedRN replied to Marisap89's topic in Travel

    Trustaff is one of the truly awful agencies. It is unlikely your friend is getting competitive wages. In fact, don't go with any Cincinnati area based agency. They are all bad. Aya (formerly Access)...

  6. Travel Nurse salary by region

    NedRN replied to LL2788's topic in Travel

    Shop

  7. Homeschooling Teens OTR

    NedRN replied to Wanderer RN's topic in Travel

    Why not put him in school locally on assignment? That is really help for teens social needs, especially away from his friends. You can still be involved in his schooling but having some structure...

  8. PRN med surg travel?

    NedRN replied to nyc2011's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    Well, no. Just off the top of my head. I worked earlier this year with someone in the last stages of becoming an NP and she worked with a physician, office and hospital rounds. I just assumed that was...

  9. Next assignment... decisions decisions!

    NedRN replied to michlynn's topic in Travel

    Cirrus has an excellent reputation so I second the

  10. PRN med surg travel?

    NedRN replied to nyc2011's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    Know any physicians? Ask for unpaid internship. A free clinic should be delighted to get a second year NP. Teaching hospital in your community? See if you would be able to hang with a

  11. Endo Travel

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

    Endo travel assignments are available from a variety of agencies, including small ones, but of course large agencies have more reliable availability. Endo also has been in demand for some time and...

  12. Already make $42/hr. Is travel nursing worth it?

    NedRN replied to Elbajista's topic in Travel

    By the way, the Law also shows that it is natural for those underpaid nurses in the South to go where there is greater demand and pay. Hence the plurality of travelers from the South. Staying where...

  13. Already make $42/hr. Is travel nursing worth it?

    NedRN replied to Elbajista's topic in Travel

    It is to the question of national shortage that I was speaking. Yes, nurses are both plentiful in the South, and poorly paid. Is that cause and effect? Of course. It is the

  14. Already make $42/hr. Is travel nursing worth it?

    NedRN replied to Elbajista's topic in Travel

    Oh there is a shortage alright. Nurses are in the 90th percentile for compensation. Not too many other careers with the same educational level can say the same. Nursing schools opened like no tomorrow...

  15. Already make $42/hr. Is travel nursing worth it?

    NedRN replied to Elbajista's topic in Travel

    There is tons of evidence. Market forces cannot be denied. You are in nursing school right now because of the nursing shortage. Not a chance you would have considered nursing in the 1960s unless you...

  16. Already make $42/hr. Is travel nursing worth it?

    NedRN replied to Elbajista's topic in Travel

    It's the law! Supply and

  17. Already make $42/hr. Is travel nursing worth it?

    NedRN replied to Elbajista's topic in Travel

    Not in the last few years. These things are cyclical as I said. Going forward, hospitals will be training a lot of L&D nurses and the price of travelers will drop to that of other specialties in a...

  18. Already make $42/hr. Is travel nursing worth it?

    NedRN replied to Elbajista's topic in Travel

    But have you seen $90 and $100 for ICU and ER? The difference is that currently you can work steady at $60 or more. We usually

  19. pregnancy and travel

    NedRN replied to anonRN79's topic in Travel

    I'm not understanding your main concern. Yes, you can travel and become pregnant. Is that it? Is there something about travel that means you cannot have fertility treatments? By the way, you may not...

  20. Already make $42/hr. Is travel nursing worth it?

    NedRN replied to Elbajista's topic in Travel

    If you become an L&D nurse, you too can make that kind of money! Unless people stop having sex of course. Seriously, that is how perfexion does it, in L&D. Certain specialties come into high...

  21. Best Travel Companies

    NedRN replied to brookiern's topic in Travel

    You can ask here. You can also Google them to find if they are traded on the stock exchange. If they are, you can look up their quarterly financials to find out how much revenue they have. If they...

  22. PRN med surg travel?

    NedRN replied to nyc2011's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    I suspect the health risks of night shifts outweighs any shift differential, and if you are actually sensitive to your biorhythms, you will suffer consciously as well. It would certainly be a no go...

  23. PRN med surg travel?

    NedRN replied to nyc2011's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    The average national commute time is 25 minutes. It can be well over an hour in some urban areas and for those folks like you that can make enough to cover their commute times and costs and make more...

  24. Med/surg to psych

    NedRN replied to marie875's topic in Travel

    Why not try for medsurg and psych? Ask agencies to submit you for both. But if you really want to be a psych nurse going forward, step up and get the experience. Right now, you probably don't have a...

  25. Med/surg to psych

    NedRN replied to marie875's topic in Travel

    Nope, unless you get lucky, you will need experience on a psych ward on your work history. You will be competing with actual psych nurses for travel assignments. Who would you choose if you were the...