NedRN

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  1. Tax time and questions

    NedRN replied to flapcalif's topic in Travel

    Not any

  2. Tax time and questions

    NedRN replied to flapcalif's topic in Travel

    For starters, you need a specialist for your taxes, not someone who needs to research business travel. TravelTax is the best known one, and there are 3 or 4 other specialists listed on PanTravelers...

  3. Help with figuring out pay package

    NedRN replied to jlshort06's topic in Travel

    Taxable rate too low? Not

  4. New Atlanta Contract

    NedRN replied to Bluebolt's topic in Travel

    That doesn't seem like a lot for such a specialty. Training a good nurse for CVICU will take 6 months to 18 months or 20 to 60K and a couple years to marinate and mature. Back in the day, I had a...

  5. Rapid Response assignments

    NedRN replied to Michi66's topic in Travel

    I would not recommend a rapid response for your first assignments. The need is urgent and there is an 80% chance the hospital and unit is crappy and certainly overworked. No time to baby new travelers...

  6. Potential Travel Nurse

    NedRN replied to limitlesslisa89's topic in Travel

    Actually, I pretty much agree with all your thoughts although I prefer working with multiple agencies as a way to solve some of the issues mentioned. You may be working with the wrong agency: it will...

  7. May be traveling to Seattle, WA

    NedRN replied to jmrobi5's topic in Travel

    I think traffic engineering and Seattle politics is perhaps a bit off topic. Suffice to say that adding capacity to roads only increases the distance people are going to be willing to drive for lower...

  8. May be traveling to Seattle, WA

    NedRN replied to jmrobi5's topic in Travel

    A personal opinion to be sure, and one no doubt shared by many not from the Northwest. I'm sure you must have noticed plenty of cyclists riding in the drizzle (there are even more in Portland). I did...

  9. Any tax advice for traveling spouses

    NedRN replied to m2736185's topic in Travel

    Another way to have your cake and eat it to is roommates if your house is roommate appropriate. If there is a bedroom that is exclusively yours and you can return to at any time, you have maintained...

  10. New Nursing Venture, need feedback!

    NedRN replied to guest*Nurse's topic in Nurse Entrepreneurs, Innovators

    I think that is a good business idea. While I don't shop for nurse stuff online, I would suspect you will have competition in student nurse sites or educational sites that sell gifts as well. I also...

  11. Contract language

    NedRN replied to jme4ya25's topic in Travel

    Ask! They may decline to share a sample contract, but as you learn about the various issues you can ask for specifics from each agency prior to getting hitched. Regardless if you later find surprises...

  12. Contract language

    NedRN replied to jme4ya25's topic in Travel

    It should be specific and per missed hour and based on actual lost costs like housing. Sure, month to month lowers your risk but not by much of you have to give a month notice. Why hey are you only...

  13. Staff nurses and travel nurses

    NedRN replied to patpatrn2003's topic in Travel

    Have to say, we don't support continuity of care or teamwork. We are just there 3 months at a time and for Kaiser, the ever rotating travelers will weary the most friendly of staffers. Part of what...

  14. Contracts

    NedRN replied to N-Nads's topic in Travel

    Acceptance of your contract occurred when you started performing on the contract (working). Your signature at this point is irrelevant. So yes, your are bound by the terms including

  15. Med-surg or specialize first?

    NedRN replied to RNAvatar's topic in Travel

    Well, I certainly didn't mean changing your specialty while still traveling and learning on the job! Sorry about that. The deal with a new specialty is the training at a good teaching hospital will...

  16. Med-surg or specialize first?

    NedRN replied to RNAvatar's topic in Travel

    Let's see... you don't like your specialty. What was the other question? I think you are best off looking for training in a specialty you do like at a teaching hospital now. I think that will be...

  17. Type of Jobs? Consistency

    NedRN replied to emain86's topic in Travel

    Why not call a few agencies and ask them your question. Asking them how many open PACU assignments they have and where they should do as well. You our must be working in a large hospital to be doing...

  18. Safe housing contracts

    NedRN replied to sizzlev's topic in Travel

    I've used Craigslist a lot, and before I travel. But I've never paid money sight unseen. That is a little crazy. Stay in a motel for a few nights and have a few likely prospects lined up to see on a...

  19. Is it a good move?

    NedRN replied to maganedwards147's topic in Travel

    Financially appropriate is a family decision. Net pay will be more than you make now - if you have a tax home. I suggest reading up on tax home implications on PanTravelers before making plans. Using...

  20. Which Hospitals Use Travelers in Honolulu, Hawaii?

    NedRN replied to PacoUSA's topic in Travel

    Emerald is not small. They are among the top 20 largest agencies in the country and I think they are in the top 10. Their pay is decent with an extra shift bonus in lieu of good overtime

  21. Guaranteed Hours

    NedRN replied to shortstuff52's topic in Travel

    This thread brings up a number of contract issues. The first is that if your contract states your contracted hours without a call off policy, those hours are guaranteed. A contract is an agreement...

  22. Stanford First Travel Assignment

    NedRN replied to DatMurse's topic in Travel

    There are all kinds of ways to figure out these things but it is noteworthy that most travelers hail from the south and Midwest. Lots from Texas too. Almost never meet a traveler from the unionized...

  23. Stanford First Travel Assignment

    NedRN replied to DatMurse's topic in Travel

    Go ahead and compare employee protections, pay, staffing ratios, management and physician attitudes, board of nursing sanctions, blacklists and just about any criteria you might think of. Heck, just...

  24. Stanford First Travel Assignment

    NedRN replied to DatMurse's topic in Travel

    American Mobile is the vendor manager as they also are at Kaiser hospitals. Despite being the largest agency in the country, there is no way they can staff all these hospitals with their own...

  25. Stanford First Travel Assignment

    NedRN replied to DatMurse's topic in Travel

    The California Nurses Association (CNA) which also operates as the largest union in the state organized and got the first state mandated staffing ratio law in the country passed through the...