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  1. Next assignment

    NedRN replied to acuriousLPN's topic in Travel

    Working for a big agency with lots of assignments and a good recruiter may be worth a couple bucks an hour in reduced hassle and increased quality of life. Depends on the traveler. Yet in the recent...

  2. Travel nursing

    NedRN replied to Bleumorgan's topic in Travel

    You might be in a completely different corcumstances in 6 years. If you find a good fortune teller, do let us

  3. Next assignment

    NedRN replied to acuriousLPN's topic in Travel

    Get a new recruiter. And for Pete's sake, start talking to some other agencies. Don't put all your eggs in one basket, have a Plan B

  4. LPN/new traveling nurse

    NedRN replied to mom_e_bizcut's topic in Travel

    Those COBRA premiums are the real cost of insurance. Now it could have been a premium group health plan and you can do better, but you are going to have to get over the sticker shock. You are paying...

  5. LPN/new traveling nurse

    NedRN replied to mom_e_bizcut's topic in Travel

    Seriously? COBRA is great, especially for travelers. Insurance companies hate it and with good reason. After you leave a job, effectively coverage continues. Unless you have an incident where your...

  6. PRN position without monthly hours required?

    NedRN replied to jmcgrn's topic in Travel

    Nope, you don't. I've never worked at my tax

  7. LPN/new traveling nurse

    NedRN replied to mom_e_bizcut's topic in Travel

    You do understand that recruiters are paid on commission, right? They are in sales. So sure, they would like to have an exclusive. But who works harder, the car salesman who knows you don't shop...

  8. Travel Nursing Stipend and Child Support

    NedRN replied to TheDude,RN's topic in Travel

    If you are using the word income to mean taxable income, no, not if the traveler has met the tests of working away from a legitimate tax home temporarily. In such hearings (see Loo17's paste of NC...

  9. Nurse Manager Reference Letter Format

    NedRN replied to PacoUSA's topic in Travel

    You got lucky for

  10. Travel Nursing Stipend and Child Support

    NedRN replied to TheDude,RN's topic in Travel

    I think it takes a lot of guts to come into a public nursing forum and ask if he can evade child support. I'll bet the OP wishes he had taken the short answer. In another example, if you are injured...

  11. LPN/new traveling nurse

    NedRN replied to mom_e_bizcut's topic in Travel

    All lists have underlying criteria. Knowing the criteria helps you determine the usefulness to you. In the case of the HH list, the primary criteria are benefits, not compensation, or traveler...

  12. Nurse Manager Reference Letter Format

    NedRN replied to PacoUSA's topic in Travel

    Nope, it is perfect! Obviously a formal letter is a bump up in professionalism and interest by subsequent readers, but the form serves as an evaluation as well as a reference so there is some...

  13. Travel Nursing Stipend and Child Support

    NedRN replied to TheDude,RN's topic in Travel

    Nope. But I read and know that in front of a judge, all sources of income will be considered. You do have to pay for housing no matter your job so this is just a tax technicality. You may not even be...

  14. Travel Nursing Stipend and Child Support

    NedRN replied to TheDude,RN's topic in Travel

    In short, almost

  15. PRN position without monthly hours required?

    NedRN replied to jmcgrn's topic in Travel

    Shopping for a suitable per diem hospital will be tough. It is far easier to negotiate with a hospital who wants to retain a valuable and proven employee. For example another traveler I'm currently...

  16. Travel nursing

    NedRN replied to Bleumorgan's topic in Travel

    Most American's wealth is in their home. Since few are disciplined enough to save money and invest in other things prudently, buying a house is the way to go to have wealth by retirement age. So yes,...

  17. Full timing in RV and Travel Nurse needs advice

    NedRN replied to skiermom's topic in Travel

    Renting your home means it is no longer your tax home. It is someone else's tax home.

  18. Full timing in RV and Travel Nurse needs advice

    NedRN replied to skiermom's topic in Travel

    If you are maintaining a tax home with a residence you can return to at any time, you can claim mileage from that home to your assignment, and commute miles from your RV park to the assignment...

  19. First assignment advice

    NedRN replied to tara36278's topic in Travel

    I think early in a travel career, more completed assignments looks better. Later, "usually extends' is a mild selling point, from a willingness to work attitude to "perhaps the traveler will stay" to...

  20. How to ask questions...

    NedRN replied to morningland's topic in Travel

    Sure, if you know ahead of time! But there are a lot of tasks and one of the things about travel is there is always something new. Getting a hands on in-service is better than a book. And perhaps...

  21. Should I wait, or no?

    NedRN replied to Telenurse1990's topic in Travel

    That is a great position to gain experience

  22. Should I wait, or no?

    NedRN replied to Telenurse1990's topic in Travel

    While the assignment may sound cool, it also sounds like it would be better for a more seasoned traveler. No physician support is pushing it for you at this stage. Don't let the rosy picture the...

  23. First assignment advice

    NedRN replied to tara36278's topic in Travel

    I would use "extend"! Resign has more than one meaning (clearer if spoken). Completely up to you. The world is pretty exciting to a new traveler. I didn't extend much when I started, just kept going...

  24. How to ask questions...

    NedRN replied to morningland's topic in Travel

    The way not to ask a question is to preface it with a statement like "where I come from we do it this way, why do you do it that way?" These kind of statements are common to new travelers who have...

  25. Scope of practice in surgery

    NedRN replied to Ag15's topic in Agency Nurses

    The hospital I'm at had a fire two years ago while I was there (not in that room). I'm now back and in my absence they developed a fire risk score and there is a three minute timer in every