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  1. Trinity Healthcare Staffing

    NedRN replied to CriticalCareRN1's topic in Travel

    I might add that the travel market could be exploding at the time you have a year of experience. Try to resist any high paying offers and get your dues paid first. I've never heard anyone say they...

  2. Trinity Healthcare Staffing

    NedRN replied to CriticalCareRN1's topic in Travel

    I would strongly recommend at least two years of ICU at a large hospital. This not only makes you more competitive, but gives you the clinical strength and confidence to survive rough assignments. You...

  3. Travel Nursing Advice

    NedRN replied to tjl41's topic in Travel

    Ow, $21? Yes, travel is a very bad option for you right now. To be minimally competitive, you need two years in a specialty. Because you are even considering travel, I can only guess you are working...

  4. Trinity Healthcare Staffing

    NedRN replied to CriticalCareRN1's topic in Travel

    Very interesting. So they are doing this just to establish a relationship in case you go traveling years later? Nice. Trinity is a good agency. I fully agree that you should establish a professional...

  5. Travel Nurse Patient Assignment

    NedRN replied to Soliloquy's topic in Travel

    Travelers with more total experience, and successful travel assignments under their belts, have better choices of assignments. They also know to avoid hellholes. Who gets the the other assignments?...

  6. Staying prn at "home" hospital

    NedRN replied to Lovelymo79's topic in Travel

    PRN at home is a nice safety net. It also helps your tax home status but is not required. The difficulty is usually the hospital shift requirements. If they just have an annual term and it is only a...

  7. Shipping your Belongings

    NedRN replied to cn4333's topic in Travel

    Interesting! Any warranty like eBay? Shipping cars is risky enough. Going with the low bid seems even more risky

  8. Offer-need help!

    NedRN replied to MJ795's topic in Travel

    You are getting $300 a week towards housing and meals. No idea if this offer is competitive for someone in your specialty and your experience in that area. The only way to find out it to get some...

  9. Trinity Healthcare Staffing

    NedRN replied to CriticalCareRN1's topic in Travel

    A service such as Travel Nurse Source make $35 to $50 per agency to forward your information to agencies. This explains a lot, and I don't recommend these "one application" services. You lose control...

  10. Trinity Healthcare Staffing

    NedRN replied to CriticalCareRN1's topic in Travel

    I've never heard of it, but it will probably involve a 2 year commitment at a forth rate hospital for poor money. Think about the why and how and the who and I think you will come to the same...

  11. Travel Nursing

    NedRN replied to fisdrunner1's topic in Travel

    I would recommend lurking in the travel nurse forum on AllNurses. All those questions are common! Briefly, you want to talk to a lot of agencies and pick several of the best to work further with. The...

  12. Travel Nurse Patient Assignment

    NedRN replied to Soliloquy's topic in Travel

    Swings either way depending. Some hospitals or charge nurses are very even handed and some are not. There is really no way to find out unless your agency has inside info from prior placements and is...

  13. Is This Common?

    NedRN replied to Rags2Riches RN's topic in Travel

    It is extremely difficult to get a telephone reference because of legal jeopardy. Employers don't generally allow anything beyond a will or will not rehire, or just dates of employment. What usually...

  14. Insurance. Take package from each or one main insurance?

    NedRN replied to gradRN2007's topic in Travel

    That is not possible for most nurses making $50,000 or

  15. Reservations: Swedish Seattle- AM

    NedRN replied to blue26's topic in Travel

    Red flags? Fire sale - buy now or lose out? Contract they won't let you read? Sounds like an easy decision to me. Swedish always needs travelers and uses multiple agencies. Put it on your bucket list...

  16. Best specialty for travel?

    NedRN replied to Nessybean's topic in Travel

    No, you can't negotiate ratios with a hospital. All you can do is interview and discover what ratios they have and say yes or no. The exception of course would be California with state law mandated...

  17. Local Travel as an IC? Worth it?

    NedRN replied to LocalRNIC's topic in Travel

    A public discussion is fine, a bit sideways for most but probably an interesting idea to think about. I always think about how to "buy wholesale" and how business models work and thought of bypassing...

  18. Local Travel as an IC? Worth it?

    NedRN replied to LocalRNIC's topic in Travel

    If you are working locally and commuting from your home, you are not eligible for any special tax treatment by your agencies currently. If you are collecting tax-free stipends, you need to declare...

  19. Attn: Nurses hired into the OR within the last 6 months to a year!

    NedRN replied to LifesAJourney's topic in Operating Room

    I'm over twenty years in the OR now and it is really hitting home that I'm getting better clinically every year. Patient diagnoses, conditions, and medications all have direct implications in the OR...

  20. Positive result of CJD Case

    NedRN replied to ej1104's topic in Operating Room

    You have virtually no chance of developing CJD from personal contact. It is very rare except among certain populations. Cannibals that eat brains, and cows (and presumably other animals) that are fed...

  21. Anyone working as an independent health coach?

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

    My insurance company, Athem (BC&BS) has nurse telephone services and are always pushing me to call. I don't know if they are independent contractors but it wouldn't hurt to ask. A few months ago...

  22. No tax home

    NedRN replied to michlynn's topic in Travel

    I'm not sure of what kind of further advice you are looking for. I do recommend looking up what a tax home is on either IRS directly, or articles on PanTravelers and TravelTax. A tax home in this...

  23. 8 Hours of CEUs

    NedRN replied to V-Neck T-Shirt's topic in Travel

    One nice thing about the Medscape site I recommended earlier is that they keep a record forever online associated with your name. Every five years I have a specialty certification and Medscape's...

  24. Is required unpaid training legal?

    NedRN replied to Traumanurse15's topic in Travel

    Assessments fine as long as they are not duplicated. But not so much for unpaid

  25. 8 Hours of CEUs

    NedRN replied to V-Neck T-Shirt's topic in Travel

    Both renewals can have CEUs. Depends on the instructor or the