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  1. Urgent advice needed for first assignment

    NedRN replied to Trickster122's topic in Travel

    The industry average gross profit margin is currently 24%. The rest of the bill rate is completely paid out to the traveler in compensation and benefits. Now some agencies may be over 30% gross profit...

  2. Anyone experienced this before?

    NedRN replied to LadyTiger44's topic in Travel

    Parallon is not just the prime vendor, they are fully owned by HCA. Not that most agencies are better buffers if you need some conflict resolution with the hospital, Parallon effectively is the...

  3. keeping a per diem job at home - can it be done?

    NedRN replied to HikingNinja's topic in Travel

    The pain is mostly with keeping up the requirements of your local hospital. If possible, see if they will allow a commitment of some number shifts annually, rather than monthly. There are some...

  4. ICU nurse new to traveling lingo- someone show me the ropes!! :)

    NedRN replied to llbCCRN's topic in Travel

    I would suggest taking the advice from my prior post and do a lot of reading on PanTravelers and TravelTax on this topic. Yes, recruiters may tell you to "just use your parent's address" but they will...

  5. ICU nurse new to traveling lingo- someone show me the ropes!! :)

    NedRN replied to llbCCRN's topic in Travel

    Kind of the right thought process. But really, it isn't possible to tell you everything in a forum post, you need to do the reading. A give and take on isolated questions can even be misleading. Per...

  6. ICU nurse new to traveling lingo- someone show me the ropes!! :)

    NedRN replied to llbCCRN's topic in Travel

    At a "real" job, you get a paycheck with withholding taxes applied to all your earnings right? Yet if your hospital was to send you to a conference for example that was work related, perhaps about...

  7. I have OR experience, but in outpatient surgery and a very specific specialty... HELP

    NedRN replied to NamasteSarah's topic in Travel

    Wow, I'd like your job! Talk about low stress! By the way, you identify yourself as a scrub nurse that assists circulating. That is a highly unusual description. Are you an RN? No, even if you find a...

  8. Need Advice

    NedRN replied to hayloftbham's topic in Travel

    Your pay sounds OK to me. But really, the only way to find out market compensation for your experience, specialty, and skills in a particular location is by talking to other agencies. Agencies quote...

  9. California Dreaming?

    NedRN replied to KbmRN's topic in Travel

    Bagladyrn is giving you great advice. Absolutely start talking to agencies now as you have much to learn. You want to talk to lots of recruiters and find several that you communicate well with to work...

  10. OR - CVOR travel

    NedRN replied to SandraCVRN's topic in Travel

    I have private insurance. There is also the healthcare exchange, effectively the same thing as private insurance. You can also COBRA the current staff insurance you have, or any agency (very small...

  11. Need help

    NedRN replied to katidav's topic in Travel

    Nope, you should have two years of experience before traveling. Right now, you have no specialty or experience. Travelers are expected to work with minimal orientation and be productive. You should...

  12. Anyone experienced this before?

    NedRN replied to LadyTiger44's topic in Travel

    Effectively, the first agency that submits your profile to a hospital "owns" you. Sometimes this leads recruiters to submit you just for this reason, but normally they submit you because they know you...

  13. cons to travel nursing

    NedRN replied to bwischer's topic in Travel

    I'm sure you can find something bad to say about any job. In fact, that is one of the reason there are so many

  14. OR - CVOR travel

    NedRN replied to SandraCVRN's topic in Travel

    One traveler's frog may be another traveler's prince. As I mentioned previously, the only way to find out which is yours is to kiss a lot of frogs until you find your prince. That said, there are some...

  15. OR - CVOR travel

    NedRN replied to SandraCVRN's topic in Travel

    No Cadillacs in travel nursing. There are some SUV/Hummer models, the huge 800 pound gorillas such as American Mobile and Cross Country. There are midsized models and small cozy high-mileage ones....

  16. OR - CVOR travel

    NedRN replied to SandraCVRN's topic in Travel

    Questions for the agency? Hospital? Yourself? The good news is that there are tons of CVOR jobs, and have been for some time. So there is a deep pool under that

  17. Urgent advice needed for first assignment

    NedRN replied to Trickster122's topic in Travel

    No employer is obligated to pay a housing stipend. If they elect to pay a housing stipend, only the amount under the maximum GSA location may be treated as a non-taxed reimbursement, anything more...

  18. Traveling solo w/dog and not sure how to care for his needs

    NedRN replied to raindrop's topic in Travel

    Then you should look for housing compatible with him letting himself out - that usually means a free standing house, kind of expensive generally. Your other choices could be to leave him home with...

  19. Traveling solo w/dog and not sure how to care for his needs

    NedRN replied to raindrop's topic in Travel

    What do you do now? How would traveling be

  20. Urgent advice needed for first assignment

    NedRN replied to Trickster122's topic in Travel

    Completely your decision on taking this assignment. Issues this early raise red flags to me, but there are always other factors in a decision. It can be a bit like gambling to be sure when you have no...

  21. Urgent advice needed for first assignment

    NedRN replied to Trickster122's topic in Travel

    About five agencies is probably about the maximum to be able to keep up-to-date with at a time. You have to develop a communication plan with your agencies, perhaps insisting on emails/texts/Facebook...

  22. Urgent advice needed for first assignment

    NedRN replied to Trickster122's topic in Travel

    1. You don't have an agent working for you, you have a recruiter whose primary loyalty lies with the agency. Careful with language! 2. If you have read my posts, you will know that I believe choices...

  23. 1st time travel MedSurg contract with AMN Healthcare in San Jose, CA

    NedRN replied to Nurse Cuteness's topic in Travel

    While I'm in no way saying AMN is a bad agency (they are not), it is better to have a great recruiter at a bad agency than the reverse! I do think there are good reasons not to go through an agency...

  24. 1st time travel MedSurg contract with AMN Healthcare in San Jose, CA

    NedRN replied to Nurse Cuteness's topic in Travel

    The best is not to work for AMN. All those same jobs are available through many other agencies, although since AMN is the prime vendor for Kaiser you would get first crack at available assignments...

  25. Choosing btwn DC, Virginia and Maryland license

    NedRN replied to Flygaze's topic in Travel

    DC is a walkthrough with a job. Maryland used to be a walkthrough but is still fast, two or three days for a temp. Even Virginia is only a week max for a temp. So wait for a contract first, I doubt...