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  1. San Antonio Offer

    NedRN replied to LadyTiger44's topic in Travel

    Sending you a

  2. San Antonio Offer

    NedRN replied to LadyTiger44's topic in Travel

    I assumed your numbers to be weekly housing, and daily per diem. The travel brings gross pay up to $39.35, close enough to the bell curve of most

  3. San Antonio Offer

    NedRN replied to LadyTiger44's topic in Travel

    You didn't mention travel allowance, insurance, or a completion bonus. Just on the numbers you provided, the PanTravelers calculator shows gross pay at $37.88. Most assignments gross between $40 and...

  4. Tips about housing

    NedRN replied to shoegalRN's topic in Travel

    Congrats on a successful strategy followed through! I have very seldom paid a deposit in my career close to 20 years. If I recall correctly, only the two times that I have gone through a property...

  5. advice on first time acute care travel experience please!

    NedRN replied to stellabear's topic in Travel

    Good for both of you! A hospital that is so critically short staffed that they hire travelers without the necessary experience and cannot even afford to do minimal orientation is scary indeed. Would...

  6. Choosing btwn DC, Virginia and Maryland license

    NedRN replied to Flygaze's topic in Travel

    Easy answer, don't get any of them until you land a contract. Talk to agencies first. As far as I know, you should be able to find a LiveScan provider in GA. If not, you can send fingerprint

  7. Travel Nursing in NC

    NedRN replied to Hardy6's topic in Travel

    Cape Fear requires 5 years of experience? Something wrong there, I suspect someone selected the wrong lie to tell you. I would recommend signing up with several more agencies. More than half of all...

  8. price line

    NedRN replied to acern72's topic in Travel

    Except for the really crappy ones, extended stays will eat up your stipend, and usually even the really crappy ones. I don't think Priceline will change that equation, or even corporate discounts your...

  9. Intensive Care Interventional Radiology

    NedRN replied to emb92250's topic in Travel

    I've worked in IR, and no, it requires OR type experience and sterile technique (although most have cringe-worthy technique in the eyes of an OR nurse). Otherwise they could also recruit GI lab nurses...

  10. traveling with kids

    NedRN replied to klawrence08's topic in Travel

    That 50 miles is your agency rule (or sometimes the hospital), it has nothing to do with any IRS guidelines for business expenses. If you commute to work from home, no matter the distance (some people...

  11. Best travel nurse agencies

    NedRN replied to agatka's topic in Travel

    Whew, lots of jumble there. One probable typo, you meant your M&IE were half of GSA maximum? For starters, you know all compensation comes out of a fixed hourly bill rate, right? That means all...

  12. Travel Finances

    NedRN replied to ParalyticAgent's topic in Travel

    Congrats! You are ahead of 95% of all Americans in the financial discipline department. You are also going traveling for the right reasons, but you will definitely be able to save money with your...

  13. Intensive Care Interventional Radiology

    NedRN replied to emb92250's topic in Travel

    If you want a definitive answer, calling CC for their job description is best since it is clearly their jargon. I would venture a good guess that the cath lab postings are for traditional heart caths...

  14. Intensive Care Interventional Radiology

    NedRN replied to emb92250's topic in Travel

    Which is also part of the IR job

  15. Intensive Care Interventional Radiology

    NedRN replied to emb92250's topic in Travel

    I think you are exactly right, it is most likely a cath lab nurse. I googled it and most of the hits were Cross Country job postings so they have made it a job title of their own I think. While an ICU...

  16. traveling with kids

    NedRN replied to klawrence08's topic in Travel

    There are lots of staff jobs and travel jobs for nurses in Texas. In part because of rapid growth, and in part because of a culture of poor treatment of nurses by management, physicians, and the BON....

  17. Questions regarding Travel Nursing

    NedRN replied to geminiBSN75's topic in Travel

    "Are there agencies you contact?" Yup, unless you believe in

  18. Does it get better?

    NedRN replied to acern72's topic in Travel

    Congrats! Cheap housing will make your effective pay much

  19. Travel without a car

    NedRN replied to BonnieSc's topic in Travel

    I think you can certainly do fine without a car. I'm with you on the bicycle thing, and I've survived long periods in my life without a car. I do see them as very handy adjuncts and use mine regularly...

  20. Does it get better?

    NedRN replied to acern72's topic in Travel

    Don't you want to see the contract before you accept an offer? At least make your acceptance contingent on what the contract actually says. That is a very large question, but the short answer is that...

  21. advice on first time acute care travel experience please!

    NedRN replied to stellabear's topic in Travel

    If you are interested in overtime, tell your recruiter you need $60 an hour. It could be in the form of a shift bonus, but get it in

  22. advice on first time acute care travel experience please!

    NedRN replied to stellabear's topic in Travel

    The first day can be rough, period. And you have no way to compare. But you need to ask questions. You absolutely need to know where the orders are found. Some systems can mix them up a bit, even to...

  23. advice on first time acute care travel experience please!

    NedRN replied to stellabear's topic in Travel

    You are finding out the hard way why they took someone who has less than a year of experience. Wherever you are is not a place an experienced nurse would want to go, especially if the money is not so...

  24. Please recommend agencies

    NedRN replied to raindrop's topic in Travel

    Taxes take a while to wrap your brain around for sure. And traveler taxes have some concepts that are extra confusing. You have timed your learning curve very well, a year for learning and planning is...

  25. Overtime rates

    NedRN replied to Underthemoonicp6's topic in Travel

    If you want to know your true total pay per hour, you need to add all your compensation. For travelers that includes base pay, per diem, housing, and travel. It may also include health insurance, car...