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  1. Do I have enough experience in the Operating Room?

    NedRN replied to littlejenRN's topic in Travel

    Straight pediatric ORs are a small subset of all ORs, going to guess less than 10%. Some larger hospitals do have significant pediatric programs but generally those may require adult experience. So...

  2. Do I have enough experience in the Operating Room?

    NedRN replied to littlejenRN's topic in Travel

    While some hospitals may be desperate enough to take you on as a traveler, you would be foolish to accept. I can promise you that you are in no way equipped to hit the ground running in a new OR now....

  3. Choosing the Right First Assignment

    NedRN replied to jamiemoney88's topic in Travel

    Definitely a contract problem! My perspective is coming from the OR. If I don't get cancelled, neither does the

  4. Choosing the Right First Assignment

    NedRN replied to jamiemoney88's topic in Travel

    Just to point out that her experience is 100% ICU. Taking one PACU assignment, particularly one that specifically wants ICU nurses, will not hurt her resume. Also, having a good recruiter is key,...

  5. Hospital cancelled my contract due to inexperience...

    NedRN replied to BeccaroseRN's topic in Travel

    I dislike being rude, but why would you think I care?No doubt there are readers here who dislike my tone, and I do have one. However in the threads you have posted comments in the travel forum, there...

  6. Becoming a travel independent contractor

    NedRN replied to Ursula11's topic in Travel

    Generally the highest bill rate I've seen for OR nurses is $130. I've seen that a number of times the last few years. Never landed one at that rate though. Argo has been working

  7. Hospital cancelled my contract due to inexperience...

    NedRN replied to BeccaroseRN's topic in Travel

    It bothers me when bad advice is dispensed. I could care less how self absorbed and self centered you are. Can only laugh, as I do daily with Trump. It would be nice if you must contribute to be less...

  8. Hospital cancelled my contract due to inexperience...

    NedRN replied to BeccaroseRN's topic in Travel

    Interesting. Very Trumpian. Zero self awareness. All about you. No concern about

  9. Hospital cancelled my contract due to inexperience...

    NedRN replied to BeccaroseRN's topic in Travel

    That's long enough to list on work history, with one caveat: you must have a written reference for that assignment. Lots of good reasons to collect your own references, protecting your license is a...

  10. Choosing the Right First Assignment

    NedRN replied to jamiemoney88's topic in Travel

    Tough choice. Both should be easy assignments for you, perhaps even boring. Easy is great for a first assignment. I'd look for other differentiators. For example, location, culture, or perhaps...

  11. Becoming a travel independent contractor

    NedRN replied to Ursula11's topic in Travel

    Sure. $95. Not Southern

  12. Becoming a travel independent contractor

    NedRN replied to Ursula11's topic in Travel

    And I've told you how to take your compensation and reverse engineer a bill rate range. As well as several other techniques. What more do you want? I don't have any proprietary information to guard. I...

  13. Becoming a travel independent contractor

    NedRN replied to Ursula11's topic in Travel

    No idea what other specialties (or even my specialty) get in unspecified locations at an unspecified time at an unspecified facility. Travelers always want to know if offered compensation is fair -...

  14. Travel Nurse Background Check

    NedRN replied to dmstanl1's topic in Licensure: Criminal History

    Well, an arrest is not a conviction. I've been arrested twice, once for cutting across a farm adjacent to an interstate after I ran out of gas (trespassing but not charged). Once for obstructing...

  15. Hospital cancelled my contract due to inexperience...

    NedRN replied to BeccaroseRN's topic in Travel

    Actually there is very little bickering because there is very little traffic. Sometimes you got to wonder if having a troll might be beneficial for traffic. But then you come to your

  16. Becoming a travel independent contractor

    NedRN replied to Ursula11's topic in Travel

    I don't have a bill rate sheet. Every assignment is a one off as I said for maximum flexibility. If you start by getting a manager wanting to use you and they don't want to propose a rate, make up one...

  17. Becoming a travel independent contractor

    NedRN replied to Ursula11's topic in Travel

    Travel rate is higher than per

  18. Becoming a travel independent contractor

    NedRN replied to Ursula11's topic in Travel

    There should not have been any rate suggestions in that blog, but perhaps some examples. In my experience, HR/staffing departments are happy to name what they would like to pay. Just ask, you may be...

  19. Hospital cancelled my contract due to inexperience...

    NedRN replied to BeccaroseRN's topic in Travel

    You consistently don't understand that travel is a business. Hiring travelers with a bare minimum of base experience is a risk with costly consequences for all involved. Doubly so with no proven...

  20. Hospital cancelled my contract due to inexperience...

    NedRN replied to BeccaroseRN's topic in Travel

    If you want to work in TN the next couple of years, get the perm. Otherwise, don't worry about

  21. Becoming a travel independent contractor

    NedRN replied to Ursula11's topic in Travel

    You have to start your own agency to do this. You can read my rather dated blog on how to do that here (not necessary to log in): Delphi Forums Login - Welcome! Please log

  22. Shaking my head

    NedRN replied to guest974915's topic in Travel

    Yup, silly. Done for the convenience of central restocking items with internal or external SKU numbers. Commonplace as you know. Again, not cost effective or efficient. Convenience for the lowest paid...

  23. Shaking my head

    NedRN replied to guest974915's topic in Travel

    OR nurse here, not getting what the issue is. Nothing wrong with paper charting, I wish all ORs still used it. Much more efficient than any electronic charting and it would be cheaper to pay to...

  24. Stipends? Taxes? IRS?

    NedRN replied to ArvinC EMT's topic in Travel

    There are certainly a lot of gotchas for the unsuspecting who do not understand the basic principles, many of them misled by their

  25. Travel Nurse 50 mile ?

    NedRN replied to mttzakr31's topic in Travel

    You are allowed to take them, however they are taxable income. Ask the agency to withhold taxes on your stipends. If they refuse (they might) you will have to declare the income on your tax