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  1. Submitted with one BUT accept with another

    NedRN replied to TREC96's topic in Travel

    Too late now. You have to shop around before interviewing. You are locked into this assignment with the first agency. That said, after the hospital agreed to use you, you have some significant...

  2. First time traveler, offer okay?

    NedRN replied to goshozal's topic in Travel

    It does! Short answer is shop around. That is the only way to find out the fair market value for your experience and specialty in a given location at a given time. Looks like you can do calculations...

  3. How Soon to Start?

    NedRN replied to BrandNewBabyNurse's topic in Travel

    These days, perhaps most assignments are ASAP. But it is still possible to get contracts for months in the future. Some hospitals have ongoing needs, and in your field, children's hospital start...

  4. First Travel Assignment... with Animals

    NedRN replied to Mvarhegyi's topic in Travel

    Wow. Just wow! I know a nurse that brings horses and dogs and cats with her. But she is a staff sort of traveler. One year at a time before she gets itchy feet. Not sure loving large animals and...

  5. Supplemental Healthcare

    NedRN replied to luvazsun's topic in Travel

    I was in DC. I don't quite remember about TravelTax, could have been Maryland - you can always call or email him. Not sure why jurisdiction would matter

  6. Supplemental Healthcare

    NedRN replied to luvazsun's topic in Travel

    That is how some state boards of labor are: useless. I don't know the technicalities, but you might want to float the question to the labor board in your home state, and the state your agency is...

  7. Questioning travel nursing?

    NedRN replied to Cecilgko7's topic in Travel

    Nurses who are not flexible do not usually succeed as travelers. It is not for everyone, and clearly it has failed as a work mode for you. How many times are you going to repeat

  8. Questioning travel nursing?

    NedRN replied to Cecilgko7's topic in Travel

    I've never presented travel as glamorous. You must be mistaking me for someone else. I used the word entitled because you are complying about not making enough as a traveler when many nurses in the...

  9. Questioning travel nursing?

    NedRN replied to Cecilgko7's topic in Travel

    Read the post just above that one. I don't bother with quotes when the context is clear. Threads often have internal conversations, they are not all addressed to the original

  10. Questioning travel nursing?

    NedRN replied to Cecilgko7's topic in Travel

    Nice thing to tell some 30,000 travel nurses. You do realize that most travelers are from areas where it is a struggle to earn more than $25 an hour? You are coming off as entitled and bitter. I'll...

  11. Supplemental Healthcare

    NedRN replied to luvazsun's topic in Travel

    Missed hour penalties are part of most agency's contracts. Traveler's who don't read their contracts are always surprised. These are civil contracts and negotiation both prior to signing the contract...

  12. Supplemental Healthcare

    NedRN replied to luvazsun's topic in Travel

    The work state department of labor will put the hammer on them if you open a case. Free. In some states, private lawyers can recover damages in addition to time worked. If you still have a time card...

  13. Living in a RV instead of apartment while travel nursing?

    NedRN replied to northmississippi's topic in Travel

    RV is kind of like travel nursing. Do it first because you like the lifestyle, not because of money. An RV will not be less expensive than finding standard housing. It becomes more appealing if...

  14. New Grad from New York wanting to move to California

    NedRN replied to Katya944's topic in Travel

    Sure, you can request cards from CA BRN if you are in no rush. Same FD-258

  15. New Grad from New York wanting to move to California

    NedRN replied to Katya944's topic in Travel

    The fingerprint card is not special but a standard FD-258. That is the non-criminal one so many police departments don't stock them. I bought some off of Amazon and took them to my local police who...

  16. Assignment at TMC in Fort Defiance, AZ

    NedRN replied to Fl_peds_rn's topic in Travel

    You sleep around 56 hours a week,right? That leaves 112 to work. Less another 36 for your full time gig still leaves 76 hours to divvy up between a part time job and

  17. Assignment at TMC in Fort Defiance, AZ

    NedRN replied to Fl_peds_rn's topic in Travel

    You sleep around 56 hours a week,right? That leaves 112 to work. Less another 36 for your full time gig still leaves 76 hours to divvy up between a part time job and

  18. Questioning travel nursing?

    NedRN replied to Cecilgko7's topic in Travel

    If you want numbers that make sense, try PanTravelers calculator. It is especially useful to compare different travel offers. It can also assist with comparing travel pay with staff pay but that is a...

  19. New Grad from New York wanting to move to California

    NedRN replied to Katya944's topic in Travel

    You need two full years in a specialty to be proficient and competitive.That is just the clinical side. What does it say to HR or a manager if you have only worked one year? Big

  20. Travel Nurse Offer. Yea or Nea? Anyone with experience please help!

    NedRN replied to Nurse4lifeNC's topic in Travel

    Frankly, all the risks are on the agency. Wage recharacterization is the issue but very difficult to prove. I think paying travelers differing stipends at the same location would be solid evidence of...

  21. Travel Nurse Offer. Yea or Nea? Anyone with experience please help!

    NedRN replied to Nurse4lifeNC's topic in Travel

    The only way to discover if you are being offered a fair market value in a given location for your experience and skills is to shop around. One offer in isolation means nothing to you or us. Offers...

  22. Job Interview for UK

    NedRN replied to hannaeliza's topic in Travel

    I don't see why such interviews would be substantially different from a domestic job interview. Might be a clinical question. Should be a behavioral question such as how did you handle a confrontation...

  23. New Grad from New York wanting to move to California

    NedRN replied to Katya944's topic in Travel

    The term is licensure by reciprocity. All that is needed in most cases including California is verification of your original license. Sometimes they fuss about a particular class or clinical, but not...

  24. New Grad from New York wanting to move to California

    NedRN replied to Katya944's topic in Travel

    Most new grads are not looking at LTC or doctor's offices. I could have done that when I graduated in California in a much worse hiring environment than

  25. New Grad from New York wanting to move to California

    NedRN replied to Katya944's topic in Travel

    Address shouldn't matter. But your first job is key. If you start out in a doctor's office, it will be much harder to do anything else. Start in the ICU or ED and you will have a brighter future and...