NedRN

NedRN

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  1. Business Type

    NedRN replied to Dpalmer23's topic in Nurse Entrepreneurs, Innovators

    LLCs are now mature and are usually a better choice than regular corporations for at least one reason, they do not require annual corporate bookkeeping (I'm referring to legal documentation, not...

  2. Texas Staffing Agency doing business in California.

    NedRN replied to Dpalmer23's topic in Nurse Entrepreneurs, Innovators

    If they are on your payroll versus independent contractors, you will need workers comp. Otherwise, it is best not to ask too many questions. If you are using direct employees in California, overtime...

  3. Is there a market for small staffing agencies with so many hospital corporations?

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

    You can learn by doing. Work for agencies that provide dialysis nurses. Then you can find out from the facilities you work at if it is possible to contract directly - it usually is, but can meet some...

  4. New ICU Travel Nurse

    NedRN replied to PICUBeachRN's topic in Travel

    It is very unlikely you will be able to work up to pediatric cardiac ICUs as a traveler unless you are very skilled, confident, and lucky. If that is really your goal, stay where you are if your...

  5. tax home question

    NedRN replied to rocket surgery's topic in Travel

    No, you still have duplicated expenses for housing expenses so it still counts as a tax home. You pay property tax and maintenance. Costs of housing away from your tax home are business expenses and...

  6. What do you make sure to put in your travel contract?

    NedRN replied to icuRNallie's topic in Travel

    American Mobile has had a practice of maintaining different agency brands for 20 years, each aimed at a specific subset of travel nurses and allied health. They paid differently, had different...

  7. CA RN license question

    NedRN replied to Zoeyisme's topic in Travel

    It certainly sounds like something has gone wrong with your

  8. CA RN license question

    NedRN replied to Zoeyisme's topic in Travel

    There has been plenty of outrage and political action and even a state audit of the BON. That misleading site statement aside (mailed applications and fingerprint cards can indeed take up to three...

  9. L&D travel Am I ready?

    NedRN replied to sukari79's topic in Travel

    Go for

  10. What do you make sure to put in your travel contract?

    NedRN replied to icuRNallie's topic in Travel

    Specific contract concerns are often personal to you. You may have little idea now what is important to specify but will learn with travel experience. Reading many threads here will reveal issues...

  11. 401k's IRA's and retirement

    NedRN replied to DieselBurps's topic in Travel

    Those IRA contribution limits are only for new contributions. You can rollover your 401/403 accounts to them at any time and any

  12. Relocating states FOREVER

    NedRN replied to iverina's topic in Travel

    Sure, you can do local contracts. Some hospitals may require travelers to come from outside some radius, like 100 miles, to avoid contaminating their local pool of workers, but that is fairly unlikely...

  13. Relocating states FOREVER

    NedRN replied to iverina's topic in Travel

    You can work as a traveler, but all your income will be (should be) taxed as you no longer will have a tax home in NM. You have moved, or at least are itinerant (no tax home if you are homeless). An...

  14. Republic Health Resources

    NedRN replied to nianavaRN's topic in Travel

    It is my contention that you are approaching your first assignment from the wrong direction. The single most important factor for success as a traveler, and especially newer travelers, is your...

  15. Preparing for travel in CA

    NedRN replied to Dassit82's topic in Travel

    There are always options. For one, tell the recruiter with the better offer the truth and ask if a submission from her will be successful or just lead to the hospital denying both submissions. Second,...

  16. 2015 allnurses Salary Survey Results

    NedRN replied to allnurses's topic in General Nursing

    Balanced supply or higher nurses than jobs. Supply and demand is always the best predictor of compensation. The cost of living locally is a second good predictor. Sometimes a monopoly postiion by a...

  17. 401k's IRA's and retirement

    NedRN replied to DieselBurps's topic in Travel

    You can't start a 401 without an employer. It will be a rare employer that allows you to make large contributions, but some smaller ones may. But even small 401s will allow you to increase your annual...

  18. Theres always a first time....

    NedRN replied to Argo's topic in Travel

    Before I became a nurse, I was an even higher paid welder. We had it good back in the 1970's oil boom. Welders lived in the same neighborhoods as physicians. Our skills were in demand, and we did not...

  19. 401k's IRA's and retirement

    NedRN replied to DieselBurps's topic in Travel

    There are a number of points to make here: 1. 2% match is complete BS - it is a retention ploy to try to get you to stay with them. They could easily offer you a similar amount more hourly and that is...

  20. Theres always a first time....

    NedRN replied to Argo's topic in Travel

    No matter those small details, I wouldn't go unless the pay reflects the urgent nature of the opening. Their only other option is to pay rapid response rates and wait another week or two so they are...

  21. Leaving Full time to go back to travel...

    NedRN replied to ERRNinMI's topic in Travel

    I do have a rather dated but still pertinent business blog online that describes how I did the agency thing. Google my screen name and FAQ 108 for the

  22. Traveler Friendly Pediatric Assignments

    NedRN replied to Mflorentino's topic in Travel

    The Central Valley has had well paying assignments for over 10 years. I'm not sure what the dynamics are, however friends of mine work travel in Fresno, and keep returning (all the hospitals). So I...

  23. Leaving Full time to go back to travel...

    NedRN replied to ERRNinMI's topic in Travel

    A born traveler! Great attitude. I've never worked in Texas, in part because I know too much (visiting is enough for me). But if I did, Austin and San Antonio would top my list. Happy to just visit....

  24. Leaving Full time to go back to travel...

    NedRN replied to ERRNinMI's topic in Travel

    Any plan is better than none. Having a compact license is "easy", but generally those states pay less and have lower Union penetration. CO has very low pay, and working conditions in TX are notably...

  25. Travel nursing when your specialty is psychiatry?

    NedRN replied to MiaLyse's topic in Travel

    No, but the way to narrow any search are well selected search terms. For example, psych and travel. If you specifically want to read posts by me, then psych and