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  1. App for timesheets

    NedRN replied to I<3Endo's topic in Travel

    If an app needs instructions for basic functions, it is big fail. But apart from that, if you don't tell us how to find said app (name?), I don't see how we could come up with help. Interesting idea,...

  2. Considering Travel

    NedRN replied to CGB1's topic in Travel

    Sure. For travelers with a valid tax home that they are traveling away as contract workers, you know that they receive legitimate tax free reimbursements or stipends for lodging, meals and...

  3. traveling to Beebe in Lewes, DE

    NedRN replied to kellsbells0127's topic in Travel

    When you say my responses are a fail (I am one of the "responders" here), yes, that is insulting. How else could any reasonable reader take it? Now you are arguing and continuing to

  4. Considering Travel

    NedRN replied to CGB1's topic in Travel

    Nope, no misunderstanding. If you rent your entire home out, you have abandoned it and have no tax home. It is no longer your

  5. Considering Travel

    NedRN replied to CGB1's topic in Travel

    The basic finances are not that hard to work out. For most travelers, having a tax home is worth about $10,000 extra in the bank every year (I can post the math if anyone is interested). If...

  6. traveling to Beebe in Lewes, DE

    NedRN replied to kellsbells0127's topic in Travel

    Thanks! May I ask why on earth you are visiting a forum you don't find valuable and insult the

  7. traveling to Beebe in Lewes, DE

    NedRN replied to kellsbells0127's topic in Travel

    Place your own ad on Craigslist. You will get responses you won't find anywhere else. Make sure you tell them you are travel nurses (highly desirable tenants) and any other pluses like no pets,...

  8. I'm scared to travel!

    NedRN replied to tabitha1979's topic in Travel

    Google told you that Fastaff is honest and is upfront with expectations? Quite remarkable. Google never says anything like that for

  9. False advertising or are the really this unorganized

    NedRN replied to CapeCodMermaid's topic in Travel

    Indeed is a job board. Very few agencies have the tech or money required to keep posts up-to-date. Even if they did, by the time someone responded and was onboarded, the assignment is usually gone. So...

  10. Would traveling be a reasonable option for me?

    NedRN replied to Nurse_cox's topic in Travel

    By the day. There is often a hospital pool, but I'm suggesting doing it for a local agency to avoid the hiring headaches of a hospital - presumably what you wanted to avoid by trying them out first as...

  11. Would traveling be a reasonable option for me?

    NedRN replied to Nurse_cox's topic in Travel

    Probably not based on your real need for good benefits. If you want to check out those hospitals, why not sign up for per diem with a

  12. False advertising or are the really this unorganized

    NedRN replied to CapeCodMermaid's topic in Travel

    Exactly where did you see this "advertisement"? A job board? Those jobs are seldom

  13. Retirement?

    NedRN replied to raindrop's topic in Travel

    A 401 is an option for you. Larger agencies offer them, and so do smaller agencies. I have twice in my life managed to get a smaller agency to allow me to contribute the annual maximum to a 401 in a...

  14. Travel with family

    NedRN replied to kevokie's topic in Travel

    Traveling with family comes up a lot. If you search Allnurses for keywords family and travel an extensive reading list will come up. Insurance will also be discussed in those

  15. I'm scared to travel!

    NedRN replied to tabitha1979's topic in Travel

    I'm curious how you collected this information on Fastaff and what their expectations

  16. CA temp license

    NedRN replied to HCKRN21's topic in Travel

    Yes, the California temp is only 6 months, but it is renewable. Good thing too for some nurses who may have an education issue or the BON has another nervous breakdown. I know one traveler who worked...

  17. CA temp license

    NedRN replied to HCKRN21's topic in Travel

    There is no "expedited" process. That is just agency malarky. The only way to speed up the process is by traveling to CA to be fingerprinted there by Livescan. It can take as little as one week that...

  18. Travel Nursing: Agency reviews and recommendations?

    NedRN replied to DiscGolfNurse's topic in Travel

    Agencies will place a pre-nursing student if the hospitals let them. But for some funny reason, hospitals don't want to train travel nursess and require experience. Also, travel can be competitive....

  19. OR Travelers question for you

    NedRN replied to iwanttobethebest's topic in Travel

    Right or wrong, don't take those beliefs with you on the road, nor get involved in hospital politics as a traveler. As a staff member, you are a family member and (should) have a get-out-of-jail card...

  20. OR Travelers question for you

    NedRN replied to iwanttobethebest's topic in Travel

    Follow the nurse practice acts and turn down assignments from charge nurses that you are not oriented to nor competent in the requirements. It is your duty to patients, and why piss off the surgeon?...

  21. OR Travelers question for you

    NedRN replied to iwanttobethebest's topic in Travel

    Lots of regional names. Not a big deal to add three or four names per assignment. It is a plus, but at many assignments you will never scrub. Cheaper tech labor available. Day or swing obviously...

  22. I'm scared to travel!

    NedRN replied to tabitha1979's topic in Travel

    The traveler's mantra: It is only 13 weeks. Or: I can do anything for 13 weeks. Could it be worse than your present situation? Seems

  23. Completion Bonuses

    NedRN replied to RNAvatar's topic in Travel

    Simple. Just tell them the risk is unacceptable. If I catch flu week 12, I've lost $10 an hour for 11 weeks. Historically, or now? Agency completion bonuses or hospital "pass-through" bonuses? In...

  24. Completion Bonuses

    NedRN replied to RNAvatar's topic in Travel

    There is no cost to asking. Zero. As far as a high paying assignment goes, there is always the question of why? Is it supply and demand, or is it because experienced or competent travelers won't work...

  25. Completion Bonuses

    NedRN replied to RNAvatar's topic in Travel

    Large bonuses like that are almost always pass-through bonuses paid by the hospital after the assignment is over. That is a significant amount of money if the rest of your compensation is market rate...