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  1. Pros and Cons of A Travel Nurse?

    NedRN replied to dvanderh's topic in Travel

    Great question! Short answer, I'm going to say ED is the sweet spot for the most available jobs and better pay than medsurg/tele/LTC entry sort of jobs without extra training years required. ED is a...

  2. tax free if staying more than 1 year?

    NedRN replied to Michi66's topic in Travel

    Exactly how long would the commute be? Depending on the time and route taken, it could be over an hour each way. That doesn't strike me as practical if you are working stacked 12 hour shifts. If you...

  3. AMI for travel contract?

    NedRN replied to sandravaughn4's topic in Travel

    I've never heard of AMI. Do you have a full name, website, or state? I found a healthcare recruiting company called AMI Network from California, but they are not traditional travel. To your direct...

  4. Pros and Cons of A Travel Nurse?

    NedRN replied to dvanderh's topic in Travel

    Actually if you know just a little about a topic, an intelligent question is easy to compose. For example, how is the travel pay in Colorado? How many travelers or travel companies are there? What is...

  5. Pros and Cons of A Travel Nurse?

    NedRN replied to dvanderh's topic in Travel

    Have you tried Googling it? Or even reading a few threads here? You said "more information". What do you already know? Open ended questions are a poor use of a

  6. Trying to Figure out the Travel Nurse Lingo

    NedRN replied to taylourjohnson's topic in Travel

    She is using a total hourly pay including a per diem, housing stipend, and perhaps travel and license reimbursement and health insurance all rolled into it. Try PanTravelers Calculator - a free signup...

  7. Hard Card Fingerprinting for Cali License

    NedRN replied to missyumee's topic in Travel

    Yes, they are exactly the same cards! FD-258. If at all possible, don't use them. Instead, take a trip to California and use Livescan printing. Some agencies are even paying for round trip airfare,...

  8. Best Travel Companies

    NedRN replied to brookiern's topic in Travel

    Most agencies will have endoscopy assignments. Which ones have you talked

  9. When a contract hospital needs me to have more skills than I do....

    NedRN replied to KalipsoRed21's topic in Travel

    I think I could inservice a novice on aline setup in 10 minutes. It is a trivial skill that is not generally an RN task (other than knowing where to place the transducer and how to zero on a monitor -...

  10. Live in NYC, Work Perm Staff Job in CA

    NedRN replied to PacoUSA's topic in Travel

    Time and a half after 8 on a 12 hour shift is practically non-existent for staff in California. There is an alternative workweek agreement everyone agreed to if they wanted to preserve their 12 hour...

  11. tax free if staying more than 1 year?

    NedRN replied to Michi66's topic in Travel

    You can of course stay as long as you like. But your tax home does shift after 12 months. 12.5 months is wise as technically travel time to and from the assignment counts towards the 12 months...

  12. tax free if staying more than 1 year?

    NedRN replied to Michi66's topic in Travel

    If you had stayed in your Long Beach housing, how long would it take you to commute to your new assignment? Do you have to take

  13. tax free if staying more than 1 year?

    NedRN replied to Michi66's topic in Travel

    Did you stay in the same

  14. Napa CA Queen of the Valley

    NedRN replied to monday2016's topic in Travel

    The merger with Providence, a similar chain of Catholic hospitals, shouldn't cause any issues at individual hospitals. I don't think there is any overlap between markets. So no St Joseph nurse would...

  15. Military base contract - what was your experience?

    NedRN replied to msancheeze's topic in Travel

    Travel pay for OR nurses is really high in a lot of places right now. Where is the base, and what are you offered? Is it local to you? I don't think you have to be concerned about the agency at all...

  16. Too many cancelled shifts

    NedRN replied to NurseThompson's topic in Travel

    That is not a way to incentivize recruiters to treat travelers well or put them in their best assignment. An agency is free to run their business anyway they like, but there is no way flat pay for an...

  17. When a contract hospital needs me to have more skills than I do....

    NedRN replied to KalipsoRed21's topic in Travel

    No techs? Not sure what anyone could say here other than try to stick it out. The longer you survive, the stronger you will get. Hopefully you know what is needed now for intubation (no cart?) and...

  18. Would it make sense to purchase a home before travel?

    NedRN replied to ArmaniX's topic in Travel

    Purchasing a home before you begin traveling does confer several benefits. For one, it really helps to solidify your tax status: known as having a tax home in IRS lingo. Traveling away from a tax home...

  19. What would I need to do to become a travel nurse?

    NedRN replied to ykcebmeg's topic in Travel

    Most travel assignments are going to require current experience. No harm to call a few agencies to see what is possible, but most likely you will need a staff job for a

  20. Napa CA Queen of the Valley

    NedRN replied to monday2016's topic in Travel

    American Mobile has the vendor management contract. Lots of agencies will have access to assignments

  21. Napa CA Queen of the Valley

    NedRN replied to monday2016's topic in Travel

    Meditech. They don't cancel, and floating depends on

  22. Live in NYC, Work Perm Staff Job in CA

    NedRN replied to PacoUSA's topic in Travel

    There are train options to Boston. Any weather issues in the NYC area will affect flying to California as well. It can be hard landing a staff position in California without having traveled to a...

  23. Ramifications of leaving midcontract

    NedRN replied to ewrn's topic in Travel

    The contract determines penalties and the rest is simply negotiation between your agency and you. If you have completed assignments with that agency and have proven value and are willing to continue...

  24. CVOR training program?

    NedRN replied to ORRN21's topic in Operating Room

    I actually think starting you out scrubbing is best. That will give you the big picture that you can only see scrubbed in. Scrubbing is not so hard once you compartmentalize the different stages of...

  25. Live in NYC, Work Perm Staff Job in CA

    NedRN replied to PacoUSA's topic in Travel

    There are a number of nurses who do commute from out of state, but I've never heard of one from so far away. You are talking about more than 6 hours each way including ground transport. Why not...