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  1. Too many cancelled shifts

    NedRN replied to NurseThompson's topic in Travel

    Why not just post the name of the agency? Then everyone can benefit. Lots of new posters in this forum cannot send

  2. Traveling Nurse Couple+Kids

    NedRN replied to Fumanchuesday's topic in Travel

    Do tell us the name of this agency. Allnurses allows agency names, just not recruiter names. What do they do special for

  3. Agency Health Insurance?

    NedRN replied to romey's topic in Travel

    Exchange rates are geographically based as costs do vary from place to place. Factors are usually competitive, and often there are effective healthcare delivery monopolies in given areas. Sometimes...

  4. Agency Health Insurance?

    NedRN replied to romey's topic in Travel

    As a general rule, agency health insurance is crappy. The plans were obtained before the ACA went into effect for lowest possible cost. "Reasonable rate" is a big red flag, real insurance costs real...

  5. Too many cancelled shifts

    NedRN replied to NurseThompson's topic in Travel

    Generally recruiter pay is pegged to hours worked. Thus he has an incentive to get the contracted hours actually worked. That is not the reason for what is going on

  6. Too many cancelled shifts

    NedRN replied to NurseThompson's topic in Travel

    If the hospital doesn't have to pay you for not working, why not keep you around for a census buffer? If that is really the agency's contract with the hospital, it is the worst one ever written. I...

  7. Boston Travel

    NedRN replied to Jenn1013's topic in Travel

    As you are moving, not working away from home temporarily, the housing stipend is taxable as ordinary income. That removes a major benefit of travel nursing. If you are maintaining your home, you...

  8. Too many cancelled shifts

    NedRN replied to NurseThompson's topic in Travel

    A contract does not need the words "guaranteed hours" to be valid for just that. If contracting for some number of weeks and some number of hours doesn't mean that, then there has to be language in...

  9. New to Travel Nursing

    NedRN replied to LisalaRN99's topic in Travel

    A tax home requires at a very minimum a place you live in and return to frequently. A permanent address is very

  10. Vehicle registration/drivers license while traveling

    NedRN replied to Emster83's topic in Travel

    First Google hit. Welcome to

  11. 2 week notice vs leave of absence

    NedRN replied to melosa08's topic in Travel

    It never occurred to me to ask and I had no doubts that traveling was for me. The only thing I did prior to travel was to confirm that my skills and experience would translate to other hospitals by...

  12. Thinking About Travel RN

    NedRN replied to ANGJO4567's topic in Travel

    In my experience, managers are delighted with a first time traveler with that experience. And every time I've worked with such a new traveler, they do really well. My major concern is RN attitude....

  13. Traveling Nurse Couple+Kids

    NedRN replied to Fumanchuesday's topic in Travel

    Personally, I think you have awesome potential here to work opposite days. I would ask for guaranteed stacked shifts for both good work flow and parenting (with one day off together for family time)....

  14. Johns Hopkins ICU

    NedRN replied to catholicrn's topic in Travel

    The immediate area surrounding the hospital is pretty darned scary for those not used to inner city bad neighborhoods (real gangs and housing projects nearby). Row houses dominate the area making for...

  15. reference letters for ER travel

    NedRN replied to llw1066's topic in Travel

    Really, they need to write them. Their perspective is more objective than yours which is the whole point of the exercise. If that can't work (how did it happen they all came up with this way of having...

  16. Alaska. How much?

    NedRN replied to Mr Personality's topic in Travel

    Good pay, better than average for travelers even with higher travel costs and car rental included. Spectacular scenery and things to do in the winter, and Fur Rendezvous. In terms of memories, it...

  17. Is travel nursing right for me?

    NedRN replied to adventurous_rn's topic in Travel

    You certainly don't have to know everything and a good recruiter will get you interviews at assignments that fit your skills. That said, there is much to be said to staying staff while the learning...

  18. Prophecy Testing

    NedRN replied to koalafiedRN's topic in Travel

    Test anxiety is common. Prophecy is really no different from any other mandatory testing needed by the agency or hospital (often both). Prophecy is merely an online provider. They have a suite of...

  19. How much am I worth?

    NedRN replied to travelmama's topic in Travel

    When hospitals and agencies are throwing money about for a very scarce resource such as L&D, a warm body is sufficient. If you are an agency evaluating the risks of submitting a medsurg nurse...

  20. Have you ever been seduced into going Staff?

    NedRN replied to Bluebolt's topic in Travel

    Well, love is a big incentive! I could live happily anywhere with a significant other, but California would be nice on top of that. I'm an unusual traveler I admit, but the best I figure, the...

  21. 9 more months of TN and then...

    NedRN replied to raindrop's topic in Travel

    California is doing fine financially. Pay in SF depends almost entirely on years of experience as they are union. New grads may start around $50 an hour if that gives you a clue. Even at that pay,...

  22. Can I travel? It's been 7 months since I worked acute care

    NedRN replied to hope4673's topic in Travel

    Your experience is current in the last 12 months so you should be OK. But it is agencies and their client hospitals that make that

  23. already accepted but...

    NedRN replied to 8-ball's topic in Travel

    The reasons for different agency brands remaining separate used to be marketing to different types of travelers and differentiating brands by service, pay, and who knows what else. I don't have a...

  24. already accepted but...

    NedRN replied to 8-ball's topic in Travel

    I'd ask your primary recruiter (and the other one too) that question. They all have access to the same job

  25. New to Travel Nursing

    NedRN replied to LisalaRN99's topic in Travel

    Your rate should not change based on distance from an assignment, only the tax treatment of your compensation (which is not distance, but if job requirements like adequate rest between shifts require...