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  1. Best Paying Travel Specialties Before Covid

    NedRN replied to Birdsofprey's topic in Travel

    OR probably paid better than ICU overall, with the possible exception of CVICU. ICU is a cost center for hospitals, while OR is a profit center central to the entire hospital economic system. A single...

  2. PMHNPs travel contracts?

    NedRN replied to 2015bsngirl's topic in Travel

    Generally, there are travel assignments for every possible healthcare profession (or skill to include all the unlicensed possibilities). The rarer your specialty, the few choices of assignments. On...

  3. TRUSTED HEALTH. New company, no recruiters, is this a good option?

    NedRN replied to NurseKristen82's topic in Travel

    Yes. However you can ask agencies to pass along your available times for an

  4. PACU travel nursing? American Mobile feedback?

    NedRN replied to kat_attack_85's topic in Travel

    All that sounds rather scary as I look back on what I wrote, but depending on how you juggle numbers, your equivalent compensation should be above 100K, especially if you stick to better paying states...

  5. PACU travel nursing? American Mobile feedback?

    NedRN replied to kat_attack_85's topic in Travel

    Health insurance is another big topic. A law that predates the ACA is COBRA which grants any employee to keep their insurance for up to 18 months after leaving their job. You do have to pay the full...

  6. New Traveler with a Husband and 70 lb Lab

    NedRN replied to NurseKristen82's topic in Travel

    Licensing should not be an issue. You can proactively get them when you know you want to work in a state say within a year, or should you not have quite enough time before your 13 weeks are up, it is...

  7. PACU travel nursing? American Mobile feedback?

    NedRN replied to kat_attack_85's topic in Travel

    I've never heard of any agency taking a cut from advertised rates, their margin is already baked into a quote. That said, you do have to run some math on the quotes to get a real feel for what they...

  8. New Traveler with a Husband and 70 lb Lab

    NedRN replied to NurseKristen82's topic in Travel

    So let's get this over with first: there are no best agencies. Nor are agency recruiters your friend. This is a business and if you remember that first, you will do fine. Your ability to communicate...

  9. ER or ICU - Which opens more doors for a travel RN?

    NedRN replied to Birdsofprey's topic in Travel

    Love ED? Do it! Let me help you with some rationalizations. You can do your own research at a big agency like Cross Country, but ED has more assignments than ICU. In addition, there are a wider...

  10. Married/Engaged Travel Nurses! I need your advice

    NedRN replied to TheSiriP's topic in Travel

    So old conversation but OP said just one year of travel with, I would assume, meetups every three months or sooner. That’s a lot less time than many military deployments. A very minor stress test...

  11. Asking for more money

    NedRN replied to bluescrubs's topic in Travel

    You can always ask for a dollar or two more for extending or a renewal bonus ($500 is a dollar an hour). That should be pretty easy. Shop around first and see what others are paying for a similar job....

  12. Travel nurse housing wishlist

    NedRN replied to MC44's topic in Travel

    Fully furnished ideally would include cookware and utensils. Some sort of coffee maker for most. I bring my own, but I think only a small number of travelers do. Some travelers prefer long term hotels...

  13. Transition from Telemetry to Travel LTAC assignment

    NedRN replied to emmyloo85's topic in Travel

    There have been similar comments here as well, specifically saying if I recall correctly that the acuity can be similar to a medical ICU but with a higher patient load. Probably better to stay in...

  14. Travel Nursing

    NedRN replied to DJ Thompson's topic in Travel

    You have to pay your dues. Bad idea to go into ICU traveling with zero experience even if possible. And even if possible, believe me, you don't want to take that assignment from hell that they would...

  15. Travel Nurses!!

    NedRN replied to citylights91's topic in Travel

    One thing I treasure the most at a facility is a list of staff and physician names. Most units have an internal contact sheet so that secretaries or staffing can contract staff by phone. Mind you, I...

  16. Decreased pay mid contract...options?

    NedRN replied to clickhand's topic in Travel

    That sounds good. It is highly likely that the hospital insisted on the right to change crisis rates to regular bill rates once staffing normalized with the agency or vendor manager. The agency...

  17. Decreased pay mid contract...options?

    NedRN replied to clickhand's topic in Travel

    What a worthless contract! Frankly, it sounds like you have zero rights. I've not seen a renegotiation clause before, nor would I sign one. That just opens the door to promising anything for one week...

  18. Just told hospital is reducing my pay 50% prior to start date

    NedRN replied to Capsaicin`'s topic in Travel

    Certainly not worth paying a lawyer attempting to break an arbitration

  19. Just told hospital is reducing my pay 50% prior to start date

    NedRN replied to Capsaicin`'s topic in Travel

    Contract = legal grounds. In any case, the hospital is not paying you, you are the agency's employee. They may or may not be cutting the bill rate in half, but the agency is not going to provide...

  20. New Traveler, Critical Care Float

    NedRN replied to GentheRN's topic in Travel

    There is also the possibility of doing step down or tele. Some hospitals like to get overqualified nurses (and not disclose their float plans), at least prior to Covid. Might be an expensive strategy...

  21. New Traveler, Critical Care Float

    NedRN replied to GentheRN's topic in Travel

    Rule out any post operative cases, or at least day one. What does that leave? Heart attacks and strokes in large? Did you have a manager interview? She could have shed light on the pt

  22. Why Do Agencies Feel It Is Okay Not To Pay Their Nurses

    NedRN replied to clinicalteach's topic in Travel

    There are a number of reasons why agencies do this. One is just bad human behavior: they felt jilted and betrayed and blamed you (and sometimes it is the traveler's fault). Second is they can...

  23. Travel nursing pay, is it worth it?

    NedRN replied to Rosina's topic in Travel

    Sorry this happened to you - pretty backhanded behavior by the facility. Not an uncommon story for this agency either for lack of support (although details vary). And some hospitals have a reputation...

  24. Travel nursing after 8 months of licensed experience

    NedRN replied to guest1107684's topic in Travel

    I can tell you that the many nurses who get bounced from their first (and last) travel job are not going to post here. Just too embarrassing and humiliating. This is not uncommon in the best of...

  25. Currently a Travel Nurse - feel free to ask me anything about it.

    NedRN replied to TRVL.RN's topic in Travel

    The agency yes: about 18-40% typically - pre-covid industry average was 24%. But there can be dramatic bill rate differences between agencies which more likely accounts for such an experience. Between...