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You can make a fair amount of money traveling to AK. The difficult part may be finding an assignment for the both of you. Here is a short rundown: Anchorage and Fairbanks "big cities" don't use many travelers, pay is okay, cost of living is a bit hig...

I have done it and am doing it. Just remember it is a numbers thing. There are some expenses that travel with you and some that won't. Cell phone, Gas, Auto insurance, will travel with you (you pay them while at home and you will pay them while on...

You can make $100,000/yr in Alaska, without a doubt. Over 2-3 13 week assignments, probably not. You want to work over the winter in Alaska, it's brutal, I have done it and am still doing it. You can make 100K in California also, I have friends th...

Ned, I'm calling you out on your opinion of covering strikes. First off, I like you. You helped me get into traveling more than anyone. Your posts are helpful and to the point. But... If I am working per diem and have 2 weeks with nothing planned f...

My 2 cents. Saudi Arabia, there are not many jobs for male nurses there; I have looked. Arab customs usually dictates that male nurses can not be alone w women and children as patients. There are some managers jobs that will take a BSN or MSN (very...

You have to read, read, read and read some more. Websites like this, pantravelers.org, and highwayhypodermics.com. The latter also has a decent book that answers a lot of questions. Download it as an e-book If after a lot of research you feel you sti...

Medstaff treated me well. It's a personal opinion. Talk to some companies, ask them this same or similar question(s). If it feels like you are uneasy or uncomfortable at any point call #2 on your list, #3,#4. It's like buying a car: you have to trus...

This is also a good time to look at overtime. "Pantravelers.org" talks about this at length and if you have an opportunity to read about overtime rates it is worth your time. 1. Your agency's bid for your job might be; $60/hr for the first 40 hours w...

My 2 cents. I have worked in Grand Rapids for most of my career. 20 years as a paramedic (minus 6 years in Nevada) and 12 years as an RN. Grand Rapids. I have worked for Spectrum. It is a fairly large hospital system with many excellent specialties....

Just to throw in my 2 pennies. "Medical Solutions" or "medicalsolutions.com" is a company based in Omaha, NE. I have had very good luck with them. Good Luck

I think you will find travel nurse agencies will be quite inflexible simply because the hospitals want someone for a scheduled period of time. That being said, most hospitals will have per diem positions where you give them your schedule and they sch...

I'm with Medical solutions also, first assignment with them was great. I would also recommend them to anyone. Best advise... Find a good recruiter, open communication with him/her is essential.

you have to have 15 posts before you can PM. Alaska is great, jobs are plentiful and pay is good. To be quite honest there are jobs in the lower 48 that pay as well and maybe better with better locations but if you want to put a check mark in your ...

Your recruiter/agency will mostly/never give you the best quote first time through. Your recruiter is in the business of sales; I probably don't have to explain the business of sales to you. Secondly, this is not like the grocery store where prices a...

Sorry so late, just came upon your post. A few Alaska hospitals still use LPN travelers. I am in Bethel AK and because of the type of health system they use for the native Alaskans they have a lot of "clinics". I don't have any answers on what comp...

The practice is fairly common and makes sense. The basis for this is: you pay less taxes, they pay less taxes. There are traps to this and there are things you can do about this. The traps. If you were to take a years salary at $12/hr to a finance ...

I think your question(s) should read; "When you want to do travel nursing, can you design your own contract?" or "When you know what you want out of travel nursing, can you design your own contract?" Yes and yes, and you should. You are a nurse, with...

I am in Bethel AK (part of the YKHC system) right now. Started my 13 week assignment the last week of October, will finish my assignment Jan 26th and will extend another 6 weeks into March. Bethel is one of the small hospitals and I have been able to...

I hope to accept my first travel assignment soon. My question is, do I get submitted and accepted to a job and then negotiate pay and compensation. Or do I negotiate all aspects of compensation before being submitted? It seems when ever I ask the age...

Cincinnati RedsExcellent advice and that is what I found out. I'm very happy w my recruiter and the assignment.Will be heading to Bethel, AK in 3 weeks. And thanks for everyone's advice here.

Well I took the assignment as the contract looks like my recruiter told me it would. Pretty happy with the process, pretty happy with my recruiter. Wish me luck.

For the sake of sounding ignorant, what is the difference? I have never been a traveler; start my first assignment in 3 weeks and I have had 1 company tell me the pay every 2 weeks, I didn't think much of it. It's how the real world (non-travelers)...

Yes. Unless the IRS has rules about distance from "home". Generally most/all of your expenses that you incur for travel to and from that job, expenses for getting that job, and expenses maintaining that job (certifications not covered by employer/ag...

First things first. You're happy with the recruiters and the agency, that goes a long way. You're getting paid as much as if you worked per diem for the hospital, not bad. And you might want keep your relationships between you and the hospital and ...

Thanks NedRN.