Bluebolt

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    High paying warm weather areas

    Bluebolt replied to Underthemoonicp6's topic in Travel

    Some of the other comments were about getting housing and questions about NY, it's only a high paying warm weather area in the summer for sure. I hope those commenters know that or they will be...
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    High paying warm weather areas

    Bluebolt replied to Underthemoonicp6's topic in Travel

    A warning for those pursuing the NYC and surrounding areas. The patients and families as a whole are rude and demanding. The patient can be a janitor and will bark instructions at you like a servant...
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    Considering traveling, again

    Bluebolt replied to cgwrn's topic in Travel

    I would go for it. Pay off your bills and get some excitement. If you're not loving your current position and pay and aren't required to stay put, then
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    Getting pulled...

    Bluebolt replied to Bluebolt's topic in Travel

    When I interviewed they did mention that the staff floats to PCU in a rotation schedule but failed to mention I wouldn't be in this rotation schedule. As mentioned for a PCU I was shocked that...
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    High paying warm weather areas

    Bluebolt replied to Underthemoonicp6's topic in Travel

    Florida would be nice for the
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    High paying warm weather areas

    Bluebolt replied to Underthemoonicp6's topic in Travel

    I've been running into this same issue. I like to be warm in the winter, don't like the snow and freezing temps. The problem is everywhere I've looked at pays crap for the winter. I'm in CT now and...
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    Multiple tax states

    Bluebolt posted a topic in Travel

    So I'm in my first assignment and other travelers at my hospital have started giving me advice about taxes and assignments. The problem is I'm getting some conflicting information. I own a home in...
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    Quality of Your 1st Hospital As A Traveler: Does It Matter?

    Bluebolt replied to PacoUSA's topic in Travel

    Yeah, I agree with Ned. I lucked out and got my first assignment at a medium sized hospital (Level 2) that was traveler friendly, high paying and in a great location. I may pursue a trauma 1 in my...
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    Compensation in Texas

    Bluebolt replied to Underthemoonicp6's topic in Travel

    I got my BSN in Alabama and also worked for 5 years at a Regional Hospital there. I'm well aware of the "good ol boys" club and how some of the Docs operate within them. As some have mentioned being a...
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    Freaking out

    Bluebolt replied to raindrop's topic in Travel

    I just packed up my car and drove over 1000 miles from small town Alabama to Connecticut, a town outside NYC all by myself with nothing but my GPS and the Holy Spirit. I drove through Washington DC,...
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    Share your packing routine and tips

    Bluebolt replied to raindrop's topic in Travel

    I bring my custom made desktop PC rig for high definition gaming, my laptop, Ipad, flat screen LCD HDTV, PS3, Xbox One. Throw in a couple pairs of scrubs and a toothbrush and you're done. Just the...
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    Anybody traveled to Florida?

    Bluebolt posted a topic in Travel

    So I'm playing around with my next possible assignment in Florida. It would probably begin in early November, right in time for the weather to get cold. I hear that is the time Florida needs...
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    Anybody traveled to Florida?

    Bluebolt replied to Bluebolt's topic in Travel

    Yeah that would be great and an ideal location. Do you mind PM me the
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    Anybody traveled to Florida?

    Bluebolt replied to Bluebolt's topic in Travel

    How did you get your licence so fast? I heard Florida was a lengthy licence process that could take up to 6-8
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    Anyone here have multiple extensions with Fastaff?

    Bluebolt replied to raindrop's topic in Travel

    Ned is right. In order to take the housing stipend and have it be tax free you must have a tax home. If you do not have a tax home then you can take the stipend but will pay taxes on it, which cuts...
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    Anybody noticed weird restrictions on your nursing?

    Bluebolt posted a topic in Travel

    So I'm a few weeks in to my first assignment at a teaching hospital in Connecticut and noticing a few weird restrictions to my normal freedoms. At this hospital the ICU nurse has a guideline to how...
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    RNs running ECMO on adult patients

    Bluebolt replied to pbear's topic in CCU, Coronary, Cardiac

    Yeah, what Biff said. I like a challenge and learning new things, but I don't do charity for the
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    Anybody noticed weird restrictions on your nursing?

    Bluebolt replied to Bluebolt's topic in Travel

    BonnieSc, that is crazy to think a hospital won't allow an RN to insert an IV?! I can't imagine how they could ever get any work done there considering most patients require IV access. Flexiseal, I...
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    Anyone here have multiple extensions with Fastaff?

    Bluebolt replied to raindrop's topic in Travel

    Hey raindrop, I'm traveling with Fastaff right now. The pay rate is about 25% higher than what other agencies like Medical Solutions and Cross Country were offering and I have had the hospital ask...
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    Leaving for a new assignment

    Bluebolt posted a topic in Travel

    So I just accepted an assignment to Danbury Hospital in Danbury, CT in the ICU. I'm curious if anybody else has been here and has advice. Anywhere good to stay, tips for the town? The cost of living...
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    Leaving for a new assignment

    Bluebolt replied to Bluebolt's topic in Travel

    Cool Trickster, cya around
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    I didn't want that interview

    Bluebolt replied to shortstuff52's topic in Travel

    I would drop an agent who submitted my application to a Hospital without my explicit permission. It's your job, your licence, your time and it's YOUR decision where you want to go. That agent got...
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    Leaving for a new assignment

    Bluebolt replied to Bluebolt's topic in Travel

    That sounds good then. I think I will give it a try. I did an open bid for the local hotels in that area to see if any would be willing to give me a good deal but have not got any promising responses....
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    Leaving for a new assignment

    Bluebolt replied to Bluebolt's topic in Travel

    That's true Ned. The only reason I shy away from Craigslist is I'm not really used to living with people I've never met or know. It's probably the culture I was raised in that causes me to not be...
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    What's with all this Swing Shifts?

    Bluebolt posted a topic in Travel

    I've noticed an odd trend lately of positions insisting the RN be willing to rotate days and nights during the assignment. Surely they understand how taxing on your body this kind of schedule can be....