8-ball

8-ball BSN

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  1. Travel nurse licensing tips

    8-ball replied to Wolf at the Door's topic in Travel

    Currently have a compact through TN (my home

  2. Travel nurse licensing tips

    8-ball replied to Wolf at the Door's topic in Travel

    This is good advice, as I am looking at CA and WA, I read this as I should apply for both at the same time...maybe I should just knock out all the upper northwest at the same time and throw in OR as...

  3. Advice on traveling

    8-ball replied to Toadd35's topic in Travel

    not really, I started out traveling on days, I say if you do days now then travel as days if you are nights then do nights. Stick with what you do best. With that being said I am ICU and I have found...

  4. Bare Bones Travel Company?

    8-ball replied to peterskeeter's topic in Travel

    I'm not sure why you would want that? Tax free stipends help your overall pay unless you are looking into retiring or getting a loan sometime soon and need to show higher pay rates. I get the lack of...

  5. Going to a Neuro ICU

    8-ball replied to FDE123's topic in Critical Care

    I work neuro ICU, you can start by getting your NIHSS or just watch the youtube video on how to do this assessment which will teach you the basics of how we assess, your hospital should pay for the...

  6. What are nurse/patient ratios in Nashville hospital ICU's

    8-ball replied to Callmeflo84's topic in Critical Care

    Actually that never ended up happening. I think at some point it was planned but never actually became reality. To answer your question no the charge never takes patients in my ICU and the ratio is...

  7. What do you guys think about these locations?

    8-ball replied to ahoppen's topic in Travel

    When I get a list like that from my recruiters I get either gross pay as well or combined rate. So in your case : Denver $1650/wk or $33/hr combined rate CO Springs $1700/wk $34/hr combined rate ETC....

  8. Denied PTO for my marriage

    8-ball replied to ryuunohime's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    This is the best option I have seen so far. If it were my wedding and they would not work with me and that was the only time I could do it then I say screw them. I quit my last job for similar...

  9. What are nurse/patient ratios in Nashville hospital ICU's

    8-ball replied to Callmeflo84's topic in Critical Care

    at Vanderbilt I can tell you ours are 2:1 or 1:1. We also have a charge and a help all nurse that do not take patients. This is true for both day and night

  10. RV traveling

    8-ball posted a topic in Travel

    Just a quick update, my wife and I bought our RV finally. This will be how we do our travels for now on. I will say this its hard fitting your life into such a small space but once you do its soooo...

  11. RV traveling

    8-ball replied to 8-ball's topic in Travel

    Interesting I haven't had that experience yet, in fact the residents sort of watch everyone that comes into the park, although we are in a smaller RV park right now with lots of long term people....

  12. RN vs BSN for travel

    8-ball replied to Rdefib's topic in Travel

    As Ned said none of them require it. Some in NY tried that for a while but found out that they couldn't staff enough BSN's and finally caved. However having a BSN might help your chances in landing a...

  13. Trouble finding work

    8-ball replied to qcfynest1's topic in Travel

    Ned is correct once you are in an area for 1 year, that state now becomes your tax home regardless of any expenses you incur such as mortgage or rent back in

  14. Can you pay off your mortgage doing travel nursing?

    8-ball replied to Oddobox's topic in Travel

    I started out in travel that way. I have a house in Nashviile and I started by traveling to Louisville about 2.5 hours drive. I stayed with friends that I rented a room from. Thats the best way so...

  15. Trouble finding work

    8-ball replied to qcfynest1's topic in Travel

    If I were you I would venture out from your location and I would look with more than one company as well. check out the FB groups that have postings for travel jobs generally when I am looking for...

  16. New to travel nursing

    8-ball replied to batnurse2015's topic in Travel

    Can we just make Neds response a sticky? This question gets asked about 2-3 times a

  17. Traveling Traveler: Flex Travel Assignments?

    8-ball replied to RNdelux's topic in Travel

    The one thing I would question (and get in your contract) is do you have to float to different facilites in the same shift? becasue that would really suck. You can always ask for more money they might...

  18. What to pack?

    8-ball replied to PICUBeachRN's topic in Travel

    It depends on if you are getting company housing or not and if not are you also renting furniture? My wife and I get our own housing and instead of renting furniture which can cost abou...

  19. selling my tax home

    8-ball posted a topic in Travel

    Ok so I am thinking about selling my tax home. Issues with mice, things breaking and people who said they would take care of things slacking in thier responsibilities. My brother in law said he would...

  20. selling my tax home

    8-ball replied to 8-ball's topic in Travel

    Thanks NED, I have a call out to my tax guy who has worked with travel nurses for over 15 years, but I may call TravelTax as well. I was lucky to find a good tax

  21. IV in artery

    8-ball replied to ICURN9414's topic in Critical Care

    I have seen itdone for sure. It actually turned out ok, the docs just found a way to make it an A-Line. Doesnt last as long that way but it worked for a quick OR

  22. Requesting Roommates/Travel Buddies

    8-ball replied to dianah's topic in Travel

    bumping this up in hopes to get a response from the Admin. I will report my post as well if that

  23. Requesting Roommates/Travel Buddies

    8-ball replied to dianah's topic in Travel

    I agree with Ned here. The FB groups are already pretty active but I like the allnurses forum for other reasons. Why not allow posting for travel buddies its help build relationships and its really...

  24. sketchy contract?

    8-ball replied to obrn99's topic in Travel

    I had this problem before but only with cross country, is your recruiter named ****? I always ask them to break it down for me even in the verbal and I always give my verbal agrement with the words...

  25. Overtime pay

    8-ball replied to wayemika's topic in Travel

    I definitely negotiate my OT rate usually $50-65 hour (ICU) but I also ask in the interview the availability of OT, if there isn't much there is no need to negotiate for