I am an ICU nurse with about 5 yrs of experience. I am currently talking to travel agencies and am not very impressed. I have not been able to find a job in the cities I have been looking for, they are all about 25 miles away or so. And the pay packages I am not impressed with as well. I currently make $42/hr and having trouble seeing how I am even going to break even on packages. All there packages are about 1400 or less a week and I make more than that now. Is travel nursing not what it use to be? Can people who actually travel tell me if they have a hard time finding jobs they want in places they want at a decent pay to go? I am a nurse in Texas. This is a breakdown of a hospital job in North Carolina and it is almost exactly the same for one in Maryland right outside Washington D.C.:
Unit- ICU
Pay Package
• Breakdown- $20hr
• Housing- Provided or $565 weekly stipend
• Food- $250wk
• Mileage- $600 total ($300 to assignment and $300 after completion of assignment
• OT/Callback- $50hr
• Call- $3hr
Position Specifics
• Shift/Hours- 12hr Days
• Floating Requirements- Discuss in interview
• Assignment Dates- 7/31/17 – 10/28/17
• Pre-Arranged Days Off- None
• Other (Scrubs, charting, call expectations)- NA
Paperwork Qualification
Is this normal? And how much do you actually bring home weekly? Do you get to work your full amount of hours and is it easy to pick up overtime. Worried if I go, I will not be making the money I am accustomed to. Also how is the housing? Is it hard to find your own furnished place that is private and not shared so you can take home more of the stipend? Sorry for all the questions, but I just want all the information i can gather to make the best decision for my self if I should go or just stay at current job? I appreciate any and all feedback.
There is nothing wrong with the way I feel. It doesn't bother me, though it does appear as though it bothers you.
I can understand how someone who is accustomed to being praised for giving sound advice might overstep his bounds and give advice where it is neither warranted nor effective, but that's none of my business.
There is nothing wrong with the way I feel. It doesn't bother me, though it does appear as though it bothers you.
I can understand how someone who is accustomed to being praised for giving sound advice might overstep his bounds and give advice where it is neither warranted nor effective, but that's none of my business.
Wow, just wow! I was totally wrong, self examination would be futile.
Wow, just wow! I was totally wrong, self examination would be futile.
If directed and/or informed by you, then yes...you would be correct. Your overestimation of your own opinion explains why that fact is not common sense to you.
Since I'm fairly certain that your suggestion of introspection is more intended to be insulting than altruistic, if I knew you personally, I might consider self-reflecting for the sole purpose of sparing your ego, but I'm sorry...we just aren't that close.
Argo
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You're on an internet forum. Time to get over that feeling....