$200,000 to travel to Iraq

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I ran inot a travel nurse who claims she is getting calls from travel nurse agencies to go to Iraq for one year and they will pay her $200000. Are any of you doing this or know anyone who is??

Thanks

I am ex-Infantry with combat experience and would like to find an assignment in Iraq or Afghanistan, I cannot find a link that is not hot linked to bogus sites or sires that want a fee, who is actively hiring and sending nurses to these locations?

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Specializes in ICU/CCU/ER/CVICU.

Try Halliburton first, then Blackwater. If you are BSN, you should try the Department of State for an embassy assignment. DOD has occasional contracts in some VERY remote places as well as some civilian contracts for bases in the ME. They don't pay like they used to but it's still good money when you consider the tax advantages. I'm actually considering an offered contract right now thru DOD for the Pacific islands (Marianas). It will only pay about 85K a year but travel, food and housing are taken care of in the contract. Might be good to lay on a beach for awhile. Being ex-military, you might try joining the VFW post in Washington called 'China in exile". It's used as kind of a clearing house for military type positions (NOT as a mercenary hiring joint) such as bodyguards and medical personnel.

Good luck. Look at every opportunity (and behind every door)

You also can try civiliancontractorjobs.com

The Wolf

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Thanks Wolf, Haliburton as well as Xe (formerly BW) are hiring Nurse Pracs and PA's as well as EMT-P, did not see any openings for "plain" RN's. I am BSN prepared and will check with the Dept. of State.

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Try Halliburton first, then Blackwater. If you are BSN, you should try the Department of State for an embassy assignment. DOD has occasional contracts in some VERY remote places as well as some civilian contracts for bases in the ME. They don't pay like they used to but it's still good money when you consider the tax advantages. I'm actually considering an offered contract right now thru DOD for the Pacific islands (Marianas). It will only pay about 85K a year but travel, food and housing are taken care of in the contract. Might be good to lay on a beach for awhile. Being ex-military, you might try joining the VFW post in Washington called 'China in exile". It's used as kind of a clearing house for military type positions (NOT as a mercenary hiring joint) such as bodyguards and medical personnel.

Good luck. Look at every opportunity (and behind every door)

You also can try civiliancontractorjobs.com

The Wolf

Wolf, please check your pms!

thanks!

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Greywolf (and others),

I've been reading your allnurses posts and you seem like a wealth of excellent traveling knowledge with all of your experience! I was wondering if I could pick you brain on a couple traveling/staff gigs, ask a couple of questions.

I am an ICU nurse (4 years exp) that has been traveling the last 1.5 years.

1. Can you recommend some good agencies with good pay/assignments or agencies you have used?? I currently travel with cross country since the start.

2. Recommendations on how to negotiate higher stipends or wage?

3. Do you take the high wage/high stipend contracts? Any advice on where to go or how you did it?

4. Recommendations for areas to go to earn high wages, work lots of overtime?. Looks like experience ICU staff nurses in the bay area make well above $50 an hour but I've heard its crazy impossible to get a job there now.

Thanks a million for any response and your time!

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For all of you that say its to good to be true, it more than likely isn't. I got offered a job 4 years ago to check out tools for 80k/yr. I got in a motorcycle wreck before I could take the job.

Hazard pay in the private sector is a nice way for some quick money, but unless your ex-military or grew up in during gang warfare you'll come back with some PTSD. Again...the money is nice, yet again...your working in a private sector war zone

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Are you able to get travel nursing positions with an associates degree and the required experience or do they require a bachelor's degree.:D

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Is it tax exempt?

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Is it tax exempt?

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It is an it isn't. You get hit when you come back

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Very interesting. Definitely not the job for me. I will probably stick to traveling in the US.

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