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re: Travel Nursing-what’s the real opportunity?
Posted on 6/18/22 at 5:35 pm to lsufb1912
Posted on 6/18/22 at 5:35 pm to lsufb1912
The one bad thing about some travel nurse gigs is that they get stuck with the crap shifts/duties...because they aren't employees that they care about keeping. If you can deal with that while counting your money, then it makes sense.
My wife has a friend that did it in southern TX near the border and it was all migrant health care in auxiliary clinics and night shifts. She got out of that contract after about 3 weeks and went elsewhere.
My wife has a friend that did it in southern TX near the border and it was all migrant health care in auxiliary clinics and night shifts. She got out of that contract after about 3 weeks and went elsewhere.
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Posted on 6/18/22 at 5:41 pm to bradyjamesrules
This is our plan once the kids are gone in 3 years...can't wait. Wife is already a travel nurse, has been since covid...makes bank and her taxes are low.
Our only debate is housing...the pita and savings of an rv or short term leases.
Don't think about it, do it.
Our only debate is housing...the pita and savings of an rv or short term leases.
Don't think about it, do it.
Posted on 6/18/22 at 5:51 pm to Mingo Was His NameO
Lol have you ever been a 1099? The only difference is the employer doesn’t pay their half of the employment taxes.
They also have the ability to write off more things for taxes but I wouldn’t think a nurse could write off more than the standard deduction
They also have the ability to write off more things for taxes but I wouldn’t think a nurse could write off more than the standard deduction
Posted on 6/18/22 at 5:53 pm to TigerMan327
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Lol have you ever been a 1099? The only difference is the employer doesn’t pay their half of the employment taxes.
And you are required by law to provide your own health insurance. And you need to make estimated tax payments. And you have no tax withheld
But, yeah, Same thing.
Posted on 6/18/22 at 5:53 pm to Bonjourno
My sis in law did a contract for 3 months at 7k a week during height of COVId when hospitals got covid money. Now it’s back down a little. You get the worst shifts and the worst patients but your making the most money there. You can get on with a company that will give you benefits and handle your payroll and taxes and the hospital pay them not you
Posted on 6/18/22 at 6:00 pm to TigerMan327
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Lol have you ever been a 1099? The only difference is the employer doesn’t pay their half of the employment taxes. They also have the ability to write off more things for taxes but I wouldn’t think a nurse could write off more than the standard deduction
Despite his sometimes abrasive approach on things, starting a battle with Mingo over tax pros/cons isn’t going to end well for you. I’m not trying to be a dick, but so far he’s spot on and you are not.
Posted on 6/18/22 at 6:18 pm to bradyjamesrules
I spent 10 years as a travel nurse before becoming an NP. Traveled to 11 different states. Hawaii 3x. Hit the slopes in the winter then found a beach town in the summer. I had the time of my life. The money for a young single guy wasn’t bad either. Find the location you want to travel to, then start calling. You can often negotiate rates, housing, and rental car. Keep the upper hand. They need you more than you need them.
Posted on 6/18/22 at 6:22 pm to GRIZZ
They're doing their best to kill travel nursing. Hospitals hate paying people, most of all nurses. The COVID money is gone. Most contracts are crap right now. And don't believe it when people brag about their contracts. The devil is in the details.
Posted on 6/18/22 at 6:30 pm to EarlyCuyler3
I know a lady who was doing it. Traveling from the Huntsville AL area to work in metro Atlanta hospitals, mostly on the east side.
She could write off the mileage as a 1099. Not sure if she is still doing it, but she was a month ago.
She could write off the mileage as a 1099. Not sure if she is still doing it, but she was a month ago.
Posted on 6/18/22 at 6:50 pm to EarlyCuyler3
I’ve been out of the travel network for about 10 years now. Back when I travelled, we would jump at $40/hr contracts. I heard after Covid hit the hospitals were playing damn near $100/hr. I figured that wouldn’t last but I could still see travel nurses making close to $60/hr now.
Posted on 6/18/22 at 6:52 pm to GRIZZ
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I could still see travel nurses making close to $60/hr now.
That's what I thought they make, but there's multiple posters here saying they're making like $125
Posted on 6/18/22 at 7:01 pm to GRIZZ
Seems like most are topping out around 5k a week right now. That includes your hourly and your per diem. What people don't mention is the cost of you having to find your own lodging now. That comes out of the big number they like to flash you with. 2k a week net is good money still, but it's never what they tell you it is.
Posted on 6/18/22 at 7:02 pm to Mingo Was His NameO
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That's what I thought they make, but there's multiple posters here saying they're making like $125
They aren't. Or they aren't telling you the whole story.
Posted on 6/18/22 at 7:05 pm to EarlyCuyler3
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They aren't. Or they aren't telling you the whole story
Yeah, I know a girl that was doing it in Seattle, and she was getting like $100/hour, but that was 1099.
Still really good money, but netting $120k or so in Seattle is alot different than "making a $100/hour"
Posted on 6/18/22 at 7:11 pm to EarlyCuyler3
So back when I traveled the typical contract was $40/hr. 36/48 per pay period. 4 to 8 week renewable contracts. Housing and rental allowance per going rate in that city/state (or provided if you choose to have them set it up for you). I always negotiated for housing and rental car allowance. If they refused, I moved on to a company would. Like I said before, these contracts are almost always negotiable. You just have to play the game.
Posted on 6/18/22 at 7:21 pm to bradyjamesrules
The big contracts aren’t there right now. You can still find some $5,000 assignments, but the wording in the contracts give leverage to the hospitals. Some are canceling contracts a couple weeks in. Do your research. Also go on message boards. Some hospitals have bad reputations on patient ratios. If travel nurses aren’t extending on contracts that’s a red flag. Also looking housing prices. A contract in San Fran will pay well but to live there will be very expensive. I wouldn’t take a contract there if you payed me
Posted on 6/18/22 at 7:57 pm to lsuson
What do travel nurses do for health insurance? Individual policy out of their pocket? I’ve read that some places are offering benefits, but it seems odd to be on a health plan for several weeks, then it goes away and you have to arrange a new one.
Posted on 6/18/22 at 8:08 pm to Mingo Was His NameO
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$60k a year seems pretty shitty for travel nursing. That's what regular nurses are making in Shreveport.
Contract nurses in my area were pushing north of $100/ hour the last I checked. $60k isn’t worth it.
Posted on 6/18/22 at 8:27 pm to jdaute2
I will make a touch over 100k this year as staff if I keep up the pace. That's doing 48 a week though and nights. And incentive money. If they cut the incentive out, and they could at any time, that number drops. There's just so much bullshite in the air these days. And that's gross of course, no where near net. I plan on traveling again next year if the money is right, but like I said somewhere else, I'm learning python right now to try and leave this field behind. It might not work out but all I can do is try.
Posted on 6/18/22 at 8:43 pm to Obtuse1
quote:Anyone remember that aircraft carrier stationed off the harbor in New York that was supposed to take the Covid overflow patients?
Especially during the height of the COVID nurse staffing wars between hospitals, there were quite a few nurses making more per week than the hospitalists at the same hospital. It is still possible today. The difference is most travel nurses don't work 50 weeks a year on contract. They tend to work a contract and take a month or more off to travel or veg.
My niece took a nursing position on that carrier making +/-$9,000/week for 3 months + they covered housing and a meal stipend. She was able to pay off her graduate school loan in less than a month on that gig. The work was the easiest assignment she’s ever taken.
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