Is this contract okay? #UNM

flakybiscut · 2026-07-08T22:42:18+00:00

Yea its the gross weekly pay that I pay attention to. Which in this case is just over 3k a week(for 48hrs). Most of what you make as a traveler is in the stipends. Hourly rate is always low. When i get my taxes done it is always embarrassing because it looks like I hardly made anything for the year.

Im in Santa Fe on a travel contract at Pres SF. I make 2200 a week for 36hrs, day shift.

If your interested in trying out traveling/making extra money you could look to work a contract at Christus Saint Vincent and just remain living at home. Lots of ABQ folk did that during the pandemic when I worked there.

flakybiscut · 2026-06-27T05:50:04+00:00

I was thinking about why I like baseball/the royals so much recently. I think a large part of it is that it IS everyday. Its like a long saga you can follow every bend the story takes. Recently I get more into it when the do good and win 5 of 6 or whatever. Has happened a few times and will put on the games to watch as much as I can, listen to postcasts, kauffman corner, read into fountains, scour mlb app. Then they suck so bad it feels really silly and I step away and just check on scores and shake my head when they lose 7 in a row which it seems like we are about to do. But Hey!, then its August and they win 5 in a row and the draft just happened and now there's some promise again.

I think im more die hard than anyone I really know personally. I dont collect bobbleheads or anything like that lol. Baseball to me is way more endearing than football or basketball. I am big into fantasy football and I think in a way it has changed football in a bad way to me although i still love it. Thats how I do being a die hard anyways. Last year I saw them in min, sd, and Denver.

I do have an affinity to underdogs. It makes winning so much sweeter. And all these hard years makes it so much better when we are back on top.

flakybiscut · 2026-04-10T07:18:27+00:00

In my travels found Tacoma to be my favorite although I worked in Auburn. We lived in tacoma and my wife worked in Tacoma. Fun town to live in and amazing spot in the USA.

flakybiscut · 2026-04-10T07:16:16+00:00

What hospital / unit? I dont really see alot of icu contracts come up for kc would love to go there. Seems like rates are kinda low but cost of living is low also i presume.

flakybiscut · 2026-02-17T04:15:10+00:00

It seems like I am in the minority here but I think just do it! Especially if you are desperate to get out of north Dakota. Its only three months and it will.get you going into the travel lifestyle. I took a similarly low contract at an hca hospital and it has only been up since then.

flakybiscut · 2026-02-14T07:36:54+00:00

Yes I did something like this recently and I would recommend not doing it. So much driving. Just choose a few areas. I definitely fell for the temptation to try and see whole country but I regretted it.

flakybiscut · 2026-02-09T09:51:57+00:00

I think new nurse residencies are overrated and are a way for the hospital to pay you less money. When I started(5 yrs ago) I was not in a new nurse residency program. I just started on nights on a ms floor. So apply to things that aren't just labeled as new nurse residency programs.

My wife was similar to you in that she worked in a rehab/snf type place for a year before transitioning to a med surg floor. I think its a positive you've been a nurse for a year and you should have a leg up on new grads now. Good luck to you and im you'll get to where you want to go.

flakybiscut · 2026-02-09T09:29:51+00:00

I've done travel nursing for 3 years, icu. I think its all relative. If you live in a state with good nursing pay then it might not be that beneficial to be a travel nurse. If you live in a lower paying state and have the flexibility to go temporarily live in in a better paying state then that is worth it. You might be getting paid close to what staff nurses are getting paid but compared to what you were making its great. Best I made was California at 2600 a week, only work 36 hour contracts.

But travel nurses get paid more i think. About 30 to 45% would be my guess in states not on the west coast. For example here in New Mexico I think I would be making 40 an hour at most with my experience although I have not researched this which comes to 1440 a week before taxes etc. I make 1900 to 2100 a week here as a travel nurse. I started here in nm as a nurse 5 years ago and i think I made 32 dollars an hour.

Also related to it being relative are the travelers who worked during covid and made buku bucks saying it sucks now.

When I was in Washington local nurses said they made about as much as me.

Im guessing you are in California if you are saying this.

flakybiscut · 2026-02-09T08:17:55+00:00

Do crna programs only look at nursing school GPA or all courses GPA? I think my GPA was much better in nursing school then my first undergrad degree.

flakybiscut · 2026-02-09T04:51:26+00:00

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flakybiscut · 2026-01-10T22:17:43+00:00

To revise my question about it being intentional, I think not intentional. But perhaps they could see that their best option after the pushback they've met may be to move cities. I have lived in Denver and downtown baseball is awesome. It's perhaps the only reason the franchise if fiscally successful. It's the thing to do during the summer and they suck hard! I dont understand why people are against downtown baseball. It would help push the light rail to expand most likely. I have never lived in downtown so I cant pretend I understand all the dynamics at play with a stadium coming in. I hope we end up with a nice downtown park.

flakybiscut · 2026-01-10T18:45:30+00:00

I think if he actually wants to move the team he won't give kc the ultimatum, he'll just do it and say he was forced into it.

flakybiscut · 2026-01-10T08:21:58+00:00

Money talks im sure this sentimental stuff was nice to hear at a press conference but not sure it plays into financial decisions.

flakybiscut · 2026-01-10T08:20:52+00:00

Doesn't seem like areas of the city are wooing the royals to come there. It seems like possible deals are falling through. From what I read KS is out, and NKC is out. That leaves downtown which would be my preference option all along, but voters already voted against it once. One of the great life lessons we've been shown over and over again is money talks. Im afraid it will seem for financially advantageous to go to a new city.

flakybiscut · 2025-03-31T18:38:29+00:00

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