Pay for traditional travel nurses is similar to that of permanent nurses. Rapid response travel nurses may make more, but only about 20-30 percent more than a traditional traveler. Strike-break nurses can bring in pay at or above $75 per hour. One benefit for travel nurses that is real is the housing. Travel nurses often talk about their great housing benefits.
Myasthenia Gravis and Social Security Disability Insurance. Here is an explanation of Social Security's five-step process to determine if a patient with myasthenia gravis qualifies for SSDI: Determine if an individual is working (engaging in substantial gainful activity) according to the SSA definition.
We report a case of a 42-year-old Caucasian woman with antiphospholipid syndrome, in whom myasthenia gravis developed years later. She tested negative for both antibodies against the acetylcholine receptor and against muscle-specific receptor tyrosine-kinase, but had typical decremental responses at the repetitive nerve stimulation testing, so that a generalized myasthenia gravis was diagnosed.