Becoming Independent Nurse Contractor

Hi,

I am also interested in becoming and independent R.N. contractor. I am looking for a good "How to get started" program. Several are advertised, but I was thinking that one of you may know of one you would recommend.

Thanks,
gjg

Does anyone have any information on how to become one of these nurses that travels to specific places to inservice staff on new equipment such as blood tubes/needles/glucometers etc..

I am like all of you - wanting to have some control over my schedule AND earn more money! Let's just share thoughts and ideas we glean as we read, surf the net, etc. Too many of these posts are "does anyone have any ideas how to......" with no answers, every one asking for help and no one giving any. Let's put our collective heads together and figure this out ourselves!

I ordered a downloadable package from the Miracles and it was OK. I wrote and asked them some questions and got some replies within just two or three days. But I felt like I wasn't getting the IMPORTANT question answered which is "What do I charge"!!

Personally, I am interested in being an independent contractor for one or two facilities acting just like a staff nurse or agency nurse. I worked for alkmost 5 years with a major hospital and just the last three months have worked for an agency. I LOVE the freedom the agency offers - I set my own schedule!! I can haave weekends with my family and holidays off if I want! I no longer work graveyard! My salary is the same. l Where I work is MUCh more pleasant and enjoyable.

The downside? I get cancelled for several shifts a month and I need the income that 40 hours a week give (at my current salary rate). I have no health insurance and can't afford it when the salary is no different from what I got at a hospital. and THE biggie - I get paid my $25 hour but the agency gets........??? $35? $45? $65? an hour?

I want to form my own mini-agency of one and just under cut the staffing agencies amd what they charge the local facilities. Of course, the million dollar question is "what do they charge" Any ex-staff agency peiple out there?

I have spent hours cruising the net and found a few sites that gave me an idea of charges. One gave ranges by geographic areas and, roughly speaking, the bill rate in 2005 was $50-65 hour for bedside nurses. Travel nursing was a lot more. http://media.monster.com/a/i/intelli...assessment.pdf

TO be an independent contractor you need to determine:

1) your focus. One person agency? Legal consultnat? Asetheician? etc
2) Get an IRS FIN#
3) Go to your local governments and do whatever you need re:business permits and licenses
4) Open an seperate checking account and credit card for your business
5) Decide on a business name and check the web for your own URL/domaine nameSeparate credit card
6) NSO for malpractice insurance
7) Market research - go to HR at local facilities and TALK to them about temp- staffing or talk to other legal consultants etc
8) Get a contract drafted and check it with an attorney www.legalzoom.com
9) Design your letterhead, business caqrds and business flyer
10) NETWORK. Look up networking groups on the internet and attend the meetings.
11) Call on the accounts you wants. Caqll. Set up the appointment and sell your self!

Now, This is some Ideas I have written down the past few weeks as I organized my thoughts and goals.l I woulkd kkoive feedback and suggestions and I hope we can allk benefit from this.l

Go to the web site of National Association of Independent Nurses
www.independentrn.com.
Join. I have requested the information pack they offer and will most likely join. members have a discussion forum and I think that will be invaluable..

Good Luck All!!

If your going to borrow money to start your business, you will need a professionally written business plan.

Hello Everyone !

I am very interested in becoming independent as an Interim Nurse Director. Does anyone have any idea what the large employment companies bill the hospitals for Interim Nurses ?
I know the hospital pays all travel, all housing, rental car, but I need to know what the bill rate is .
A couple of years ago, I was paid $ 8000.00 per month by the agency, but I need to know what they were billing the hospital.

Any help would be appreciated.
Thanks,
Ellen

I plan on doing the same thing and becoming an independent contractor. Right now I'm doing an LPN-RN bridge so I don't have much time to get it going. One agency I worked for was pulling an assignment up on the computer and I saw what they billed the facility. $360 for an 8 hour shift. I am an LPN and I was to be paid $21/hr for this assignment so $168 for the shift.

I know many contractors in different fields that get paid 25-40% of what their bill rate is. I don't know if that is true in nursing but from the above numbers it looks like it.

My plan right now is to bid myself out to several facilities at about 1.75- 1.85 times what I would be paid as an agency nurse. This will put my bid below what the agencies charge so hopefully I will get called first

Remember, it is easier to charge less later if you have to, than kick your self and not be able to charge more!

I am also interested in the Independent nurse contractor, I had ordered the package from mericle, but I still have no clue as to how I get started

Hi yamiarn,
I was curious to know how you are doing in your quest to become an Independent RN? I had never heard of this until I was searching allnurses.
Leslie,RN

The message above that the "Growth Assessment Report" was linked from 2005 where did you get it and how can I get a more recent one.