livingkennedy

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1. ACNP Preceptors?

   livingkennedy replied to livingkennedy's topic in NP Students

   I have joined the AANP and and LANP for my state and thus far it has helped by giving me a lot of contacts, but it has not helped that none of those contacts are responding.

2. ACNP Preceptors?

   livingkennedy posted a topic in NP Students

   So my school requires us to find our own preceptors, which I didn't think would be too much of an issue until I found out that they require the majority of them to be ACNPs, as I'm in the AG-ACNP track. I had plenty of MDs lined up and willing to pre...

3. Any hospitals that don't use vendor management?

   livingkennedy posted a topic in Travel

   I have started an agency and have been looking to get assignments but it seems that every single hospital uses VMS/MSP for supplemental staffing. Not only do they use it, but they require it. I have talked to about 20 different hospitals and they don...

4. Icu nursing just not for me

   livingkennedy replied to Wvurn15's topic in Critical

   While it may not make you like your job any more, perhaps it will reduce stress: Much of what you might be scared about in the ICU is taken care of by fundamental things. 9 out of 10 problems a patient encounters in the ICU can be dealt with by fluid...

5. Insurance for IC

   livingkennedy replied to livingkennedy's topic in Travel

   How much do you pay for your general liability if you don't mind me asking? I am getting some crazy quotes from companies in the 3k range just for general liability + worker's comp (which I haven't yet figured out a way to get out of the worker's com...

6. Insurance for IC

   livingkennedy posted a topic in Travel

   I got a quote for professional as well as business insurance through NSO which includes the general liability required by a lot of hospitals. I read that back in 2004 it was around 265 per year. I am getting quotes for over $900 now. What do any of y...

7. Payroll as IC

   livingkennedy replied to livingkennedy's topic in Travel

   Thanks Ned. I didn't know if there were ways to get the money forwarded to the payroll service. Kinda like direct depositing from business to payroll service. On a somewhat different but related note: When you invoice a hospital - how often do you d...

8. Payroll as IC

   livingkennedy posted a topic in Travel

   I have been looking into the payroll process, and it seems most ICs use a payroll service. I can't for the life of me find out how that works - the payroll websites give generic information. What I want to know is: Do you get a check directly from th...

9. Most intense ICU you've travel to?

   livingkennedy replied to J&B-RN's topic in Travel

   I have experienced a bit of both. After years of experience even the sickest don't bring as much joy or intensity. I do like those patients more, but often I feel like what those hospitals do to some of those people is just not even humane and a huge...

10. What does HR require from agencies regarding their nurses?

    livingkennedy posted a topic in Travel

    This is a question for you IC nurses (Ned!): What items do you have to provide as your agency to HR? I have read I need drug screen, ACLS, BLS, PALS, background check?? Immunizations, TB test, physical...but then I have seen your FAQ and it mentions...

11. USC KECK TRAVEL

    livingkennedy replied to Every1luvsMarie's topic in Travel

    Wolf where do you get these quotes? Every time I google some of the text you send, I get a dead link.

12. Protecting yourself from cancelled contracts

    livingkennedy posted a topic in Travel

    This is mainly for my research into IC nursing. Let's say you form a contract with a hospital - you move there, sign a short term lease on an apartment, work zero shifts or only a few and then they cancel the contract - how do you protect yourself f...

13. Travel agency billing for OT

    livingkennedy replied to livingkennedy's topic in Travel

    Damn, I typed this huge thing out and submitted and it never actually submitted. Here goes again: Basically the reason I am asking is that I want to be an IC for my own agency once I get my hands on some decent contracts. I wanted to get a little mor...

14. Travel agency billing for OT

    livingkennedy replied to livingkennedy's topic in Travel

    PS if you've seen a hundred agency to hospital contracts, can you send me like 5% of those? OKAY THANKS! (the ones I have are nearly 20 years old if not older, and not complete).

15. Travel agency billing for OT

    livingkennedy posted a topic in Travel

    I was told by some people that if a travel agency supplies a nurse for more than full time hours in a week, the hospital has to pay the agency at 1.5x bill rate. Is this true? I would think they could charge the hospital a flat bill rate no matter ho...