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  1. want to start my own travel agency

    I have to ask, suzanne4, do you represent an agency? If not, why discourage independent contractors so persistently? Just wondering - I think it's important that answers are genuine, and it's difficult to know in an anonymous forum. I was really seek...
  2. Getting Going in Pvt Dty Nursing!

    Thanks for your response, Arwen. I have to say, though, that I haven't had any more difficulty with "boundaries" working as a contractor as opposed to an agency. In fact, we (the nursing team) found agencies at times a DETRIMENT in our effort to crea...
  3. Getting Going in Pvt Dty Nursing!

    As far as insurance, that should be set up during the discharge process from the hospital as far as I know. The parents of children who qualify are sent home fully trained in all aspects of their care, etc. Often they will start with an agency becaus...
  4. Getting Going in Pvt Dty Nursing!

    I'm surprised to find such pro-agency rhetoric here. I hope OldMare has done what she had planned and is happily caring for a private duty client as we speak. As far as "equipment," the client has their own! It would be unsanitary and inappropriate t...
  5. Is Being Loyal Worth It?

    No, loyalty is NOT worth it. Just like they'd can you the minute they could get an international nurse for less, nurses should can their employers as soon as they can get more elsewhere. As it is, NO nurse is making what they're worth in this country...
  6. Loved my first week as a private duty nurse!

    This sounds like advertising to me.
  7. As far as hiring a lawyer to fight age discrimination, not necessary. If you're answering ads and have an unencumbered RN license and keep getting turned down, and feel it's ageism, by all means contact your local government EEOC. There is NO cost in...