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The solution to that is for nurses to become inpendant contractors (NSO insurance $99- business license, ?$25- 30), get your own clients- charge a little less than the agency charges, and you will still make a bundle.
Most agencies that I have had the displeasure to have contact with are legalized pimps.
JMHO and my NY $0.02.
Lindarn, RN, BSN, CCRN
Somewhere in the PACNW
just remember that if you go independent you are responsible for all your taxes and keeping up with all the paperwork. a lot of hospitals wont deal with you because they have no idea who you are. there are good and bad to all things. i have done both. yeah it really feels like we are getting raped out here with pay and the companies are really raking it in now. i really dont want to work full time with a hospital so i put up with it. i am moving to Maine and hoping to find enough work out there to keep me very busy.
anyone work in maine out there?
AC439
94 Posts
I apologize if this has discussed before but I don't see a thread recently regarding this subject.
I wonder if the agency pay rate has dropped in response to the bad economy. I have friends that did agency before and referred me to their favorate agencies. They told me how much they were making. But when I called their recommended agencies, I was quote a much lower rate. I'm wondering if you guys see the agency pay dropped across the board, or it is just me not knowing the hiring manager in person within the agency?
Can anybody shed some lights ? (I'm in the central florida area)
-AC