Independent LPN license

NurseCubanitaRN2b, BSN, RN · Aug 23, 2009

Is she wanting you to do home care? I'm unsure how that goes honestly, I would contact an attorney to see what they say. If you're going to do private duty, I thought you would have to work for some sort of agency at a minimum, but I could be wrong.

treeloc · Aug 24, 2009

Hello there,

I'm in the California area and only can speak about here. I do home health with fagile children, though, alot of quadraplegics require this particular kind of care. They are able to take care of their own business so they choose this route.

Here in california, you are required to have a NPI # which stands for national provider ID. You are also required by law to get your own insurance. You then fill out a THICK packet of application papers that is sent to you by the Dept. of Health Care Service...Long Term Care division. The process is a bit long and you have to have a certain amount of hours of working the kind of case you are applying to. The good part is, no one is looking over your shoulder and the pay here in Calif is about $26. as opposed to working through an agency which pays a little more than half of that. You also pick the hours you are willing to work. You do have a RN supervisor if you run into any problems. You are also are more involved with outside agencies ie. OT, PT, DMEs etc. I'm actually going through the process now. I have 2 more mos. before I have the required amt. of hours to go independent. I have talked to a couple of nurses who do this and they like it very much since you are in charge of everything you do ie. you don't turn in your paperwork, you don't get payed, so if anything goes wrong you only have yourself to blame.

Hope this helps.

T.a.