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I believe I am the first Registered Nurse in southern California to become an Independent Nurse Provider (INP) with Medi-Cal. There are many other independent nurses out there (check out independentrn.com) but I should like to make contact with any o...

Just FYI, many of the larger international health and welfare agencies that operate in developing countries ('third world' is no longer PC) do not accept gifts of out of date medications. However, smaller clinics and individuals may accept expired OT...

You might want to check out the states in which you want to practice - also if you want to work in education. Some Boards of Registered Nursing e.g. California, can be very sticky about MS versus MSN. I know this to my cost - took me five years and d...

California State University at Dominguez Hills has been offering Master's degrees by distance learning techniques for many years. I spent five years part time getting mine and the cost was only $6,000 total. They now do a Master's in Nursing online ...

I've been maintaining a home care PICC for two years, two ports in a 25 lb child. We flush pre and post with 3-5 cc NS. Daily 3cc of 100u/ml heparin to each port. This protocol came from the (BMT transplant) unit in the mid-west that first placed th...

In the UK a midwife visits the newly discharged mother and baby for up to ten days - even making two visits a day if s/he feels it is warranted. Usually when the infant is 10-12 days old (but up to one month old if the midwife feels she needs to stay...

Renerian: I'm sorry the professionals you talk with have had difficulty finding work in Ohio. Perhaps they are simply nursing professionals and lack the skills and knowledge to successfully become independent. Indie nursing takes marketing and moxie ...

Rachel: In many states, the Medicaid program uses the term "independent nurse provider" (INP) to designate a nurse who is self-employed. I am an INP for Medi-Cal in CA. INP means that I provide nursing care independent of employee status with a heal...

Have you considered being an independent RN? There are many, many ways to achieve this. Most of what we dislike about bedside nursing is not actually the nursing care, but the politics, people, budget issues, schedulers, managers, etc etc. I fought b...

Have you considered being an independent RN? There are many, many ways to achieve this. Most of what we dislike about bedside nursing is not actually the nursing care, but the politics, people, budget issues, schedulers, managers, etc etc. I fought b...

Nursebailey: Please do not give up - the nursing world is so very much in need of independent nurses. This cycle will change and you will be back in business again. Read the reply you have already had carefully - it was full of great ideas. Get a ba...

Nursebailey: Please do not give up - the nursing world is so very much in need of independent nurses. This cycle will change and you will be back in business again. Read the reply you have already had carefully - it was full of great ideas. Get a ba...

A long shot, but depends on how desperate you might be to try anything. In San Diego several hospitals were so concerned about the nursing shortage that they grouped together and came up with enough to fund more nursing educator positions (I suspect...

I always sew in an extra pocket with zip top to stop everything falling out during the (occasional!) bathroom break.

As someone else has posted, the answer to your question depends on the school you are in. If the RN program follows a certain pattern, there may be a point at which you have completed the equivalent of the LVN training, but the school has to be will...

It's part of the description of being a professional - we teach and train our own.

Just to offer a little comparison - airline steward 'bid' for their shifts a month in advance - not in $ terms, but in terms of what routes and class of passenger they prefer to work. If the hospital starts the bidding at about what an agency nurse ...

About a year ago I was head hunted for a senior position with a company that shall remain unnamed, active in the business of procuring RNs from other countries to work in the USA. I didn't feel comfortable with the company's work base at that time a...

I feel the need to add some balance in support of those poor folks with anal fissures, hemorrhoids, s/p rectal surgery which left them with mishapen ani, diarrhea etc who are not able to clean themselves appropriately after defecation. I thought that...

I was working nights in the ER in the mid-1970s. Respectable looking man came in as a return visit. He had been seen earlier in the day - the previous visit card just said 'maggots!' and sent home without apparent care or treatment, just told to retu...

Sounds to me as if all of you above posters are ready for independent contracting.

If you can get hold of a current copy of NurseWeek (dated April 7th, 2003) there is an article on just the sort of questions you are asking. It's called "Coming to America" by Heather World on page 26. The only web link posted is http://www.H_world@y...

You should contact the Board of Registered Nursing in the state in which you wish to become a Registered Nurse. States vary in practice, but most do not now require CGFNS. In most states, you will probably be asked to submit a formal application for...

Has your agency overlooked that psyche RN visits are appropriate here to support the patient (and, indirectly, the staff) with a difficult situation?

Didn't take the test - I've always had a problem with Maslow's hierarchy because . . . if you put 500 people on an unknown island and watched responses I truly believe that some would be searching for water, getting food, building shelters, exploring...