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  1. ACNP Preceptors?

    livingkennedy posted a topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    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...

  2. ACNP Preceptors?

    livingkennedy replied to livingkennedy's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    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

  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...

  4. Icu nursing just not for me

    livingkennedy replied to Wvurn15's topic in Critical Care

    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...

  5. 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...

  6. 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...

  7. 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...

  8. 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...

  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...

  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,...

  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

  12. 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...

  13. 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...

  14. 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...

  15. 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

  16. Travel Nursing Pay in Houston, TX

    livingkennedy replied to dmstanl1's topic in Travel

    After looking further, I suppose that possibly you're not including the housing stipend as hourly rate. Some include it and some don't. I tend to include it as my pay and will calculate it in to form...

  17. Travel Nursing Pay in Houston, TX

    livingkennedy replied to dmstanl1's topic in Travel

    Math is not my strong suit, so I may be missing something. What hours do they have you working, 36? When I do a quick number crunch at 36 hours, you're making more than the numbers you gave. I get you...

  18. Travel Nursing Pay in Houston, TX

    livingkennedy replied to dmstanl1's topic in Travel

    Many agencies will do around 20 per hour with 245 weekly per diem and a 2500ish housing stipend. With tax savings this is probably a little over $40 per

  19. Travel nursing without the agency?

    livingkennedy posted a topic in Travel

    I often see a lot of job postings by travel agencies for specific hospitals. Has anyone had any success in directly contacting the hospital that the travel agency is trying to recruit for and then...

  20. Getting jobs as an IC

    livingkennedy posted a topic in Travel

    I'm curious how ICs go about finding assignments. Do you have a formed letter that you send to the HR department of various hospitals? If so, what do you usually include on there? Keep it short and...

  21. Getting jobs as an IC

    livingkennedy replied to livingkennedy's topic in Travel

    I'm curious how ICs go about finding assignments. Do you have a formed letter that you send to the HR department of various hospitals? If so, what do you usually include on there? Keep it short and...

  22. ICU visiting hours

    livingkennedy posted a topic in General Nursing

    I'm curious about visiting hours in the ICU's of other hospitals - if yours have them, what they are, and how they are enforced. I work in a particular part of the country where we have to have very...

  23. ICU POD system

    livingkennedy posted a topic in General Nursing

    I'm currently an ICU nurse and I've been considering moving to a larger city. I've been told that many of the ICU's in larger cities are set up in a POD system. I've never seen one of these setups and...