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I am a floor nurse with BSN and looking to apply for msn program, which will starts accepting application in October 1st. I wonder how you guys would ask doctors for letters of recommendation? The one I need would be three pages of fill-in-the-blank kind of letter of recommendation. I figure it might at least takes 30 mins to work on it. Doctors can either write or type. They are some doctors I am in good terms with, but I dont know how to approach them because they always look so busy. My plan is to prepare self stamped envelope with my own address. Inside will have the hard copy of letter of recommendation if they choose to write or a USB flash with electronic copy of letter of recommendation if they choose to type. In this way, doctors can take it home and send it back to me later. Does this plan sounds reasonable? Is there anything I should look out for? also, anyone has the experience of doctors turning your request down? lastly, how do you thank the doctors who write the letter of recommendation for you? Will Sending thank you note sound odd if we see each other every week? Plus I might not even know their address. Do you guys send a little gift or anything?

I am working HH mostly a day a week. However, the office keep calling and asking if I can work extra. Sometimes I said no, sometimes I said yes

Hello, everyone. I am a BSN, currrently working in a SNF and have a Home Health job on the side to help out the bills. Apparently I am with a staffing agency but only taking patients from this specific Home Health. I was told that I was going to be paid $100 flat for admission, recertification and resumption and $40 flat for regular visit. I have to pay my own tax and everything. No mileage compensation at all. I said Okay because I don't do regular visits anyway. What I found out is they paid me $40 for discharge while I thought it is going to be $100. I agree discharge has less paperwork to fill out but it is way more than regular visit. It is fair that they pay me only $40 for discharge? Is it okay for me to say NO to them when they ask me to do discharges?