| To Start A Nursing Agency: Call The State Board of Nursing in your state, tell them you'd like to start a nursing agency. They'll refer you to the Regulating Body that can issue you a nursing agency license (Required). - If they do not cooperate (or say they don't know), then try calling as a nurse, who wants to file a complaint against a nursing agency and you want to know who to contact.
- You can also try calling your local department of health and asking who licenses nursing agencies.
Get the required Bonding and Insurance. For Instance, in New Jersey, they require a $10,000 Surety Bond and Workers Compensation Insurance to start. Liberty Mutual handles the Involuntary Market in NJ. Malpractice Insurance/Professional Liability Insurance is a must (we recommend that our nurses have individual policies as well). Health Professional Services Organization, http://www.hpso.com is reasonable, for one million/six million policy on our first 10 nurses, we pay $819 per year. Their # is 888-288-3534. Pay An Attorney to make and review the contracts you'll be using with the facilities you send nurses and nursing assistants to. Please note, it's much cheaper to have an attorney "review" a contract, than to have one made up from scratch. (Please note, you can purchase a copy of our contracts for $50 (Visa or Mastercard Accepted) or we'll trade for competency exams, insurance quotes, etc). To Purchase the contracts, click on the "Buy Now" logo and send $50 to Andrew Lopez, RN at info@nursefriendly.com. Once payment is received we will Mail, E-mail or Fax the contracts to you (please specify how you'd like them sent). Set up an office (either at home, or rent space if you've got the capital). - If you are set up as a sole proprietorship, be wary of claiming the "home office" deduction. It's a major red flag to the IRS and strict documentation rules apply.
- If you are set up as a corporation, contact us if you'd like a copy of the Lease Agreement Nursefriendly, Inc. uses to rent office space. Strict documentation rules apply with this option as well.
Prepare Job Applications, Reference Sheets, and the other paperwork you'll need your for nurses to fill out for you to be in compliance with your state's requirements. Please note, you can find 1/2 the forms you need by applying to a local nursing agency and asking them to send you a packet so you can fill out the forms at home. (I usually tell them I'm a stay at home father and need to pay a babysitter when I come in). Send out "Request for Proposals" to printing/forms companies to get price quotes for making up your business forms, time sheets, stationery, etc. Start advertising and wait for the calls, contracts to come in. Good sources are the Yellow Pages, Local Papers, Direct Mail. You can also simply mail/fax your contracts to the facilities after a phone call and let them review them. - Make up a list of the hospitals and nursing homes in your area (check in the local phone book, on the web, etc.) that you'll contact looking for business.
- A guerilla marketing tactic, is to go into other facilities through other agencies working as an agency nurse, and network with other nurses and their administration.
****************************************************** Nursingentrepreneurs.com is a networking and resource directory for Nurse-Owned businesses and nurses looking for an alternative to working at the bedside. If you explore the site a bit, you'll find profiles of hundreds of nurse entrepreneurs around the country. We encourage you to browse around, find a business category you are interested in, then contact the nurse directly. We're available for questions as well. This website is Owned-Operated by Andrew Lopez, RN a Medical/Surgical/Telemetry nurse. Has your Nurse-owned business been written up in the news? Do you send out a newsletter or regular press releases? We'd like to hear about it! Our Newest article is from an Arizona Nurse Entrepreneur: Should You Incorporate Your Registry Business? By Joseph Caracci, RN:"The short answer is yes! When starting a new nurse registry business, you are entering into a legal business environment that requires you to take steps to protect your personal assets, such as your home, your savings, and your retirement. With this in mind, you need to determine which legal form you are going to take for your new registry. Some of the common choices are a sole proprietorship, a partnership, a limited liability partnership (LLP), a limited liability company (LLC), and a corporation."
http://www.nursingentrepreneurs.com/incorporate ****************************************************** ****************************************************** The #1 question, we've been receiving lately is about Starting A Nursing Agency, resource sites & manuals Please choose from the following: - 1. Register for the directory (Includes website, business cards, etc).
- 20 low-cost homebased businesses, Smallbizbooks.com:
- 25 businesses you can start and run from home.:'Here are a variety of businesses that you can start and operate from the comfort of your home."
- Advertising Resources: Advertising Networks and Merchants that support the Nursefriendly and keep us a free website to visitors. Look here for income sources for your own site.
- Affiliate Programs: Make Money From Any Type of Website! Here we link you with advertisers ready to pay you for hosting their links. If you're not sure which type of program would work best on your site, we'll review it and make some suggestions.
- Are You Making Any of These 10 Deadly Small Biz Mistakes?
- Associations For Entrepreneurs, Small Businesses, Business Basics
- Career Alternatives For Nurses:
- Discusss Nurse Entrepreneur Opportunities, Issues and Concerns
- Franchise Opportunities: Allow you to purchase a business with an established name, product or service building on a reputation they have already established.
- Health Insurance: Medical, Dental, Prescription, Vision Coverage, Employed & Self-Employed
- How To Earn Money With Any Kind of Website
- Nurses In Business, Articles About Nurse-Owned Businesses:
- Our Newest Nurse-Owned Businesses (look here for your listing after you register).: We research and receive new nurse entrepreneur directory listings daily (they are free for nurses). These are the newest.
- Review Nursing Entrepreneurs by State:
- Review Nursing Entrepreneurs by Category:
- Starting A Nursing Agency, How To Start
- Traits & Qualities That Make Nurses Excellent Entrepreneurs
- Turn Your Knowledge & Experience Into Revenue!
- What Exactly Is A Nurse Entrepreneur
- What Made You Decide To Start Your Own Business?
****************************************************** Please note, Listings in this directory are FREE permanently to Nurse-Owned businesses. If you're just starting out a business and are not sure how to go about it, feel free to give us a call or send us an E-mail.
We're available 9am to 9pm for calls EST. If you have a lot of questions, we'd suggest getting a cell phone with lots of national minutes (smile). We can walk you through step by step from deciding
what type of business organization is right for you to, payroll, marketing, etc. Call or E-mail Andrew Lopez, BS RN, President & CEO of Nursefriendly, Inc. at 856-415-9617 or info@nursefriendly.com.
If you don't see a category or state your business belongs in, we'll create it! We're very supportive of nurses looking to start or expand their nurse-owned businesses. If you have questions, please contact us. In our directories, we've organized resources to help you start, build and grow your business. ****************************************************** - Article Index:
- Eight Tips for Aspiring Healthcare Entrepreneurs by Megan Malugani, Monster.com:"You may dream about being your own boss, but are you really ready to take the plunge into healthcare entrepreneurship? Besides having a winning idea or service to offer, you must be self-motivated, persistent and energetic, say successful healthcare entrepreneurs. Faye Berger Mitchell, a nutritionist in private practice since 1988 in Chevy Chase, Maryland, and Thom Golden, a former emergency room nurse who founded Doctor Baby Proofer in 1986 in Dallas, offer eight tips to aspiring entrepreneurs:
http://allhealthcare.monster.com/benefits/articles/2298-8-tips-for-aspiring-healthcare-entrepreneurs - How to Use Other People's Money for Your Business, By Matthew Lesko
- The New Power of Advertising, By Jay Conrad Levinson
The Story of the Hypnotic Writing Monkey, by Joe Vitale
- The Truth Must Be Told, Ted Nicholas
Interesting Reading For Nurse Entrepreneurs, Actual or Soon To Be: Nurse Entrepreneurs: Tales of Nurses in Business:"This book is vey inspiring! Learn how 50 different nurses brought their vision to reality! Learn some great tips on starting your own business. Nurses don't have to just work at the bedside. Read this book and you will be thinking of how you can make your dream a reality!" Own Your Own Corporation: Why the Rich Own Their Own Companies and Everyone Else Works for Them:"Rich Dad's-"Own your Own Corporation" is a must read for anyone comtemplating a new business-or someone who already owns their own business. Garrett's direct yet simplistic explanations of the different business entities,the proper and best suited entity for your business-is followed by real-life scenarios which helps drive home the importance of corporate ownership in today's business world. Use Garrett's legal expertise to establish a successful, legally responsible and fiscally protected business...And understand the why's and how's of that ownership." 21 Success Secrets, Success Secret #4- "Do What You Love to Do." Get your FREE CD and find out the other 20 secrets of self-made millionaires.:"Order your FREE CD ($4.95 S&H) from Brian Tracy's acclaimed 21 Success Secrets series. Start with 21 Success Secrets of $elf-Made Millionaires - full of techniques practiced by all men and women who go from rags to riches in one generation. Brian Tracy is a noted success expert. He's trained over 2 million people in 23 countries how to achieve their financial goals faster than ever before." Business To Business:
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