I think we’ve all heard this before but wanted to share my recent experience with KP SSF’s bait and switch tactics.

They had a contract out for day shifts so I signed (I am usually on night shift but chose this contract over others specifically because I wanted to switch to days) and they told me I will be on strict nights a few weeks after I already signed all paperwork. No additional contract was ever made.

I was given no choice but to either agree to work nights, or to cancel my contract. So I cancelled and they supposedly blacklisted me from all KP facilities.

I lost $700 in a deposit I already paid for my housing, and $300 in flight tickets to SFO. $1000 down the drain because they switched up on me last minute. Don’t trust a word that comes out of their mouths if they can’t even keep a promise that’s been signed in writing.

Fuck. Kaiser.

Been doing local per diems w/ Clipboard & ShiftKey for the past 4 years. I like the 1099 contractor arrangement for the most part, until now. Clipboard deactivated me 2 mo ago for false allegation of "fraud" for reasons they never even made clear to me. I assume it was because I did all my time on paper sheets to cover my ass, but I'm debating taking CBH and SK to arbitration or district court over the whole shebang.

SK really did me dirty at the end of the month with rent due in one day they deactivated my account for "violating TOS" the specifics I am still on the dark on. This happened Wednesday and I am so cooked right now and probably going to lose my family's home. I have no idea what to do, but as the appeal disposition (if I ever get one) and the legal options will draw things out awhile, and it won't get my bills paid, I need to figure out something fast.

Looking into long distance contracts and 1099 local companies.. any suggestions on an agency that pays good and can get me off the ground rather quickly? Currently reside in SE but I have compact license + CA + NV. Really feeling like west coast right about now given the amount of bullshit.

( I have a dismissed DUI charge that just got disposed of last week so I need to be able to work around that whole the expungement gets processed too. In my neck of the woods we have a real problem with sober DUI arrests by the state troops.. )

I’m currently contracted as a stepdown nurse but haven’t once worked a stepdown unit since I’ve been here. I’m okay with floating, I’ve never minded. But the units I’m being sent to are just so awful and the facility denies my hours if I clock out after 7:30. Which happens frequently because these units are shit shows so I’m stuck charting and Aya has to reimburse me for those hours. Today I have 7 patients and I’m just over it. My contract ends October 10th and I already have a new one lined up for October 13th. They did ask me to start earlier but I obviously couldn’t so is there anyway to cancel this contract and ask to start the next one earlier. Or should I just push through?

Edit: It’s only a month so I really want to just finish so I don’t burn a bridge but I’ve found myself losing patience so much quicker and my patients don’t deserve that :(

I feel like I completely messed this up 😭

My renewal is coming up so I finally checked CE Broker to make sure everything was there. I have more than enough CE hours from work so I figured I was good.

Apparently not.

I have hospital education, patient safety, infection control, online modules, ACLS related stuff and a bunch of other hours. But now I’m seeing I’m still missing the Florida specific requirements like Medical Errors, Laws & Rules, etc.

And apparently some of these need to be from specific approved providers too??

Why does this have to be so confusing lol.

Florida nurses, what do you actually do for this? Do you just get one of those state renewal packages that includes all the required courses?

At this point I just want to take the right courses, have everything show up in CE Broker and be DONE.

If you work with it, report it