For the past fourteen years, Independent Nursing Services (INS) has built their excellent reputation on the ability to provide quality screened and skilled professional nurses to current clients at a moment’s notice in local per diem markets such as Dallas/Fort Worth, Tulsa, El Paso and Houston, as well as travel nurses to clients nationwide.  This, in part, has been due to the wide range of expertise that the executives of INS bring to the company.  The following individuals have been instrumental in INS’ rapid growth and their position as a leader in the healthcare staffing industry. 

INS’ President and Chief Executive Officer, Laura Yeager, RN has been a licensed registered nurse since 1987.  She has worked in all areas of the hospital, specializing in Labor and Delivery.  After working as house supervisor reviewing the quality of candidates that were submitted for positions, she branched into nursing support and in 1995 started Independent Nursing Services.  Knowing the challenges hospitals faced in finding qualified staff, Ms. Yeager implemented various screening methods of nurse candidates to fill the hospital positions. Drug screens and background checks in addition to general practices such as reference checks and employment verifications became a standard in 1996 for INS, a practice not adopted by the industry until years later.    

Since its inception in 1995, Ms. Yeager and INS have grown into a national company by keeping to the philosophy of “Create Raving Fans of Patients, Facilities, and Nurses”. Where appropriate, nurses continue to hold manager and recruiter positions to maintain focus on continual improvement of quality patient care, nursing and customer service.  Growth began by hospital and nurse referrals; this method is still the leading means for growth and expansion for INS today. 

Chief Financial Officer, Lisa Solomon, has over seven years with INS and the nurse staffing industry. Her 25 years experience in the financial and tax field, has contributed to the streamlining of INS’ accounting department to handle the Company’s growth into twenty states. Ms. Solomon’s knowledge and commitment to excellence has allowed her to maintain accuracy within the accounting department and continually integrating new technologies to better support our clients customized invoicing needs.  INS’ accounting department is known for their prompt attention to invoicing issues and is always available for client billing questions.

Kevin Bollin, Vice President of Business Development, has extensive prior experience in the healthcare staffing industry, having held management positions at two of the largest healthcare staffing agencies in the country. Mr. Bollin has been instrumental in negotiating new client contracts, increasing revenue, implementing performance improvements and improving the company's competitive position. His effective management and leadership qualities, excellent communication skills and talent for building new business will continue to help propel Independent Nursing Services, Inc. to the top.

Nicole Bambalere, Independent Nursing Services’ Director of Credentialing and Compliancy, has worked in various realms of quality assurance over the past nine years.  She has experience overseeing vocational education accreditation for schools with multiple locations across the country, and as the corporate recruiter for a nationally franchised chain of clinics.  For the past five years Ms. Bambalere has focused on medical caregiver staffing with INS, specializing in credentialing and process management.  With a strong background in psychology and a specialization in industrial psychology, her love for details and organizational management are apparent in her audit results, where she consistently receives perfect scores.

In 2009, INS was awarded the Health Care Staffing Services Certification from The Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations. This award signifies Independent Nursing Services’ continued pledge to excellence in providing health care staffing services. Independent Nursing Services achieved this award by demonstrating their compliance to the national standards performance measures of the Joint Commission. The Joint Commission's focus is on a firm's ability to provide competent nurse staffing services and evaluates performance, continuing education and training, placement criteria, leadership, human resource management and information management.