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An Interview with Sharon Burch

Nurse Practitioners in Business

When thinking about business, the vast majority of nurses and nurse practitioners start with the idea of doing something that utilizes the professional skills they have developed. That makes sense, you spend years getting your education and developing your skills and talents, why not use them?

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Experience Helping Elderly Relatives Inspires Nurse to Become Nursing Entrepreneur and Healthcare Advocate

Daily Nurse

My Mother was the inspiration to become a nurse, but it was my experiences helping my elderly aunt and uncle navigate the healthcare system that inspired me to become a nursing entrepreneur. As I prepared to graduate from Temple University with a Bachelor of Arts degree, I was ready to embark on a career in […].

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What is the Voice Stopping you From Starting Your Nurse Owned Business?

Empowered Nurses

.” · Objection: Nurses often prioritize patient care over self-promotion, so the idea of selling can feel uncomfortable or even in conflict with their professional identity. Solution: Frame marketing as education. Reassure them that many nurse entrepreneurs began by working small, gradually building their businesses over time.

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The Power of Nurses in Media: Elevating Your Brand as a Nurse Entrepreneur

Minority Nurse

As nurses, there are times when we want to share our knowledge and passion with a broader audience. Whether educating patients on the importance of preventive care or advocating for better healthcare policies, our voices carry immense power. How You Can Leverage Media Leveraging media as a nurse entrepreneur isn’t intuitive or easy.

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What Does Nursing Look Like to You?

Minority Nurse

However, nurses may also now be found in the offices of functional medicine providers, medical aesthetics clinics, or other slightly off-beat practices that serve specific purposes and client populations. Nurses are carving niches for themselves in all corners of the working world.

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Nurse Entrepreneurship: No Longer on the Fringes

American Nurse

A decade or more ago, when I told someone that I was a nurse entrepreneur, I would get the most quizzical and confused looks, including from quite a few nurses. They would say, “But nurses can’t be business people.” Rather, this idea is for any nurse who has an idea they’d like to implement.

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Nurses and the Promise of Entrepreneurship

Daily Nurse

A Look at the Numbers There are plenty of statistics that we know about nurses: Approximately 55 percent of American nurses work in general medical-surgical hospitals According to the World Health Organization , there are somewhere in the vicinity of 27 million nurses worldwide One estimate puts the number of nurse entrepreneurs at 0.5