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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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Exciting Nursing Career Paths for the Aging Nurse

Minority Nurse

According to the non-profit American Association of Legal Nurse Consultants (AALNC), a legal nurse consultant (LNC) can be employed by insurance companies, law firms, risk management companies, and other organizations and agencies. Some LNCs are nurse entrepreneurs with private practice who work as consultants.

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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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Creating Opportunities for Nurse Entrepreneurship and Side Hustles

Minority Nurse

My Side Hustle Story In the first decade of the century, nurse entrepreneurship lived on the fringes of the online conversations occurring by and about nurses on social media platforms like Twitter and Facebook. I launched my blog in 2005, and as it focused on nursing, it became one of the first nursing blogs on the internet.

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How Hard Is Nursing School? Five Things You Should Know

University of St. Augustine for Health Sciences

Some nurses choose to change their role specialties multiple times. Aside from patient care roles, options include working as a nurse educator *, nurse executive , family nurse practitioner or nurse entrepreneur. They can choose from dozens of specialty areas.

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Nurses Revolutionizing Healthcare

American Nurse

Nurses can be champions in their institutions bringing new ideas, conducting research to improve client outcomes, advancing their education, and leading teams (National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, 2021). References American Nurses Association (2024). Technology is changing the nursing industry.

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9 Careers for RNs Beyond the Hospital Bedside

Every Nurse

Coach or Entrepreneur In every stage of their career, nurses have the opportunity to help others or receive support to get through a challenging time. Working as a nurse coach is a great way to help new graduate nurses seeking assistance or other nurses with their fitness, health, career, or financial journey.