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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. Her history in nursing is long and varied, but it’s always had a more holistic bent to it.

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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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NP Designation Helps Nurses Shape Their Careers with More Choices

Minority Nurse

Earning an advanced degree offers nurses immediate career benefits, including skills and knowledge they’ll apply to their work long before graduation. And because their experience and expertise were crucial to in-the-moment patient care scenarios, public awareness about nurse practitioners increased.

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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.

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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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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. You’ll have opportunities to advance.

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Nursing the Nation and the World

Digital Doorway

We need nurses on cruise ships, at Disney World, and in adult day care facilities and occupational health centers. Australian and Chinese nurses are the brethren of those in Argentina, and although some of our practices, responsibilities, and approaches may differ, the basic tenets of nursing are the same.