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I need the help of Allnurses to brainstorm with me here.

What would be some ideas for a non-bedside/patient care business?

I was already looking at Legal Nurse Consulting, if any one has some personal experience as one please drop in. Don't limit the discussion to nursing related businesses.

In advance, thanks for the help.

Good luck to you!

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Get with a good IT person and make a decent computer program that meets all the Medicare/Medicaid/Insurance requirements and give us nurses something decent to work with that actually applies to the clinical environment!!!!

Funny, my guy is training for IT now...maybe in 10 years we can make your wish come true!

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So this thread is great, lots of great ideas! Have you thought about Massage Therapy? If you like being your own boss, making your own hours and building a business it is a great avenue. Eventually you can have MT's who work for you in an office setting. Wellness Spa's that have a touch of traditional medicine are very popular right now. You could hire yoga instructors, health coaches and folks who can give facials and massage. You could start out with just a small boutique spa, with specialized services in a beautiful setting and see how it goes.

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Anyone started a self business selling nurse scrubs?

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Specializes in Hospice and Palliative Nurse.

Here are a few of my favorites....

1. I am a horse lover and live in a rural setting. I would love to do equine therapuetic riding for disabled patients...

2. Private Death Doula practice ( my background is hospice). Private pay to do private duty nursing for end of life patients....

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Depending on your state you could do Tattoo removal. Something like 40% of people ages 18-25 currently have a tattoo, plenty of business out there. Most sessions cost around $200 and will need 4-5 sessions. You'll need a 2 week course to become certified ($2500), all the legal stuff and llc ($1500), lease an office ($5000 security deposits), equipment and furnishings ($10,000) and a lazer ($75,000). So all in you're looking at an investment of about $100,000 to get into it. You're your own boss, with growth potential.

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Specializes in CVSICU, case mgmt., Psych, education.

Totally agree Lindarn. Drives me nuts to hear about nurses short changing themselves. This is business, even if it's just you. YOU are a business, and this isn't the Wal-Mart model of business (no disrespect for anyone who shops at Wal-Mart).

I don't care how seasoned a paralegal can become in medical terminology, there is no way that 3 credit hour course can take the place of our combined years of education and experience. Any "good" attorney would know that as well. Attorney's are business people too, so they build your fee into the contract...that's just the deal.

Legal nurse consulting can be a viable business, but there's a ton of hustle involved. I've been an entrepreneur for years now, and what I can tell you is that there's an advantage to being able to provide multiple types of consulting services in your business. Some days we'll do legal work, others we'll provide onsite corporate wellness services, chart audits for the state, childcare health consulting, case management...and so on.

Multiple revenue streams.

Best of luck,

Kevin Ross, RN, BSN

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Specializes in ICU.

Let me share my experience. I attempted scrub business few years ago. This was my process and where it stopped:

1) Material - learning fabrics can be full time job in itself. I initially wanted bamboo scrubs because of anti-microbial properties and comfort. The biggest problem was that true bamboo can't be thrown into dryer. I know after 12 hour shift nurses are not going to hand dry their laundry. That lead me to cotton/twill. Twill is incredibly durable. The prototype I made 4 years ago I still wear and they look like the day they were made. Problem is cotton has become very expensive.

3) Female vs Male scrubs- the female market is completely saturated. I mean you can't believe how many companies are now producing female scrubs. The Male scrub side is less competitive and where I think real needs are.

4) Finding reliable sewers. The number of people doing this is dwindling. When you do find someone who is able to do this at affordable price, they will have to self learn how to sew scrubs because almost nobody has that experience. Most of your sewers are doing dresses or children cloths. I did find few local business that had experience with scrubs but cost where too high.

5) Large barriers to entry. Sourcing for fabric is big challenge. The prices of fabric in US will be too high to be competitive. When i traveled to Vietnam with my wife we set aside 1 week to meet with fabric suppliers in Vietnam. What a frustrating experience that was. They want you to make a $20,000 to $30,000 initial investment in purchasing fabric. You ultimately find out that nobody really wants to deal with startup unless that start up is sitting on 100k in cash. That is where this story ends.

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Specializes in Mental Health.

Any education necessary to become a legal nurse consultant?

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Specializes in Education, FP, LNC, Forensics, ED, OB.
Any education necessary to become a legal nurse consultant?

Check out the Legal Nursing forum for helpful advice about the LNC: https://allnurses.com/legal-nursing/show-faqs/

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