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I have been out there interviewing for different Critical Care positions and I am just turned off by the low salary that everyone offers me with my Critical Care experience. I am thinking about doing a side business to help supplement my current income so that I can pay off my student loans. My question to you wonderful nurses out there is can you please give me some ideas for what I can do in terms of a side Nursing gig. I want to open my own business which will help me make my bills while I do my full time job.

My background: Bachelor of Business Admin

BSN

Critical Care experience

I am at a loss as to what kind of business I can run on the side given my education and experience.

I do NOT want to open up a home health agency, SNF, hospice etc. I would like to do something that does not require a $100K investment to begin.

Thank you in advance

Hi nc29mom, I am interested in the foot Care business you can email me at [email protected]. I have been working as a nurse for 13 plus years. I am a RN BSN and i have a degree in BHSA

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Wow! It is amazing how many of us have found ourselves in your position! I have decades of critical care experience-NICU, PICU, adult ICU, and cardiac cath lab/interventional cardiology. But I was looking for a career that would work with my family responsibilities. There are many home-based business opps out there with low dollar investment requirements-I discovered a niche that allows me to make my own schedule, work from home, use many of my nursing skills (leadership, education, organization, helping others, etc), and I replaced my bedside nursing income (beyond my dreams). Don't give up-you can find something that fits your needs! Here is my email if I can help you in any [email protected]

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Nurse Beth!! What is the name of your blog? How did you get started building a multiple income revenue? I am currently a nurse student and already know that bedside nursing is not for me but I like to teach. I look forward to hearing back from you :)

This pretty much sounds like me.

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I would love to know more about what you do

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Specializes in Tele, ICU, Staff Development.
I would love to know more about what you do

Hi there! I write a career advice column here at allnurses, which you probably already know :)

I have a blog, nursecode.com that I use to help coach nurses on professional development, how to land a job, and where I also speak up about all things nursing, such as working conditions. It's informative and entertaining, I hope.

On the side, I'm a subject matter expert for ANCC, and other nursing organizations as well as HealthStream. I like researching and creating CE content for nurses. I'm a teacher at heart and work as a Tele educator.

Most recently, I just published my book

"Your Last Nursing Class: How to Land Your First Nursing Job (and your next)" It's on Amazon.

So I guess you could say I'm into a few different things, all of which I love doing.

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I'm very interested in this. Can you please message me?

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Hi Milesims, I'm very interested in starting my own home care business and after was wondering if I could chat with you via email because you post has increased my interest in starting my own business.

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It is interesting to see how many RNs are asking about foot care entrepreneurship. It is a growing field, but you do need one of the certifications - the AFCNA certification or the CFCN one. I own an online course that is a CE prep for them on Professional Education – "Providing excellent continuing education for nurses.", and I used to be surprised when I see the uncertainty in nurses in opening their own business. No longer, as I am now privileged to see the other end of it, the many successful entrepreneurial foot care nurses starting up across the US, and actually across the world! I always recommend they learn about business before jumping in, and the result is happy, successful business owners. BTW, Julia Overstreet, a podiatrist in WA, has a course on opening a FC business, as do we on prof-ed.

Both are comprehensive, though different, and will serve you well. Do your homework and the business then will work for you!

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The question on how much can be earned the first year..... that is according to how trained you are, how your business is set up, YOUR MARKETING, and your referral system. Also, actually whether you are able to spend full time on it initially, or have to also work at a job at the same time can affect the success timing. (It will not affect the eventual success - as long as you do not get burned out with having to do so much.) SOOO many contingencies!! I am privileged to mentor many nurses starting out in foot care, so one contingency is if you can find a caring mentor, you will get oodles of help and be faster in your track. This person doesn't even have to be a nurse! NO, you can get great business advice from a successful person in some type of business similar to yours in its conceptual context. And that person would not be fearful of you as competition! Of course, a FC mentor out of your area is good! Primary requirement? CARING about your success.

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Here is a list of 20+ nursing ideas that you can do. 2

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I had my own footcare business for 3 years. I grew it to where I saw 100+ clients consistently every month around the 6 month mark. It is really low overhead. I also never got certified by the WOCN just because I wanted to show people that you do not always need to be certified to be successful at something. I contracted with hospice agencies, home health agencies, ALFs, and did private homes. Good luck with your adventure and if you have any questions on what type of supplies to have I did a lot of trial and error and only used 1 drill bit (by the end)

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Were you using disposable bits/burs, Nurse Elisha? These are becoming "the thing to do" in podiatry, and the topic of conversations. What are your thoughts on that? The discussion includes statements such as "they cannot be cleaned well enough so disposables should be the norm." and "cleaned with a wire brush, etc and autoclaved the re-usables are good to go, if you know when to replace them."

I agree that becoming certified is not necessary - I know many that are not and are successful, but all said further education in foot care was important. One went so far as to say "my training ended at the ankle, only included anatomy." Others agreed. Do you agree with them?

A 100+ patient load in 6 months is awesome! You were on the move! Did you not care for the biz? Is that why your moved in a different direction? If so, what did you not like about it?

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