Nurse Entrepreneur Roll Call!

[PaleoNurse]

I would love to get an idea of what other nurse entrepreneurs are up to. Would anyone be willing to share what their business is? Even if you haven't yet implemented your business plan, I'd love to hear from you!

Please include what your business (or planned business) is, your location, how long you have been in business, and any other information that may be helpful.

Thank you!

[TheSocialMediaCoach]

I help Nurses enhance Online Brand Awareness.

[AS16RN]

I am surprised by the lack of nurses who responded...I wonder if a lot of nurses shy away from business because they are truly not interested or because they don't have the support and/or know how.

I would think its because of the support/know how. I believe its a moment where you have to "jump" and see where it takes you. People including RN's are more comfortable with the "paths already made" than to make their own. It involves risk and would be my opinion. I have been wanting to start a business and its been hard to come up with an idea. My initial is to start an adult day care center. But having worked in a Cardiac floor specializing in Heart Failure, theres so much room for improvement in the elderly/geriatric part of health care.

[Z0LIN]

I help Nurses enhance Online Brand Awareness.

How so? PM me

[TheSocialMediaCoach]

I believe you are your own Brand before you sit for your very first interview. You are hired for your first job based on how you represent your Brand. The guys over that RNFM radio made me realize that I have been helping others build their Brand for years, but I called it being helpful. I will PM you.

[TheSocialMediaCoach]

Welp it looks like I cannot PM you

[sirI, MSN, APRN, NP]

Welp it looks like I cannot PM you

Thank you for your willingness to help other Entrepreneurs.

Posting on the boards will certainly help others as you share your expertise.

[TheSocialMediaCoach]

My two cents. ( unasked for ha!)...It amazes me that Nurses, Lawyers, Accountants and others....are taught how to do their very important job....yet they not taught how to Brand + earn money for themselves!

[uxnurse]

I built a "Frankenstein" biometric sensor that measure agitation levels (movement , body temp, resps) sends that data and after a few days through machine learning/artificial intelligence behavioural analytics establishes a baseline for each Alzheimer's patient. when the baseline is breached a notification is sent to the caretaker (my use case is Assisted Livings where staffing is 5 to 100 residents) and they are able to monitor immediate whereabouts and intervene before the resident can wander. I just got accepted into an accelerator to try and get this out for beta testing. (the iot/wearable is done so that the resident isn't required to remember to keep it on, its my secret sauce..i'd tell ya but then I'dd have to kill you :))

[Blessings81]

Very good. Sounds like what I'm also interested in.

[pwetmore]

Hi ...after 42 yrs of nursing...my husband and I put together our strengths and passions and are in the process of opening an Adult Day care...lots of things to learn. Going on 2.5 years !! My husband was in the health club industry and opened a few clubs. He said nothing is as hard as this has been.Nothing. We should have gotton a consultant a long time ago. With all the obstacles...we are determined to open it. Its exciting...and frustrating. Since I have been working Full time, my husband has had to deal with most of the issues. With out his determination and business sense there is no way I could have done this.

[TheSocialMediaCoach]

Congratulations! SO many people need your services! Congratulations in sticking in there too. Write down and document your steps, they will be of use to others!

[pwetmore]

Im in Florida, and we are in the process of opening an Adult Day care..going on 2.5 years...we ran into another nurse at the city building when we first started..."Im going on 2 years.." but he finally opened his. get yourself a CONSULTANT. IT'S obviously a long process.