Nursepreneurs

Robin is the Founder and CEO of Innovate Fast, an award-winning, full service marketing agency based in Dallas, Texas. Their primary objective is helping medical practices, cash practices and aesthetics practices grow by increasing their revenue and exposure in the marketplace through innovative digital and traditional marketing techniques. They work with many clients ranging from small businesses all the way to major publicly traded organizations. They've recently launched Patient Rush, a system in helping medical clinics and practices generating new patients through their platform. Find out more about Robin at: https://innovatefast.com or email ralex@innovatefast.com Don't Miss Moments: -->Organic vs. Paid Digital Advertising -->Unique strengths of Google and Facebook Ads -->Overcoming apprehension and getting your feet wet -->Building connections & increasing conversion rates -->Common errors and how to avoid them -->What is the Process that Innovate Fast use when working with a client -->How you ca

Robert Hess is a world renowned leader in the Shared Governance model. His instrument has been used around the world. His books, lectures and insight into Shared Governance has been the focus of his career. And for most of his nursing career he gave it all away for free. Now he is focused on the business of healthcare and how his extensive expertise can actually help more people than ever before by placing a value on it. Robert's career has been diverse and rich in the world of editing, managing magazines, being a career blogger, an influencer, educator and high level executive. One of his side projects is empowering nurses in their careers through his website the Career Whisperer. Check out Robert's website at: http://sharedgovernance.org/ And his business at: http://www.careerwhisperer.org/ Don't Miss Moments: -->How Robert's career took a turn from the editing manager to the editor of Nurse.com -->How Robert began to monetize his PhD dissertation -->Why Robert is busier in retirement than he was

Nurse Sharena grew up thinking she wanted to be a pediatrician and a mom of 10 kids! However, her life's passion and purpose led her to become a nurse in 2006 (and mom of 3). She has her MSN degree in Informatics and works as a school nurse in a specialty school for kids aged 4-22 years. Sharena's love of her students, her kids and her nursing career led her to wonder what else she could do. When she realized she was already doing what she wanted to be doing. All she needed to do was wrap a business model around her passion and purpose. When Sharena looked around to see how kids decided to go into healthcare, she found very few resources. This led her to create the resource that was missing. She founded the Tiny Docs Initiative to teach kids about careers in healthcare. Sharena does birthday parties, aftercare events, daycare events. Her youngest student was 3 years old! She makes learning fun for the kids and educational/informative at the same time. Sharena says even the parents have fun and lea

Noreen Connolly is a PhD, RN who worked in private duty and patient advocacy for many years. She found that patients just wanted to be listened to and she wanted to do more for them. Noreen found the hospital system to be very limiting in providing the care that she dreamed of providing for her patients, so she took a leap of faith in herself to design an agency that met her high standards of care. Noreen's agency bridges the gap by providing patients with the individual care and answers to the questions they deserve. Dr. Connolly, has a BSN, MSN and PhD. She is an adult nurse practitioner with expertise in caring for patients in hospitals, in the home and teaching the next generation of nurses to do the same. As Noreen says: "I have personally trained the best to be the best." Check out Noreen's company at https://www.prohealthnurse.net/ Don't Miss Moments: -->How Noreen got her business up and running. -->The first services Noreen invested in for her company. -->Why Noreen didn't try to learn ho

Gwen Jewell is a nurse who saw an opportunity. After leading her hospital initiative to reduce pressure ulcers, Gwen discovered 3 critical factors that were leading to musculoskeletal injuries, ergonomic issues for caregivers and a lack of support of the patient's body. Gwen took home a wedge and a fishing knife and began designing. For 3 years, Gwen worked on the perfect wedge for patients. Her passion for creating the perfect wedge is a personal one as well. Gwen's brother has a spinal cord injury, and she wanted to find something that was perfect for him. In all of her research and with the help of her brother, she discovered how to get patients feeling like they were "floating in space" with the perfectly angled wedge. Find out how she was able to create this company in this episode. Don't Miss Moments: --> The triumvirate of critical issues that predispose to pressure ulcers --> What it took for Gwen to get this company up and running --> How her perspective of her audience changed with her find

Lorie Brown is a nurse and a lawyer with over 30 years of combined experience. She has been a dedicated nurse for twelve years, she practiced in medical-surgical nursing, gynecology, urology, neurosurgery, orthopedics, general surgery and home health care. She maintains her license and is a camp nurse every summer. After law school, Ms. Brown was employed at the Department of Insurance defending the interests of the Patient’s Compensation Fund. For the next six years, Ms. Brown defended physicians and hospitals for medical malpractice. Ms. Brown now focuses her practice on assisting plaintiff attorneys with medical issues in their cases. Lorie Brown formed Empowered Nurses to help nurses protect their licenses, so they can do their jobs with confidence, focus on serving their patients, and regain the joy in the profession they love. She also wanted to give nurses a forum to exchange ideas and change the practice of nursing for the better. Check out Lorie's website at www.EmpoweredNurses.org Get Lorie's

Dr. Hooper is no stranger to work. As an Air Force officer with 4 boys and a husband, she is a talented multitasker. So when she was living in Maryland and got advice to move to Georgia to start a nurse practitioner run clinic, she thought no big deal... Well no big deal for NPs in Maryland, where they have independent practice, but it is certainly a big deal for NPs in Georgia who have to find a supervising physician. Dr. Hooper literally asked 50 doctors to work with her so she could start her dream of creating a psych pediatric clinic, so she could treat autism, adolescents, anxiety and so much more. The clinic was desperately needed in her community. Dr. Hooper persevered and found the perfect alliance. Find out how she did it and what it took in this episode of the NursePreneur Podcast. Check out Dr. Hooper's clinic at: AxisHope.care Don't Miss Moments: -->How Dr. Hooper decided to open her new clinic -->What Dr. Hooper did first after she decided to start a clinic -->Funding the clinic -->What

Cara Lunsford was working as a pediatric oncology nurse when she got burnt out. She knew there were lots of other nurses who felt burnt out by their jobs and became obsessed with creating a supportive environment for them. Her obsession to create a supportive environment led her to creating an app. The app took on a life of its own and led her down a path she never imagined! Cara started throwing around terms like seed investment, valuation, series A and foreign investors. She never imagined when she started that this is the direction she would go. But now, she sees an entirely new focus for supporting nurses in a variety of ways. Sign up on Holliblu: https://holliblu.com Connect with Cara on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/caralunsfordhb/ Don't Miss Moments: How Cara found and solved her problem -->Cara's advice for any nurse who wants to start an app -->How to develop your team and why choosing your friend isn't the best idea -->Cara's profound advice on why you should start a business.

Becky Rui is a personal branding photographer who strives to create authenticity with inspired entrepreneurs. She helps people find the truth in what they are doing and get clear on their personal brand. I can personally attest to the beautiful soul of Becky. She is gentle, caring and visionary. I brought Becky over from the U.K. to do my own personal branding shoot because I believed she could really help me to overcome my fear of being seen. And she not only succeed in helping me to be more visible, but she inspired me to help other nurses to do the same. Becky does her shoots in a joyful, intuitive way, beginning with a grounding meditation, honouring the entrepreneur in that space, and creating a powerful variety of images for her clients' marketing. Check out Becky's website at www.BeckyRui.com Don't Miss Moments: --How Becky helps her clients overcome the fear of being seen. --Becky's journey at such a young age to becoming an entrepreneur and how she believed in what she was doing. --How B

Winifred “Windy” Carson-Smith, attorney and chief operating officer of Carson Company LLC, a health care consulting policy concern, brings over 25 years of senior association, legislative and policy experience at the state, federal and national levels to her consultancy. One of a select few, Windy worked in legislative positions at the state, federal and District during her career. She has lobbied, testified and/or developed legislation or regulation on contemporary health policy issues. And, she has worked on major policy/ national and state initiatives to include organizing and codification of the D.C. health occupations licensing statutes, national health care reform, legislative and regulatory barriers to APN practice, AIDS, telehealth, nurse informatics, antitrust, insurance and antitrust issues. Melding policy with advocacy, Windy designed the grassroots campaign which led to DEA recognition and regulation of nurse prescribers. Windy also initiated the ANA amicus brief and association litigation p

Fabienne Raphael is an online business consultant, speaker and podcaster. She is the host of the very popular podcast: Marketing To Crush Your Competitors with over 300 episodes with some of the biggest marketers in the industry. Fabienne is no stranger to healthcare though, she is a former physical therapist who started her own agency and worked as a consultant. She has built multiple businesses including a home staging company that got it's own TV show! In this interview Fabienne helps us understand what it really takes to market your business, build it and be successful. She gives a raw look at the real way you need to run your business. Find out more about Fabienne on her website: FabienneRaphael.com and listen to her podcast: Marketing To Crush Your Competitors Don't Miss Moments: --Why all you need is that 1st client to make your business successful --Finding your Zone of Genius --How Fabienne started her podcast and the doors it opened --How curiosity made her successful

Robin Joy Meyers is an International Speaker, Author and Life Strategist. She has written the book Alone But Not Lonely: Reclaiming your identity and be unapologetically you. She has built her business around giving women a voice and helping them to find it. Robin started out as a certified life coach helping teenage girls with body image and found her niche in the mothers of the teen girls who were looking for a life strategy. Robin has her own Radio Talk show called Activate Bold Choices: The ABC's To Live Your Life Fearlessly that you can listen to every Friday morning at 9am EST. She is also organizing a women's retreats. Check out here website: RobinMeyers.life to download her free gifts and training. And take advantage of her generous offer to schedule a FREE 40-minute call with her to discuss your life strategy. Don't Miss Moments: --How Robin structures her life coaching sessions --How Robin built up here life coaching business so she could monetize and focus solely on coaching --How

Dr. Kristina Hallett is a board certified psychologist and associate professor at Bay Path University in Massachusetts. She is also an executive coach, speaker, author and coach for entrepreneurs and healthcare providers. Dr. Hallett specializes in driving professionals out of the "stuck" stage, burnout, and overwhelm by teaching skills to be confident and how to stress-smart. Dr. Hallett gets real in this interview about what it takes to get known and to become an international, sought after and acclaimed speaker. You can find out more about Dr. Kristina Hallett on her website: https://www.drkristinahallett.org/ Don't Miss Moments: Why stress can help you and how to look at it positively How mindset can change everything in your life The steps Dr. Hallett took to get started in speaking and how you can too Marketing techniques to get known and to get heard

Beth Nydick is a certified health coach and mother of 2 teenage boys. She developed IBS at the age of 16 which set her off to find a way to make massive lifestyle changes. What she learned she developed into the Blue Barn Kitchen which is a health focused lifestyle brand. Beth decided to become a health coach to fulfill her passion of working with clients in order to improve their health and family life. Find Beth at BlueBarnKitchen.com And don't forget to check out Beth's cookbook Clean Cocktails on Amazon. https://amzn.to/2IziPGj Don't Miss Moments: How Beth got on Dr. Oz multiple times The way Beth built her blog and her credibility Techniques you can use to get featured in media How Beth helps people to find their way to a healthy lifestyle

Michelle McGlade went from Sales and Marketing in Corporate America to becoming a successful business owner in acupuncture. She opened her doors with clients already booked. Michelle’s secret was in finding her clarity and building relationships. Find out what that means. Get free consultation by sending Michelle at hello@MichelleMcGlade.com. Mention this podcast! Don’t Miss Moments - It’s not enough to just open a business, you need to make sure you establish these relationships - How the Runway allowed Michelle to open her doors to her clinic with clients already lined up - Having a passion for a business idea isn’t enough, you also need to enjoy the lifestyle - How Michelle evolved from corporate America to becoming the healer for healers - Don’t get stuck in the subject matter expert syndrome when starting a business

Janna Champagne is the owner and founder of Integrated Holistic Care. She is a registered nurse and certified cannabis nurse in Oregon. Kamron Keep is a registered nurse and certified cannabis nurse in Idaho. Together they talk about what patients need to know about the fascinating and complex world of cannabis. Find out more about cannabis education on their website: www.integratedholisticcare.com Don't Miss Moments: --How cannabis saved Janna's life --How the endocanniboid system regulates your hormones --Why cannabis is not widely accepted in the U.S. --What medical cannabis can do for your health --How Janna started her business and what she does

Sharon went from commercial banker to concerned mom when her son was diagnosed with Crohn's Disease. The medications her son was given made him worse not better, so Sharon went on her own quest to understand how to help him manage his condition on his own terms. Sharon shares with us her journey to find functional nutrition, a treatment plan for her son and how she built a business around it. Check out Sharon Holand Gelfand at: http://sharonholand.com/ Don't Miss Moments: -- Why Sharon gave up a life most people dream of -- Why traditional medicine wasn't the answer for her son's Crohn's disease -- Sharon's journey into clinical nutrition -- Sharon's system to making lifestyle changes -- How functional diagnostic nutrition can improve your health

Kenya Moses is a seasoned entrepreneur, women's well-being and fitness expert, business coach, author and speaker. She is the Founder & CEO of Be A Fit Mama, Inc., serving women in creating physical and emotional fitness and living healthy, joyous lives. A sought-after workshop leader, speaker and writer; Kenya has been featured in a number of publications, including Essence Magazine, PopSugar, eHow, Livestrong and Thriving Women in Business Magazine. In 2010 she published her first book, Be A Fit Mama: The Essential Pregnancy Stretch Manual, and her newest book ​The Single Mama’s Guide to Getting Sh*t Done: Self-Care for Personal Transformation is now available on Amazon. Additionally, Kenya is a single mother of two boys, a professional dancer, classically trained vocalist and Tipi Specialist Find Kenya at http://beafitmama.com Don't Miss Moments: How Kenya made the leap from Corporate Finance to MamaPreneur How Kenya built up her entrepreneurial empire in an oversaturated market Techniques that Ken

Tapping is an amazing way to learn to control your feelings and emotions and to reduce physical pain. It was hard to believe but incredibly effective. Listen as the healing practitioner, Areefa Ali walks us through this process. Find out more about Areefa at: HealMeAreefa.com

Dr. J shares her journey to becoming a clinical psychologist and transformational coach. She uses positive psychology to help her clients clean out their baggage and trauma so she can empower them to achieve their life worth living. You can find Dr. J at: www.urlifeinspired.com www.facebook.com/urlifeinspired www.instagram.com/drfish_inspired