Your Business Name (if applicable): Flowers From The Rainflorist, Inc. Internet location: www.blooms4u.com

Please describe your business and specialty: We are a full service floral shop with a second location located on the Internet. Our bricks and morter shop offers fresh flowers, gourmet baskets, bath baskets, plants, balloons and furit baskets. We have a full-time wedding consultant and experienced designers to fill your every floral or gift need. Our Internet location www.blooms4u.com offers over a 1000 floral and gift selections. All of our orders are handled by a Real Florist with experience and knowledge of flowers.We offer a lower than average service fee, easy navigation, and 24 hour secured ordering.

Street Address: 4432 North University Drive

City: Ft. Lauderdale

State/Province: Florida 33351

E-mail Address: info@blooms4u.com

Homepage Address: http://www.nursefriendly.com/tannozzini, www.blooms4u.com

Type of business categories would you would like to be listed: Flowers, Florist, shopping, retail, gifts, gourmet baskets, wedding specialists, corporate event planner.

Contact person(s): Sherry Tannozzini

Phone number: 954-741-8900

Fax number: 954-741-4135

In what date (month/year) did you start your business? 1992 expanded 1996

What is your experience and background in Nursing? (Medical/Surgical, ER, Psych, OR, etc.): telemetry, admitting

How did you hear about the Nurse Entrepreneur Homesite?: Nurse Friendly

How many years have you/did you practice as a nurse: 22

Professional organizations you belong to (are they on the web?):yes (Specialty organization, ANA, NLN, Union, etc) N.A.C.E. (National Asociation of Catering Executives)

What made you decide to start your own business? Got tired of the direction health care was headed.

How many times have you changed employers in your career? 1

What specific qualities and traits do you feel make nurses especially qualified to operate a business? People skills, being able to prioritize, documentation, budgeting, follow through.

Do you currently practice as a nurse? If yes in what type of setting? no

Your most pressing concerns with the profession and healthcare: Cost of care, Rx's, availability to the uninsured for care except on a reduced level. Pay scales compared to hours and demands of the profession seem to discourage the newer generation from being interested in being a nurse. Seems like all of my nurse friends have left the field also for better opportunities.

Other areas of interest and expertise: "Grandmothering" my angels and looking forward to some serious traveling.

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