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What Made You Decide To Start Your Own Business?

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What made you decide to start your own business? I have always had business ideas and wanted to do things differently and run things the way I wanted to. I decided to start my own business after I was fired and realized I didn’t have interest or passion in doing any of the jobs I looked at.

    Nena Hart MSN, RN, Hart Healthcare Solutions:"I started as a nurse’s aide at 18 and worked my way up to a director of nursing to improve the quality of care for patients and working conditions for staff. I transitioned to hospice as on-call then case manager and worked my way up to director, area director and administrator, vice president and then national utilization manager of DME. I’ve been married for 18 years have 4 children and I live in Hawaii. I was so committed to high performance in my corporate role that I really strained and devalued my marriage. I had to really evaluate my priorities and my pride and change my attitude. My husband is my biggest supporter, and I am fortunate he is so forgiving. Today we are doing great and my marriage takes priority over everything else. Two years ago, I was recruited to a CEO position in Hawaii and was fired 5 weeks later with no reason. That is how I was finally able to start my consulting business." PO Box 630580 Lanai City HI 93763
    E-mail Address: Nena@harthealthcaresolutions.com
    http://www.nursingentrepreneurs.com/hart

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What made you decide to start your own business? The more I work with patients and families, the more value I see in my knowledge as a nurse. Health impacts all aspects on an individual's life, as well as those around them. Starting Healthy Now and Later is a way for me to reach beyond the bedside and share this knowledge to improve the health, wellbeing, and life of another.

Leah Korkis, BSN, RN, Healthy Now and Later:"Healthy Now and Later is a free resource for caregivers and those 55+. There they will find information on common health topics, health promotion recipes for special diets, and a nation-wide database of local services and financial aid. For further information or clarification, visitors may also "Ask A Nurse"."
http://www.nursingentrepreneurs.com/korkis

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What made you decide to start your own business? Autonomy to help others in a non clinical setting in an effort to hopefully empower them in such a way that they might be able to avoid hospitalization or chronic health Issues. I have been an entreprenuer all of my life and my nursing degree and license allow me to practice in the capacity I have always wanted to: to help others holistically to reach their lifestyle and wellness goals. In addition, I am a relationship type of person and appreciate long term interactions/communication with clients.

Shannon Garrett, BS, RN, CHLC, Shannon Garrett Wellness, @AutoimmuneRN, Tennessee Nurse Entrepreneurs, Health Coaches:"I provide holistic health, wellness, nutrition, and lifestyle coaching for women who struggle with the many complexities of living with autoimmune or other chronic health issues. I have a 12 week program I work them through to help them reach their goals and I provide a NANDA wellness care plan for them. I personally have three autoimmune issues and know what these women go through. Medication nor diet are stand-alone treatments. Lifestyle issues are an integral part of healing and I help them work through challenges."
http://www.nursingentrepreneurs.com/garrett

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What made you decide to start your own business? I felt the need from the nursing profession for relevant education that is applicable across multiple business fields.

Daniel P. Gracie, DNP, RN-BC, Nursing Informatics Institute, South Carolina Nurse Entrepreneurs:"The Nursing Informatics Institute is a provider of healthcare and nursing informatics. We offer courses on-site in topics such as project management, basics of nursing informatics, and nursing informatics review courses. Additionally we offer online study questions and are working on some books and online learning opportunities for the future."
Daniel P. Gracie, DNP, RN-BC
Nursing Informatics Institute
3642 Savannah Highway
Johns Island, SC 29455
E-mail Address: info@theniinstitute.com
http://www.nursingentrepreneurs.com/directory.entrepreneurs.south.carolina.gracie.daniel.nursing.informatics.institute.htm

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What made you decide to start your own business? I always knew I wanted to own my own "something" I just never knew what that something was. So I went to school for my master's in business and nursing- just in case that idea came to me! When I left my inpatient role to work at a wellness center, coordinating a physician referred exercise program, I went through a health and wellness coaching program- my first one of two. When I was done the club wanted me to coach their clients there. But I realized that wasn't what I wanted to do- I wanted to coach my own clients in my own business. That "something" had turned into a reality. I am quite independent, motivated, hard-working, committed, and dedicated. I want to make a difference and have an impact on the nursing profession. I want to help our profession rise to a new level. That being said my "coaching" business has turned into so much more- I realized that nurses needed me in many different capacities. So I have turned to speaking, writing, radio show hosting, and many other modalities to be able to help nurses where they are at. I love being a business owner and I wouldn't have it any other way!

Elizabeth Scala, MSN/MBA, RN, Certified Health and Wellness Coach, Reiki Master, Living Sublime Wellness:"Elizabeth "Nurse Coach" Scala, MSN/MBA, RN is passionate about helping healthcare professionals, nurses in particular, to embody holistic living and embrace self-care. Through her business, Living Sublime Wellness, she writes regularly on the topic of self-care, conducts a free, monthly wellness workshop, and offers both in person and online seminars for busy nurses.

Elizabeth offers group coaching programs, one-on-one coaching, and is the founder of a virtual self-care conference for nurses called the RejuveNation Collaboration. She has written two books for nurses on healthy lifestyle and hosts her own blog talk radio show, the Living Sublime Wellness Show on the Rejuvenation Station.

Being a Reiki Master and daily practitioner of self-Reiki treatment, Elizabeth is available to speak, write, and teach nurses about the balancing and healing effects of Reiki therapy.
Jarrettsville, Maryland, 21084
E-mail Address: coachscala(at)livingsublimewellness(dot)com
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/LivingSublimeWellness

LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/pub/elizabeth-scala/15/47b/1a6/Edit

http://www.linkedin.com/groups?gid=4876997&trk=hb_side_g

Twitter: https://twitter.com/CoachScala

Youtube: http://www.youtube.com/user/LivingSublimeWellnes?feature=mhee

Phone number: 410-929-0081
http://www.nursingentrepreneurs.com/scala

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What made you decide to start your own business? To give back to nursing. For something to do when I retire in 5-6 years.

Nancy Banfield Johnson, MSN, RN, ANP, Nurse Mentor Nancy, @NurseMentorNanc:"On my blog and in my presentations, I give strategies to bedside nurses gain confidence, respect and prevent burnout. I published my first book 10/2012, "Catching Critical Changes, Six Essential Steps for Effective Nursing Assessment."
10 Morton Road
Van Etten, NY 14889
Phone number: 607-215-3951
E-mail Address: nancybanfieldjohnson@yahoo.com
Social Media:
Twitter: https://twitter.com/NurseMentorNanc
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/nancybanfieldjohnson.RN.MSN.ANP
LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/profile/view?id=134020245&trk=tab_pro
Homepage Address: http://www.nancybanfieldjohnson.com/wordpress/
http://www.nursingentrepreneurs.com/banfield

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What made you decide to start your own business? I wrote a book on emergency nursing and offers from publishers had low royalties and slow publishing turn around times. The National Nurses in Business Association helped me self-publish and start my own small press publishing company. The book is now in its fifth edition.

Patricia Ann Bemis, RN CEN LHRM, President & CEO, National Nurses in Business Association:"Love your work? Hate your job? Want more independence? Want more respect? Want more money? Join the NNBA and learn how to be self-employed or start a full or part-time business and love your job! Get more independence, respect, and money! I like to share information with other healthcare professionals. I am president of the National Nurses in Business Association, president of the Space Coast Emergency Nurse Association. I work as a online manager, course author and instructor with the University of Florida Professional Development Unit. Click here for Job Options in Nursing Utilizing Your Current Skills and Degrees!"
National Nurses in Business Association
NNBA PO Box 561081, Rockledge, FL 32956-1081
Call 1-877-353-8888 to join! Bemis@NNBA.net
Twitter: https://twitter.com/#!/patbemis

Facebook: https://facebook.com/patriciabemis

Linkedin: http://www.linkedin.com/in/patriciabemis

Blog: http://forensicsciencefornurses.com

http://www.nnba.net/
 http://www.nursingentrepreneurs.com/bemis/

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What made you decide to start your own business? I believe my expertise in communication, emotional intelligence and orgaizational behavior is essential for nurses to provide safe care and to experience healthy and rewarding careers.

Beth Boynton, RN, MS Consulting Services:"Beth Boynton, RN, MS, Nurse Consultant & Author of award-winning book, "Confident Voices: The Nurses' Guide to Improving Communication & Creating Positive Workplaces". Speaker, trainer, coach, and writer specializing in teaching nurses positive communication and collaboration skills, emotional intelligence, group dynamics & leadership.
Workshops and Speaking
"Whole Systems' work for culture change.
Facilitation of small group process work/teambuilding.
Coaching Nurse Managers & leaders
Change Agent work in preparing staff for culture change initiatives.
P.O. Box 192
Portsmouth, NH 03802-0192

E-mail Address: beth@bethboynton.com

Phone number: 207-752-0826

Blogs: http://www.confidentvoices.com

Social Media Twitter: https://twitter.com/#!/BethBoynton

Linkedin: Beth Boynton, RN, MS

Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1458311533&ref=tn_tnmn

Homepage Address: http://www.bethboynton.com
http://www.nursingentrepreneurs.com/boynton

Confident Voices: The Nurses' Guide to Improving Communication & Creating Positive Workplaces [Paperback]:"Nurses Teachers Administrators Human Resources Consultants Students Confident Voices gets directly to the heart of many distressing problems that nurses face and seek to change. Combining stories, facts, experience, and theories, the author presents compelling insights into root causes of medical errors, staffing shortages and workplace violence. Boynton sets the stage for understanding underlying issues and then teaches us how to build healthy work relationships and workplaces. Nurses have enormous potential to transform healthcare. This book transforms that potential into real problem-solving power!"
Beth Boynton RN MS
http://www.amazon.com/dp/1440441707/ref=tsm_1_fb_lk

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What made you decide to start your own business? Desire to be in charge of my destiny

Patricia Iyer MSN RN LNCC, Patricia Iyer Associates, Med League Support Services, Inc.:"Patricia Iyer Associates provides legal nurse consultants with the critical information they need to succeed in their roles. Med League Support Services, Inc. assists attorneys with the medical issues of their cases. We specialize in medical malpractice and personal injury cases, and supply expert witnesses and medical analysis in the form of timelines, chronologies and medical summaries."
260 Route 202-31, Suite 200
Flemington, NJ 08822
Phone number: 908-788-8227
E-mail Address: patriciaiyer@gmail.com
Blogs:

http://www.medleague.com/blog

http://patiyer.com

Social Media (Twitter, Linkedin, Facebook, etc)

Connect with me

https://twitter.com/patiyer

http://www.linkedin.com/in/patiyer

http://www.facebook.com/PatIyer

http://www.nursingentrepreneurs.com/iyer

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What made you decide to start your own business? My need to change the image of nursing and have my own voice to do what I felt I could in the world. And I love mastery so I knew I had to understand business and money in order to understand the world as it is.

Carol Gino, RN, BS, MA, Starwater Press, aaha!Books, @hopefulhealer @cgino8 New York, Texas Nurse Authors, Nursing Publishers, Nursing Entrepreneurs, Nurse-Owned Businesses:"Star Water Press, LTD. is a publishing company I formed in 1987 in order to publish angel books and other "alternative" titles that would have taken too long to get published (at the time) at a traditional or commercial publishing house.
I incorporated aaha!Books,LLC in 2010 when I moved to Texas to reprint my previously published books as well as other books in ebooks and other digital media. It is also the company from which I run hopefulhealer.com and starwater.com. My team works at both. aaha!books publishes books "Help for Hard Times, clear and simple-small books of big ideas" Star Water Press is for publishing books both in print and new media"
We have two addresses.
Star Water Press LTD. is in Amityville, NY, 11701
aaha! Books, LLC is in Texas
Street Address: 173 KLBJ Rd. Smithville, Texas, 78957
E-mail Address: team@aahabooks.com
Blog: http://www.hopefulhealer.com
URL: http://www.carolgino.com
http://hopefulhealer.com
http://www.nursingentrepreneurs.com/gino

The Nurse's Story by Carol Gino:"Do you still feel the passion to Help? Can you still see the miracles? or Are you exhausted by Burnout? Suffering Compassion Fatigue? National Bestseller! This book is a moving and important affirmation of courage. Of the power of Love and of tragedy redeemed by compassion. Here is a book that will shatter forever your casual assumptions about medicine, doctors, and especially about nurses."
http://carolgino.com/aah-ha-books/books/the-nurses-story-by-carol-gino/

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What made you decide to start your own business? To help revolutionize how hospice and palliative care is provided through educating general public (consumenrs) and the healthcare professionals.

Shahina Lakhani, RN, MSN, ThroughLifeAndDeath.com, @ShahinaLakhani, Georgia Nurse Entrepreneurs:"Personal empowerment coaching for people going through major life change and serious illness. Support and coaching for caregivers and terminally ill. Personal empowerment/self help book: The forbidden love. Speaker on Personal empowerment, issues in nursing, hospice and palliative care and how to provide holistic care for the sick and the dying. Working on books on End of life care."
3232 Westbrook Trace
Lawrenceville Georgia 30044
Phone: 678-994-1843
Social Media (Twitter, Linkedin, Facebook, etc)

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ShahinaLakhaniBiz
Twitter: https://twitter.com/#!/ShahinaLakhani

http://www.ThroughLifeAndDeath.com
http://www.nursingentrepreneurs.com/lakhani

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What made you decide to start your own business? View previous responses: http://www.nursingentrepreneurs.com/why/

I've had a passion now for the past 6 years now to work from home and reach a wider audience also with the freedom of making my own schedule and setting my own hours. I wanted a better lifestyle with more freedom to spend my time the way I want to spend it.

Tina Lanciault, RN, SmallBusinessNurse.com, Delaware Nurse Entrepreneurs, @tinalancio:"I provide nursing career advice and business ideas through my writing on both of my sites for new nursing grads and nurses wanting to make a change especially those nurses who are burnout and want to leave the bedside. There are options such as nurse entrepreneurship, Holistic nursing and Nursing Informatics, available to all nurses including LPN/LVNs. Lots of nursing resources, tips on finding a job or creating your own job plus many other tips and information just for nurses."
Street Address: 1015 Richfield Road
Newark DE 19713
E-mail Address: tina@smallbusinessnurse.com Phone number: 302-353-7701

Social Media (Twitter, Linkedin, Facebook, etc)
http://twitter.com/tinalancio
http://linkedin.com/tinalancio
http://facebook.com/tinalancio
Homepage Address:
http://differenttypesofnursing.com
http://smallbusinessnurse.com
http://www.nursingentrepreneurs.com/lanciault

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What made you decide to start your own business? To fill a void I see in healthcare and technology

Ryan Heck RN, CEN, CFRN, Stat Coordinations LLC , Arizona Nurse Entrepreneurs:"Stat Coordinations is dedicated to acute care coordinations. Our first product www.StatPhone.com will reformat patient care. This site is dedicated to eliminating transfer delays. It will provide a single way to screen multiple hospitals for capacity and capability. Patient transport services can be arranged at the time of transfer decision. Time stamped electronic communications ensure data integrity and promote efficiency. Our database consists of over 4,500 hospitals."
2225 N Gemini Ste E2
Flagstaff, AZ, 86001

E-mail Address: ryan.heck@statphone.com

Twitter: https://twitter.com/StatPhone,

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/statphone-com,

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/statphone

Homepage Address: http://www.StatPhone.com

http://www.nursingentrepreneurs.com/stat/

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What made you decideto start your own business?

I decided to start my own business in order to bring my many gifts and insights to nurses in search of opportunities to improve their health, improve their work-life balance, increase their personal and professional satisfaction, and live happier and more satisfying lives. I believe that nurses need to learn how to take better care of themselves so that they can provide the best care possible. My coaching practice focuses on nurses taking control of their own lives, health, and career path. The ripple effect of this type of proactive personal empowerment by nurses is enormous, since nurses touch the lives of so many individuals and communities. My own coaching business/practice seemed like the most intelligent way to accomplish these goals.

Keith Carlson, RN, BSN, Nurse Keith Coaching, New Mexico Nurse Entrepeneurs, Nurse Coaches:" Nurse Keith Coaching provides professional coaching services for nurses and nursing students. My services include health and wellness coaching, work-life balance, burnout prevention, burnout recovery, career coaching, and life coaching. The majority of my coaching sessions are conducted via telephone and Skype, although some face-to-face sessions are possible for clients living in Northern New Mexico. The development of workshops and webinars is currently in process.

During the course of 2014, I became a Board Certified Nurse Coach (NC-BC) under the auspices of the American Holistic Nurses Credentialing Corporation. My coaching services now also include "soulful social media coaching" and coaching in authentic networking skills, including the optimal way to maximize your use of Linked In.

I also offer custom Santa Fe-based coaching retreats for nurses and healthcare professionals who want to have a vacation AND do some coaching with me in my beautiful new office facing the Santa Fe Mountains."
2300 West Alameda, D7
Santa Fe, New Mexico 87507

Blogs:Digital Doorway: http://digitaldoorway.blogspot.com
E-mail Address: nursekeith@gmail.com
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/NurseKeithCoaching
LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/profile/view?id=10264609&trk=tab_pro
Twitter: http://twitter.com/#!/nursekeith
Homepage: http://nursekeith.com
http://www.nursingentrepreneurs.com/carlson

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What made you decide to start your own business? With my accumulated experience in Hospice, I could see the gap in education and training for end of life professionals, so I began Pro Hospice Solutions, LLC. As CEO and Educator, I want to address this gap and ensure that end of life professionals are empowered to accept and embrace the gift of providing compassionate care for their patients.

Gwenn Dalton, RN, CEO/Educator, Pro Hospice Solutions, LLC, Texas Nurse Entrepreneurs, Hospice Educators:"Pro Hospice Solutions, LLC understands that care is more than tending to the physical end of life; it is a way of caring for the patient, their family, and support group. Through our community outreach programs, mentorship programs, and continuing education workshops, we empower those care givers and end of life professionals with the ability to advance quality of life and to accept the gift of providing a compassionate end of life for their patient or loved one. Above all, Pro Hospice Solutions, LLC is dedicated to providing training and support for those Hospice Heroes and Healthcare Warriors who continue to fight for end of life rights!
We provide the following educational services: Continuing Nursing Education and Continuing Education Workshops. End of Life Consumer Education Resources and Training. Mentorship and Training Programs for End of Life Professionals"
Street Address: 512 Ave E. Moody, Texas 76557
E-mail Address: Blogs: http://prohospicesolutions.wordpress.com
Social Media (Twitter, Linkedin, Facebook, etc):
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Pro-Hospice-Solutions-LLC/220348904701791
http://twitter.com/hospiceheroes
http://www.nursingentrepreneurs.com/pro

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What made you decide to start you own business? I have been in nursing 36 years. I enjoy working and anticipate working for 20 more years, and I wanted to be able to use the knowledge I have gained and expand on it. Legal nurse consulting gives me that opportunity. It keeps me stimulated and is the most exciting thing I have ever done in my nursing career.

Judi S. Brantley, RN BSN MEd. Certified Legal Nurse Consultant, Charleston Medical Legal Consultants, South Carolina Legal Nurse Consultants, Nursing Entrepreneurs, Nurse-Owned Businesses:Charleston Medical Legal Consultants, LLC provides Case Analysis for Medical Malpractice cases. This includes, but not limited to:

  1. Inventory for necessary medical records
  2. Screening for merit
  3. Identify adherences to/deviations from Standards of Care
  4. Medical story
  5. Chronologies with Lexis Nexis CaseMap/TimeMap
  6. Rendering list of potential defendants
  7. Educate in medical questions
  8. Medical Research
  9. Assist in locating expert witnesses
Charleston Medical Legal Consultants, LLC
3575 Maybank Hwy., Suite D192
Johns Island, South Carolina 29455
Email Address: judibrantley@gmail.com
http://www.legalnursingconsultant.com/charleston/

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What made you decide to start your own business?

I was teaching traditional classroom I.V. Education—and saw the many obstacles of this traditional type of education: getting the nurses to the course, expense, travel, schedule difficulties, different learning styles and paces. It occurred to me that there had to be a better way to provide these nurses the didactic portion of I.V. education in a capacity that met THEIR needs. My husband (and CTO) has over 28 years of experience in software and database architecture, and website management. So we dreamed up Pedagogy-which means "the art and science of teaching"—and we were off! It is a great misconception that all there is to I.V. education is how to insert a catheter—take one of our courses and you will soon realize—there is a lot of knowledge a nurse must have to deliver infusion therapy to their patients safely.

Capra Dalton RN, CEO, Pedagogy Incorporated, Texas Nursing Entrepreneurs, Continuing Education (CEU) Providers:"Pedagogy Incorporated is a provider of nursing continuing education. We specialize in I.V. Therapy Education and Wound Care Education. We offer accredited courses to individual nurses, Long Term Care Facilities, Home Health Agencies, and Hospitals. Pedagogy can assist facilities and agencies with determining an Infusion Education plan that suits their unique market. Competency demonstration (skills) Checklists have been developed for all I.V. and Wound related skills and are available for those that choose Pedagogy Education. We are currently adding authors and expanding our course offerings to respiratory therapy, PT/OT's R.Ph. etc."
E-mail Address: sales@pedagogy-inc.com
Phone number: 903-504-8712
Social Media:
FaceBook: http://www.facebook.com/pedagogyonline
LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/company/1041497
Twitter: http://twitter.com/pedagogymedical
Website: http://www.pedagogy-inc.com
http://www.nursingentrepreneurs.com/dalton

Categories: Continuing Education, Educational Nurse Entrepreneurs, Infusion Therapy, Nurse-Owned Businesses, Nursing Continuing Education, Nursing Education, Transfusion Therapy, Wound Care

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What made you decide to start your own business? Computer background and flexibility

Larry Snyder, BA, RN, DBA, RN.ORG, SA, Nursing Continuing Education Providers:"Larry Snyder, RN is the Founder and President of RN.ORG®, SA. As a licensed healthcare professional with over 15 years of experience in nursing as well as a computer authority with in-excess of 20 years of experience, he is knowledgeable with the integration of healthcare and computers and sees a strong need for licensed professionals to maintain their license in an easy, convenient, comfortable no stress environment. Larry has worked in various aspects of nursing in many states in both large and small hospitals and has the experience and background to make healthcare and nursing education friendly. Larry also functioned as a consulant at large corporations in various aspects of IT management including CBS Sports, Sportsline.com, Sports.com, Universal Studios, Nickelodeon, Viacom, Flexsys and Monsanto. Larry also has served as an expert witness on several high profile cases throughout the United States sharing his valuable input as an experienced Emergency Room nurse."
Latin America Office (Corporate Offices)
Larry Snyder - RN.ORG®, SA
CR 15A # 10A-03
El Poblado, Medellin, Colombia
Hospital Sales (English) USA: 1-954-369-4556
Hospital Sales (Espańol - E.E.U.U): 1-860-786-1866
E-mail Address: info@rn.org
Blogs, Social Media (Twitter, Linkedin, Facebook, etc): http://www.linkedin.com/pub/dir/Larry/Snyder
http://www.twitter.com/wwwRNorg
Phone number: 954-369-4556
Website: http://www.rn.org
http://www.nursingentrepreneurs.com/snyder/

Categories: Emergency Department Nursing, Nursing Continuing Education, Nursing Education http://www.nursefriendly.com/educators">Nursing Educators, http://www.nursefriendly.com/informatics">Nursing/Healthcare Informatics

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What made you decide to start your own business? Was the in-house consultant at a large law firm in Tampa, and decided to start my own business to help more and more clients. .

Andra DeCarlo, RN, Summit Medical Litigation Consulting, Inc.:"Andra DeCarlo, owner of Summit Medical Litigation Consulting and her team of nurses provide Legal Nurse Consulting for both defense and plaintiff attorneys looking for a clear explanation of what actually happened with the client. Is there a case? Is there a defense? We specialize in looking outside-the-box to help find the key to the case. Nursing home neglegance, PI, Medical Malpractice and more."
1586 El Tair Trail
Clearwater, FL, 33765
E-mail Address: andradecarlo@tampabay.rr.com

Social Networks: Ecademy.com, Facebook, Gather.com, LinkedIn, Twitter
http://summitmlc.com or http://www.andradecarlo.info/
http://www.legalnursingconsultant.com/decarlo/

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What made you decide to start your own business? I was unable to help my colleagues and patients in the way I visioned and was getting increasingly frustrated!! I was an entrepreneur prio to becoming a nurse and set out to pursue Yoga Nursing and start a private practice.
View previous responses: http://www.nursingentrepreneurs.com/why/

Annette Tersigni RN, Yoga Nursing®:"I am the founder of Yoga Nurse Medical Yoga and Stress Management and am the creator of the enlightening new field of Yoga Nursing® and the Yoga Nursing Institute. Yoga Nursing is the marriage of modern nursing science with the ancient science of yoga. My programs are endorsed by lots of doctors and health care providers as a safe therapy to decrease pain and suffering and help folks to find peace instead of going to pieces. I have dedicated the past 16 years educating people around the world on leading healthier, spiritual lifestyles and with a dose of tough love and loads of laughter helped them to WAKE UP and GET CONSCIOUS NOW.

I am a sought after no barriers heart felt speaker, coach, teacher and writer and am featured extensively in the media including in the Associated Press and on NBC, CBS, Fox News affiliates and have been interviewed on national TV by Arielle Ford as one of America's Experts. I am producing, writing, and acting in several DVD documentary/educational projects: I am training and coaching other nurses, yoga teachers and health professionals throughout the USA and Canada to be Yoga Nursing Therapists and I lead fantabulous Yoga and Juice fasting Makeover Retreats on the magnificent Pyrate laden Crystal Coast of North Carolina. My programs our hip, conscious, filled with hilarious humor, enlightening and designed to inspire and leave a legacy. This is the most prolific, jamming and juicy time of my life and I get to do it all by serving others. SERVING RULES!"
Street Address: 103 short st apt. E
Beaufort, North Carolina, 28516
E-mail Address: theyoganurse@gmail.com
Phone: 252.725.1924
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheYogaNurse?v=info
Homepage Address: http://www.yoganurse.com
http://www.nursingentrepreneurs.com/tersigni

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Frustration with the system and with constant mergers and buy-outs.

    Lucille "Lou" Addington, RN, CLNC, Florida:"We do medical-legal consulting for attorneys, insurance companies and HMO's, and private individuals. Presuit investigations and affidavits. Expert witness location. Special interest in vaccine damage cases and long term care/elder care issues. My associate and I bring a combined 42 years of professional nursing practice to our cases."
    http://www.nursingentrepreneurs.com/addington

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What made you decide to start your own business? The desire for greater independence and challenge in my professional career.

Rhonda K. Alfredson RN CLNC CRRN CCM COHN, Georgia Legal Nurse Consultants:"Discovery Partners provides a multitude of comprehensive nurse consulting services to attorneys, small and large businesses, and insurance companies. Services include Legal Nurse Consulting (med. mal, PI, WC, toxic torts, fraud, soc. security, PL, criminal, gen. negligence) , Disability and Workers' Compensation Case Management, Hearing Conservation Program Consultation and Administration, Ergonomics Consultations, Occupational Health Services Consultation, Medical/Health Related Educational offerings, as well as other consultative and support services."
P.O. Box 555
Conyers, Georgia 30012
Phone number: 770-602-4531
http://www.nursingentrepreneurs.com/dpclnc

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What made you decide to start your own business?: Dissatisfaction with current situation.

Dominique Ann Bernard, RN, BSN, Virginia Nurse Entrepreneurs:"My goal is to work from home. Currently I am employed in a psychiatric facility and I work part time in a geriatric setting. My interests are varied."
http://www.4nursing.com/bernard

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What made you decide to start your own business?: Fascinated with the industry

Sheryl D. Bisson, R.N.,, California Legal Nurse Consultants:"I offer services to aid in the resolution of medical-legal issues. I work for law firms, insurance companies and healthcare facilities. My services include, but are not limited to: medical record review and analysis; identifying applicable Standards of Care and deviations from the Standards; identifying records, policies and procedures and other essential documents for complete case reviews."
Specialty Areas: Coronary Care, Health law, Intensive Care, Medical Malpractice, Personal Injury, Worker's Compensation
http://www.nursingexperts.com/bisson/

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What made you decide to start your own business? Flexibility in scheduling; retirement of senior partner with whom I have worked for many years.

Michelle L. Callan Nurse-Attorney:"Medical-legal consulting and trial assistance to attorneys for Personal Injury and Medical Malpractice cases."
13 Anchor Terrace, Rochester New York 14617
Phone number: 585-266-6574
Fax number: 585-266-6574
mcallan1@rochester.rr.com
http://www.nursingentrepreneurs.com/callan/

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What made you decide to start your own business?: I started my first business to to fulfill a personal goal of Small Business Ownership, and the financial rewards. I started NursingCorp to be the culmination of all of my experience and skills, and to be a hallmark of all of my professional talents.

Joseph Caracci, RN, BSN, MBA, Nursecorp.com, Nursing Agencies, Staffing Software Support, Arizona Nursing Entrepreneurs:"NursingCorp offers serious investors and entrepreneurs the knowledge and assistance needed to enter the nurse staffing industry. We provide assistance establishing health care staffing companies, and development of nursing based software solutions. Our product offerings include a complete Nurse Registry Business Package, Nurse Staffing Software for use by Hospitals and Nurse Registries, Business Consultation, and customized software development. To learn more about how we can assist you. The founder of NursingCorp.com is a former Co-founder and President of a large Phoenix AZ based Nurse Registry."
Nursecorp.com
3165 S. Alma School Road
Suite 29-260
Chandler, AZ 85248
Phone: 888-607-1492
E-Mail: jcaracci@nursingcorp.com
http://www.nursingentrepreneurs.com/caracci

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What made you decide to start your own business? I was looking for extra income. While shopping on line for scrubs I found an offer to become a distributor and I decided to give it a try. I also was considering my future retirement and some financial security.

Alyce Clark, RN, Caregiver Scrubs, Nursing Uniforms, Nurse-Owned Businesses, Entrepreneurs:"Sales of scrubs and accessories to medical personnel in hospitals, clinics, doctor's offices, dental offices, and veterinary clinics."
http://www.nursingentrepreneurs.com/clark

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What made you decide to start your own business?: I wanted a career that truly utilized my knowledge and experience as a nurse; a position that allowed greater flexibility in balancing career and family.

Natalie A. Cole, RN, BHSA, CMCN, LNC, West Virginia Legal Nurse Consultants:"I provide medical record reviews and case analyses for attorneys working in medical malpractice, wrongful death, personal injury, and general negligence. My skills and education as a Registered Nurse, in addition to my training as a Legal Nurse Consultant, eases the burden of other legal team members by allowing them to concentrate on other important areas of a case."
5167 Procious Maysel Road
Procious, West Virginia (WV) 25164
Phone number: (304) 587-7010
http://www.nursingentrepreneurs.com/cole

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I enjoy helping people. The longer I was in the medical field and the more consulting I did, I saw a great need in the area of financial control. Hospitals were broke, companies were broke and the devastation I saw from that led me to help individuals focus on their own financial game plan - Especially physicians and nurses - they made the most money and spent the most - A typical physician earning about 125k a year was spending 150k a year - not a good financial position - So my crusade became that of educator -Educator and coach - getting health care professionals to develop and maintain a financial life.

    Brigette M. Cutchins, RN, COHN, Colorado:"If you are like many people, you are in the dark about your finances. You pay your bills each month and do your best to prepare for the future. But the truth is, there is only so much money to go around and creating a financial game plan on your own can be overwhelming. PFS can help. A complimentary Financial Needs Analysis can help bring your current financial situation to light. It can show you where your finances stand today and what you need to do to prepare for tomorrow."
    1932 S. Cedar Ave
    Colorado Springs, Colorado (CO) 80906
    Phone number: 866-303-0864 toll free or 719-499-9297
    Fax number: 719-495-7100
    E-Mail: 4fna@adelphia.net
    http://www.nursingentrepreneurs.com/cutchins

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What made you decide to start your own business?: Interest in Law and the relationship between medicine and law.

Lisa Desimon R.N, D.C, CLNC, Illinois Nurse Entrepreneurs:"Certified Legal Nurse Consultant business, serving as a consulting expert and testifying expert on a variety of medical/legal issues/cases."
7358 Timberwolf Trail
Fairview Heights, Illinois 62208
http://www.nursingentrepreneurs.com/desimon

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What made you decide to start your own business?: I have an 8 year old daughter who really needs me to be around more often, Having my own business allows me to create my own hours and spend more time with my daughter.

    Baraka Dimson, BSN, New York City Nursing Agencies, Nurse-Owned Businesses:"Staff Nurse Inc. is a staffing agency for nursing homes in the state of New York. We staff nursing homes with qualified licensed practical nurses and registered professional nurses. Our rates are extremely competitive and we offer on-going staff development for our nurses. In addition to this we have a department that offers 5 weeks NCLEX review class for repeat NCLEX test takers only. We offer them the support they need and review in a small and intimate classroom environment. Our NCLEX review classes are so good, if after taking it the graduate nurse is still not successful, we allow him or her to continue taking our review classes up to 1 year until they pass the NCLEX and obtain their license.
    312-316 East 149th street
    Bronx New York Zip Code: 10452
    Phone number: 718-772-6663 Fax number: 718-293-3980
    http://www.nursingentrepreneurs.com/dimson

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What made you decide to start your own business?: Career change/ challenge

Patrick Dupont BSN, CRNA, CLNC Alpha Medical-Legal Consulting, Inc.:"25 years as an RN including 22 years as a Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist (CRNA) with extensive experience in anesthesia administration for surgical procedures including general, orthopedic, neurosurgical, cardiothoracic, vascular, ENT, GYN, trauma, plastic and reconstructive, cosmetic, interventional radiology, labor and delivery including administration and monitoring of labor epidurals, invasive line placement and monitoring, emergency airway management, outpatient and ambulatory surgical procedures, regional anesthetics, conscious sedation and post-anesthesia care.
15585 Ocean Walk Cir. #113
Fort Myers, Florida 33908 Phone: 239-297-9893, Fax: 239-425-1384
amlc@roverusa.com
http://www.nursingentrepreneurs.com/dupont

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What made you decide to start your own business? I have always been intrigued with legal matters. I would like to help attorneys and their clients with my expertise and knowledge base. I like being my own boss.

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What made you decide to start your own business? Political & Economic factors

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What made you decide to start your own business?: Flexibility

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What made you decide to start your own business?: The need to try to make a difference, and to see if I could make it on my own.

Angela Halley RN, BSN, CLNC, River View Legal Nurse Consulting:"We specialize in providing legal nurse consulting services to attorneys (plaintiff and defense), insurance companies, workman's compensation firms, and individual institutions for risk management services. Our firm has over 20 years of nursing experience in psychiatric, labor and delivery, pulmonary, neurology, medical/surgical nursing, and many areas of nursing management. River View Legal Nurse Consultants provides a time efficient and cost effective answer to your legal nurse consulting needs."
64 Deenie Dr
Bidwell, Ohio 45614
Phone number: 740-245-9891, Fax number: 740-245-0153
E-Mail: angelahalleyrn@wmconnect.com
http://www.legalnursingconsultant.org/halley

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"What made you decide to start your own business? Ability to work from home, own boss, less stress, more money."

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What made you decide to start your own business?: Autonomy. Money. Respect. A vision to provide a fun and lucrative environment for nurses to work.

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I started my business because this has always been my dream, I went back to college to receive by MBA in heath services management. LNC is a business I can use all my skills. Love what I am doing and get paid for doing it.

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