Why You Are Not A Midlevel The term midlevel never sat well with me. I used to tolerate it, but now it just pisses me off every time I see the word. Why? Because it is so limiting and it devalues us as a profession. No matter how hard you work or how much you achieve, …
Know It All Nurses Nurses who know it all. Have you ever come across that nursing student or new NP who just seems to know it all? They always have a good answer, they can pull research out of the air, they come up with pertinent information. Somehow, some new nurses just seem to have …
Ahh, the imposter syndrome . . . Remember when you were first an RN and they took you off orientation kicking and screaming? You weren’t ready, you needed more time! But they kicked you off anyway and you learned your role. You are in the same position now. However, there is no orientation for NursePreneurs. …
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Declaring your intentions is an extremely powerful starting point when starting any new adventure. Whether you are starting a new career, a new journey, a new language or a new relationship, when you declare your intentions out loud you express your desires. Declaring your intentions is a compelling starting point when starting any new adventure. …
Ten Incredible Entrepreneurial Ideas Just For Nurses There are an infinite number of idea combinations that will complement your nursing degree. I think many nurses and NPs get tunnel vision with 3 predominate ideas that they think they are limited to- start up an NP clinic, start a nursing recruiting agency, and start a home …
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There are many barriers that we put up as reasons why we can’t become self-employed. I’ve used them myself—”I’m too busy,” “I have to get done with this . . . or that.” But the fact is the idea of being self-employed or rather as I like to say, becoming a NursePreneur, kept coming up …
When it comes to business should you follow your passion? My dad always use to say “pursue your passion and the rest will follow”. It’s cliché I know and we hear it over and over, but is it true? It certainly wasn’t true for Vincent van Gogh, Emily Dickinson or Henry David Thoreau. All them …
A good portion of your success will be directly tied to your ability to be organized, so this needs to be set up at the start. There are three critical steps that you need to address before going any further. 1. How much time do spend on tasks? The first thing you need to do …
Prevent Achieving Success Before getting too deep into any program or project, we must take a good hard look at who we are and the barriers that set up for ourselves to prevent achieving success. You may be thinking you have come to a website like this because you want to achieve success and no …
Brainstorming for business ideas is an essential part of finding the right niche for your business. Unfortunately most people approach brainstorming the wrong way. Most people start out brainstorming for solutions to a broadly laid out problem instead of trying to understand the problem first. I see this all the time at the doctoral level …