In Episode 69: Hustle & Flow, we sit down with Fiona Tennant, MSN, FNP-BC, CANS, Founder & CEO of Nurse Fiona Med Spa in Framingham, MA. Fiona began her medical career as an LPN, then became an RN and spent more than a decade working in Pediatrics. It’s in Peds that she learned the critical thinking skills that would later help her build a successful practice and become a respected, in-demand injector and trainer years later.

Before opening NF Med Spa, she worked at a Plastic Surgery center as a Staff Nurse, and she credits that job with giving her a foundation to build from as she entered the world of non-surgical aesthetics. One weekend class later, the burning desire to go out on her own wouldn’t fade, and she made a big decision to leave her steady paycheck and benefits and give entrepreneurship a go! She had to learn to inject largely on her own back then, but twelve years and one very successful med spa later, it was no doubt the right decision.

We talk a lot about her decision to go back to school and become a Nurse Practitioner. With kids, a husband, and a booming business, it seems like an impossible time to do it, but she’s overcome adversity and fought her way through life before. As a young mom, she was on food stamps and lived in Section 8 housing, but she knew where she wanted to go, and she’s always had the hustle factor to get there.

But why now? Why go back to school when all the puzzle pieces are finally in place? Her decision was driven by a few key factors that are weighing heavy on the minds of RNs across the industry:

• She never wanted to feel that her Practice or her staff were at risk because of her licensure or because she had to involve other parties to legally own NF Med spa.

• She’s a stickler for the rules and as the grey area gets smaller and smaller, she wanted to mitigate any risks and take that burden off her shoulders.  

• As an NP, she can diagnose and prescribe eliminating the burden of hiring NPs just to complete Good Faith Exams so she can see her own Patients.

• More and more states are moving toward legislation to further limit the scope of practice of RNs and prevent them from injecting or running devices, and she wanted to protect what she’d build over all these years.

We also talk about the challenges of business ownership from wearing may hats to working late hours and finding the right staff who want to do great work and stay with you. Like so many, she’s taken injectors under her wing only to train them and have them leave, but she works diligently to create an environment that enriches her staff and fuels their growth.

With her NP boards wrapped up and a little more freedom on her hands for the first time in years, it’s no shock she’s antsy to keep growing! She has her sites set on south Florida where she’s opening another NF location and expanding her brand.  She’s no stranger to the game and has been burned before, so she’s playing this one close to the vest….time will tell where the next Nurse Fiona Med Spa will open, but there’s no doubt it will be a success- she’s doesn't shy away from hard work, and she’s eager to grow into the next phase of her business journey!

Learn more about Nurse Fiona:

Nurse Fiona Med Spa: https://www.nursefiona.com/

Nurse Fiona on IG: https://www.instagram.com/nursefiona/