Would you consider quitting your job as a nurse and starting a career as an entrepreneur in trucking? Melanie Patterson has her master's degree as a family nurse practitioner. She got all the degrees and letters behind her name and still wasn’t making that six-figure income she’d been promised. Full-time entrepreneurship was soon calling, and Melanie has been transferring her skills as an ED nurse into the world of business (trucking, specifically) for the past few years. 

 

Join Christal and Kiiyonna as they unpack the risk and reward of entrepreneurship as Melanie cashes in her 401(k) and resigns as a trauma nurse in the ER room to be a business owner. What does it feel like to transition out of nursing gracefully? And do nurses make for good entrepreneurs?

 

This conversation is for any nurse out there who’s driving on their way to a 12-hour shift and is wondering if there’s something more out there for them. The truth is, yes, there probably is, and Melanie’s story should suffice as an inspiration for you to make that shift happen, Nurse Boss style.

 

 “In entrepreneurship, it’s the risk that’s the most rewarding. It’s the ‘Ls’ that bring those valuable lessons.”– Melanie Patterson

In this episode:

-Falling in love with the industry of nursing

-‘To thine own self be true’

-Why it’s okay to move onto a new journey

-Your connection to your nursing team 

-Christal describes having babies during COVID

-How to get into logistics

-Teaching other small business owners and minority women the business of logistics

-Understanding the challenges of calculating your operational costs

-The essential value of mentorship

-Being successful as an African American woman in a male, white-dominated trucking industry

-Do you need a male on your fleet management team?

-Positive words for nurses still in the struggle…

And so much more…

Resources:

-Business Made Simple (the book) - Business Made Simple: 60 Days to Master Leadership, Sales, Marketing, Execution, Management, Personal Productivity and More (Made Simple Series)

Connect with Melanie:

Website - Team Integrity Knowledge Center

Connect with Kiiyonna and Christal:

- Kiiyonna's Instagram

- Christal's Instagram

- Nurse Boss Mob Facebook Group

- YouTube

- TikTok