Nurse Boss Shift

Are you ready to take the leap to corporate nursing? Lexi Jay is now The Corporate Nurse on Instagram. Years ago, when she was still a bedside nurse, she knew she couldn't face that line of work anymore when the songs she was playing in her car on the way to work weren't doing it in terms of motivation. 

She saw other nurses (with Louis Vuitton bags) offering medical advice and selling equipment, bridging the communication gap between what hospitals and nurses need, and what the big medical companies are selling. 

Now Lexi is blowing up as a corporate nurse, offering 1-on-1 coaching and mentorship for nurses looking to pivot to that well-paid, remote line of work. She enjoys coaching bedside nurses to remote positions, salary increases, and perks via ‘Corporate Nursing.'

Lexi has made the Nurse Boss Shift in a big way and is enjoying her entrepreneurial journey as she educates and empowers. This episode is for all those nurses out there who know that there's more waiting for them, but just don't know where to look. You can do more than just work at the bedside - if you want to. Please join us. 

In this episode:

-Lexi spills the tea on her backstory in becoming a corporate nurse

-Working remotely with global pharma companies

-Why your expertise is your ticket IN to corporate nursing

-Getting your interview skills UP

-Why Lexi is 'The Corporate Nurse' on Instagram – and what that means

-Know that the MONEY IS THERE in corporate nursing in '23

-Being the only black woman in a 300-person company

-Advice for nurses looking to get into corporate nursing

-How to practice your interview skills

-Why ‘closed mouths don't get fed’

-Changing your 'broke mindset'

-Understanding 'Leap to Corporate Nursing' - the program

Connect with Lexi Jay:

-Instagram - The Corporate Nurse® (@thecorporatenurse) - https://www.instagram.com/thecorporatenurse/

-Leap to Corporate Nursing - https://thecorporatenurse.thrivecart.com/leap-vip/

-Twitter - https://twitter.com/NurseLexiJ

-LinkedIn - Lexi Jay, MHA, BSN, RN - Chief Executive Officer & Founder - The Corporate Nurse, LLC - https://www.linkedin.com/in/thecorporatenurse/

Connect with Kiiyonna and Christal:

- Kiiyonna's Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/sidepreneur_nurse/

- Christal's Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/thebedsiderescuer/

- Nurse Boss Mob Facebook Group - https://www.facebook.com/groups/2906101896370538

- YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/user/kiiyonna/

- TikTok - https://www.tiktok.com/@sidepreneurrn?lang=en

Rockie is a registered nurse of 10 years, with most of that time spent in the emergency room. She is also the founder of Flower Child Loc Care, a business selling handcrafted vegan loc care products that she started selling during the lockdown. 

Rockie has made that Nurse Boss Shift happen by being passion-driven, a research junkie, intentional in her business actions, and an educator on her social media accounts.

This is a down-to-earth success story about a nursing entrepreneur who has learned how to apply what she has learned in nursing to the business world of loc care. She’s done it all — and still does it all — by learning how to scale back at work and focus on her business. She remains consistent, finding ways to make her nursing and business career work alongside each other until she can become a full-time entrepreneur. 

As Kiiyonna notes, perseverance is pushing through in the presence of obstacles. Rockie is persevering with her unique inspirational path. She is not the exception, she is the rule, and we can all learn a lot from Rockie’s story. 

In this episode:

-What was Rockie’s AHA moment?

-What coaches should you follow? 

-What has Rockie’s journey been like in perfecting her craft?

-How to learn the social media tricks as you go 

-Rockie takes inspiration from her loc journey

-How nursing helps Rockie with a scientific approach to her products

-Knowing when to create time for yourself when running your own business

-What does it feel like getting that first big order?

-Remembering to celebrate the small things

-Figuring out how to scale back at work

Connect with Rockie:

- Instagram Luxury Vegan Loc Products (@flowerchildloccare)

- Link Tree: https://linktr.ee/flowerchildloccare

Connect with Kiiyonna and Christal:

- Kiiyonna's Instagram

- Christal's Instagram

- Nurse Boss Mob Facebook Group

- YouTube

- TikTok

Are you keen to learn what it takes to become a nursing copywriter? Portia Wofford has been a nurse since 2010, when she started in long-term care. Pretty soon, she saw a gap in home health in terms of how her patients weren’t necessarily understanding the pamphlets they were being left with — because they didn’t know how to read. 

Portia had always been a good writer and saw an opportunity to rewrite the rules on how nurses, doctors, and medical facilities communicated with their patients. Now she’s flying as a nursing copywriter — writing for all sorts of medical businesses, blogs, and news outlets about all things nursing. Plus, she now has a whole team behind her. 

This is Nurse Boss Shift at its very best in 2023, showing us how we can turn our nursing careers into something more than just draining bedside care. Portia takes us through the steps she took to get out of the day-to-day going of nursing, all while still giving back so much to a profession that desperately needs clear communication with its clients — and the nursing industry in general. Listen up, take some notes, and get busy writing!

In this episode:

-What it means to get confident in your nursing skills

-How Portia spotted a gap in writing about nursing 

-Teaching nurses how better to communicate with their patients

-What does it mean to meet your patients where they are? 

-Understanding and appreciating home health

-Do you have to be a writer to get into nurse writing? 

-Working with influencers as a nursing writer

-How much money can you earn writing as a nurse?

-Portia explains how she teaches nurses to write

-What is the division between LPNs, LVNs and RNs about? 

-The value of a good business coach

-Why you should surround yourself with good people that support you

Resources:

-Built to Sell (the book Portia recommends) - Built To Sell

Connect with Portia Wofford:

-Instagram @thewritenurse

-Learn Pivot Navigate

Connect with Kiiyonna and Christal:

- Kiiyonna's Instagram

- Christal's Instagram

- Nurse Boss Mob Facebook Group

- YouTube

- TikTok

Have you heard of the controversy surrounding the TikTok ‘Ick’ challenge? Kiiyonna and Christal weigh in on this hot topic, discussing the impact of social media and where to draw the line with what nurses are accountable for.

Four nurses at Georgia’s Emory University labor and delivery unit were fired for making a video on TikTok detailing what patients do to give them the ‘ick’ (an uncomfortable feeling) at work. 

The fallout has been huge as other patients at Emory University have made the link between their poor care and this ‘ick’ video. So, is it the nurses' fault? And what can we learn from this experience as nurses and people engaging in social media? 

This is a fresh, important debate between Christal and Kiiyonna on the interface of nursing and social media. They remind us to keep the patient in mind and conduct ourselves with integrity and help lift the profession of nursing up. We are the ones who decide our profession. We own it. But with ownership comes responsibility. So let’s understand what that responsibility entails. Please join us. 

In this episode:

-Was the Ick video leaked?

-What is an ‘ick’?

-Christal’s story of her first hospital birth

-Why nurses get the blame when they’re the face of the business

-Kiiyonna’s comparative story of giving birth at 17

-Are their experiences shaped by them being African American women?

-How TikTok glamorizes nursing

-How to find balance as a nurse on social media

-Speaking the truth of your profession on TikTok

-Black nurses coming together for a common mission

-If you wouldn’t do it in front of your patients, don’t do it on social media

-Did the punishment fit the crime?

Connect with Kiiyonna and Christal:

- Kiiyonna's Instagram

- Christal's Instagram

- Nurse Boss Mob Facebook Group

- YouTube

- TikTok

‘Staying bedside won’t bring you wealth!’ Dr. Kiiyonna Jones extraordinaire and your girl Christal Parker bring some honest truths to this episode of Nurse Boss Shift. Today they’re in conversation with Dr. Aisha Allen, a CRNA who’s earning good money ($225 an hour) but still wants to control her time.

What’s a CRNA? A Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist who has specialized training in anesthesia. Dr. Allen made the sacrifice to study further and specialize as an anesthetist, and she now advises nurses on how to leave the bedside and get into real estate, short-term rentals, and explore other investment vehicles. 

This episode is about inspiring nurses to believe they can achieve more in terms of time freedom by owning property, and that it’s okay to be about the money. There’s advice on checking your finances and your credit score, getting a financial cushion, and paying for knowledge. 

Dr. Allen is a shining example of creating space between you and the bedside, and reaching your ‘ikigai’ as a nurse by making that Nurse Boss Shift. Her ambition is infectious; we’re sure you’ll be suitably inspired!

In this episode:

-Mixed feelings on leaving the bedside

-Having an exit plan

-How Dr. Allen got into nursing

-Taking detours but still getting to the original goal

-Not being ashamed to be about the money

-What the military did for Dr. Allen

-When did Dr. Allen’s Nurse Boss Shift occur?

-Appreciating the value of earning money

-Understanding ‘ikigai’

-The audacity to say ‘don’t do it for money’ 

-Airbnb recommendations

And so much more…

Connect with Dr. Allen:

-Website

-Instagram - Nurse Bedside Ditch Expert (@aisha_crna)

-Linktree

Connect with Kiiyonna and Christal:

- Kiiyonna's Instagram

- Christal's Instagram

- Nurse Boss Mob Facebook Group

- YouTube

- TikTok

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 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

Are you a nursing practitioner who’s tired of exchanging time for money? “It ain’t it!”, as Kiiyonna succinctly puts it in this conversation with Dr Samantha Walton. 

Nurse Boss Shift has pulled off another coup in this interview, with Dr Samantha Walton sharing her story growing up on the southside of Chicago in low income housing and becoming a nurse (and still being broke), to walking the silver streets of Instagram and learning how to leverage business credit and make her money work for her.

Samantha’s story is truly powerful and a shining light for other nurses who are looking to make the entrepreneurial shift. Samantha spent ten years as a nurse juggling multiple jobs, even getting her doctorate in the process – and still, she wasn’t satisfied. Now she is, though, sharing her story and empowering others like her to make that money work for you by teaching nurses about business credit! Please join us.

“Thanks to my humble beginnings, I know what it’s like to be broke. And I know what it’s like to work as a nurse from shift to shift and still be broke.” – Dr Samantha Walton

In this episode:

- Samantha’s inspirational journey to wanting more

- Getting her doctorate but not wanting to use it for what it is for

- How Samantha found nursing entrepreneurship on Instagram

- Blocking out the noise so you can get clear on what you want as a nursing entrepreneur

- Positioning yourself as a business so you don’t get killed in taxes

- How to leverage business and personal credit

Connect with Dr Samantha Walton:

- LinkedIn

Connect with Kiiyonna and Christal:

- Kiiyonna's Instagram

- Christal's Instagram

- Nurse Boss Mob Facebook Group

- YouTube

- TikTok

Ever wondered what goes on at a methadone clinic, and what kind of entrepreneurial mindset is required to start up a clinic ‘serving’ clients at the height of this American opioid crisis? Dr. Jonell Benson-Cobbs is the founder of Serenity Wellness Academy, an opioid treatment center in Chicago that is making a difference in the fight against drug addiction with their 5-star service. 

Kiiyonna and Christal chat to Dr. Cobbs about how she made the shift to becoming the owner of a methadone treatment center after first working as a nurse in a correctional facility. Kiiyonna is not shy to ask about the center’s profitability, and there are frank discussions about the opioid crisis and treating people with addiction by ‘serving’ them as clients rather than treating them as patients. 

This episode is an important insight into a boots on the ground approach to tackling addiction – while still applying an entrepreneurial approach and enjoying the feeling of making a difference as someone invested in the medical world as a place where people can get better. Please join us. 

“Transitioning to entrepreneurship was a huge mind shift for me — especially because I was so used to predictability. But you have to have that mind shift if you want to be your own boss.” – Dr. Cobbs

In this episode:

• Jonell’s background as a nurse in a correctional facility
• Serving your patients rather than treating them 
• The mind shift to owning your own business: have a plan!
• Insightful rapid-fire ‘yes/no’ Q&A
• Treatment center profitability
• Opioid crisis overview

And so much more…

Connect with Jessica:

- Website

Serenity – Treatment and Counseling Center

- Facebook

- Instagram

Connect with Kiiyonna and Christal:

- Kiiyonna's Instagram

- Christal's Instagram

- Nurse Boss Mob Facebook Group

- YouTube

- TikTok

Want to see the funny side in nursing? Nurse Jessica Sites is a registered nurse who spent 21 years as a bedside nurse in the same hospital, delivering babies and enjoying what she did until she found that the hospital admin was too overwhelming, leaving her feeling depleted and unable to give her patients the care that they need.

Jessica now enjoys a successful career creating humorous nursing content on the internet. She is a bonafide ‘nurse comedian’ on all the social media channels, casting the serious challenges we are facing in healthcare in a humorous light. 

Jessica Sites is a fantastic example of a working nurse who’s made the Nurse Boss Shift to entrepreneurship in a unique and entertaining way, using the tools of social media to address the issues that she faced in her nursing career – and that working nurses still face today. 

Hosts Christal and Kiiyonna delight in unpacking the challenges Nurse Jessica Sites has faced as an entrepreneur, understanding how her success came about as she went ‘cold turkey’ from the traditional nursing world. Please join us for this laugh-filled episode. 

“People fear failure - not being successful at something - rather than the fear of being stuck doing the same thing day in and day out..” – Nurse Jessica Sites

In this episode:

- Team camaraderie in the hospital as a stimulus for her comedy

- Why becoming bitter won’t work for you or your patients

- A day in the life of a nursing social media influencer

- Knowing when the right video makes a connection and has an impact

- The value of humor in nursing and being able to have a laugh 

- Why it takes audacity to step away from the bedside as a nurse

- Kiiyonna asks Jessica “Show me the money!”

And so much more…

Connect with Kiiyonna and Christal:

- Kiiyonna's Instagram

- Christal's Instagram

- Nurse Boss Mob Facebook Group

- YouTube

- TikTok

Are you ready to embrace the nursing revolution? It’s here baby, and ‘Nurse Mike’ is a nursing entrepreneur who’s at the digital forefront of change in the nursing community. His wildly popular YouTube Channel, Simple Nursing, has 750K subscribers and each week he’s putting out invaluable ‘How To’ nursing content online. 

Mike Linares is a registered nurse who’s faced his share of entrepreneurial challenges. He’s also hit that $1 million a month mark with his videos, and he’s navigated his way through people imitating his brand and the 2009 recession to remain at the vanguard of inspiring nurses through the power of simple education. 

Hosts Christal and Kiiyonna are gushing as they chat to Nurse Mike in this wonderfully inspiring episode for anyone who wants to know more about nursing and how to make it online. Please join us – we guarantee you’ll learn a thing or two!

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“You should only be 50 to 70% happy with your first product or service. You should not be 100% happy. Because if you are, you’re going too hard too fast. You’re marrying before you date. You want to start ugly first so that people can tell you what they want.” – Nurse Mike

In this episode:

- How Simple Nursing became the most popular YouTube nursing  channel.

- Be prepared to start ugly when creating content (ideas love speed)

Choose to get better rather than get bitter

- Changing the narrative on what a real nurse is.

- You’ve got to learn before you earn.

- And much more wisdom on making great online content!

Connect with Nurse Mike:

- YouTube

- Website

- Instagram

Connect with Kiiyonna and Christal:

- Kiiyonna's Instagram

- Christal's Instagram

- Nurse Boss Mob Facebook Group

- YouTube

- TikTok