Nurse Boss Shift

If private equities are getting into med spas, then you should be too! That's the message from power attorney Doris Dike in today's Nurse Boss Shift where she and Christal hone in on the amazing entrepreneurial opportunities that exist in the healthcare space.

Overcoming your fear and taking the jump is a lot less daunting when you look around and see that others are killing it in the healthcare business – and most of these folk don't even have a medical background!

Doris is married to a neurologist, has lots of healthcare experience, and is adamant that, if you take the right steps, all nurses can get their own entrepreneurial hustle going. 

Those steps can include partnering with the right doctor (who wants you to win), getting the right coach, and finding the right attorney who understands the law in your state.

This simple yet effective lesson on starting your own healthcare business from a legal perspective shines a bright light on how we as nurses can overcome the hurdles associated with starting your own business. Please join us.

In This Episode:

-Unpacking the boom in the health spa industry

-Adding a cash-based practice to your healthcare business

-How to get started with your own healthcare practice

-Overcoming fear by considering how great the opportunity is

-What to look out for in a coaching program? 

-How can you mitigate the risks when starting your own business?

-Why all healthcare lawyers are not the same

-Understanding the MSO (Management Services Organizations) model agreement for partnerships

-Three Tips to get over your fear and get started on your entrepreneurial journey

And so much more…

Connect with Doris Dike:

Website - dklawg.com

Intake Meet - dorismeet.com

TikTok - https://www.tiktok.com/@dikelawgroup

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

Should nurses be called doctors? That’s the contentious question Kiiyonna and Christal set out to answer in today’s Nurse Boss Shift and navigate this evolving discussion and present diverse perspectives.

A fascinating legal battle involving nurse practitioners and their right to use the title "Dr." is unfolding and it brings up some interesting ethical and entrepreneurial issues that our hosts weigh in on. 

Sarah Erny is a nurse practitioner with a Doctorate of Nursing Practice (DNP), the highest degree in advanced nursing. Known affectionately as "Dr. Sarah" by her patients and colleagues, she is facing criminal punishment for using the title "Dr." 

With over $20,000 in fines and the threat of losing her nursing license, Sarah has had to move her practice to Washington State. California's Medical Practice Act prohibits healthcare professionals, other than licensed physicians and surgeons, from using the title "doctor" or "Dr." on signs, business cards, letterhead, or ads. Violators face fines and license revocation. 

Tune in to this captivating episode to gain insights, challenge your perspectives, and delve deeper into the question: "Should Nurses Be Called Doctors?"

In This Episode:

-What can we do to ensure the public doesn't get confused in a clinical -setting?

-The Story of "Doctor Sarah"

-Why is California (specifically) so strict about the use of the word 'doctor'?

-Would Christal want to be called Doctor if she studied further and earned the title? 

-What implications do online learning qualifications have for the nursing profession? 

-What could a standardization in nursing education look like?

And so much more…

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

What does it take to become a nursing entrepreneur and make the SHIFT? Nurse Boss Shift is coming to you today from a retreat that is for nursing entrepreneurs and our hosts Kiiyonna and Christal have been joined by Dr. Chakika Williams and Dr. Jonell Benson-Cobbs as these four ladies fabulously spill the tea on the hows and whys of medical entrepreneurship.

This episode is for all those healthcare practitioners out there who are looking to make the change but aren't sure where to begin. Perhaps your lifestyle is too expensive and you're using that as an excuse to take a pay cut and start your own thing. Or maybe you're silently outraged at what a coach is wanting to charge you to get your head in the game.

Whatever the reason, these four nursing entrepreneurs are here to tell you that there's never been a better time than NOW to start your own business. As they each share their journey, entrepreneurial lessons and insights unfold as we learn that your tribe is waiting for you, there, at that destination. 

So go, get the right mentor, go find that community, and remember to look back at your gains as you move the money needle forward! Please celebrate the incremental wins with these four truly amazing Nurse Boss Shift shining lights. 

In This Episode:

-What is a MAT program? 

-What are the reasons why nurses become entrepreneurs? 

-The benefits of working with a mindset coach

-Why NOW is a good time to start your nursing business

-Evaluating your finances so you can assess if you're living beyond your means

-Beware the FAKE coaches out there

-Understanding 'NET' - No Extra Time! 

-The good and bad of growing your own business 

-Does your coach have a coach?

-The importance of being teachable

-Putting yourself in the RIGHT environment

And so much more…

Connect with Dr. Williams:

Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/kekedanp/

Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/skyrosercs/channel/

Connect with Dr. Benson-Cobbs:

Websites

Serenity Wellness Academy - https://serenity-wellness-academy.mailchimpsites.com/

Serenity – Treatment and Counseling Center - https://serenitytreatmentcenter.org/

Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/groups/330608402477303

Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/serenitywellnessacademy/

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

Star Melancon from SHEbuildingHER.com is on Nurse Boss Shift today, here to drop some financial tea for all the nurses out there looking to get smarter with their money. Kiiyonna gets Star to really break open the books and address some of the major issues happening in our current financial climate in this inspiring and impactful episode.

Star is a financial strategist who helps women transition from making money to building sustainable wealth. She has an impressive background in corporate America that makes her ideally positioned to see what could be learned about investing money early on in her career and changing her toxic relationship with it. 

Star shares her journey on how she left the big paycheck behind and transitioned to entrepreneurship as she educated herself on smarter ways to make her money work for her. From realizing that her dream job wasn’t all that and saving her annual bonus to start learning about true financial freedom, Star’s story is so impressive because she’s been there herself and now practices what she preaches. 

Learn how to flip your bag, heal your money relationship, and start creating sustainable wealth with long-term stocks and other financial tools with Star Melancon and Kiiyonna on a Nurse Boss shift episode that truly delivers. 

In this episode:

-How did Star transition to entrepreneurship from the corporate world?

-How Star teaches her clients to flip their bag into wealth

-How building up your financial portfolio give you options and leverage

-Is your contract work offering you any kind of retirement plan?

-Why didn’t so many nurses invest wisely after COVID? 

-Unpacking financial literacy and simplifying it for nurses 

-Understanding that the financial playing field isn’t designed for you

-How to build your morale by investing in stocks

-Overcoming the ‘skip to the good part’ mentality

-What are 25 ways you can make extra money?

And so much more…

Connect with Star Melancon:

Website - https://www.shebuildingher.com/

Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/shebuildingher_ca/

Offer (Road to $1M) - https://www.shebuildingher.com/roadto1m

Offer (The Star Method) - https://www.jointhestarmethod.com/now

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

What are your North Star values – and how does your pursuit of money support your dreams? 

Angel Mathis is the founder of Nurses Investing For Wealth. She is a financially free nurse millionaire who “works because she wants to when she wants to”, and she has created the first nursing literacy program that is state Board of Nursing approved in the USA.   

Angel is here to provide knowledge and value as only she knows how, by encouraging nurses to follow their path to financial freedom by learning to identify and articulate what they want in life. 

Learn how to ‘get to the bag’ without having to take on extra nursing shifts and work like a dog in this empowering episode of Nurse Boss Shift. 

This involves a series of small steps (of which investing wisely is just one) that can empower all working nurses out there to get their money to work for them. Please join us. 

In this episode:

-What are your North Star values? 

-Understanding ‘value-based spending'

-Getting your money to work for you

-What are some of the most common money mistakes nurses make?

-What are some ways to get started with investing as a nurse?

-Angel unpacks the five components of her financial education system

-What did financial freedom and independence give to Angel? 

-How nursing entrepreneurship can cure your burnout by creating personal agency

And so much more…

Connect with Angel Mathis:

Sign up for Angel’s FREE Training Program - https://learn.nursesinvesting.com/Free-Training-Registration-Become-Work-Optional

Website - https://learn.nursesinvesting.com/

Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/nursesinvestingforwealth/?hl=en

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

Myqueen Dickens, AKA 'Nurse Queen,' is a 28-year-old (former) travel and delivery nurse who is in school full-time to become a certified nurse midwife. She is doing plenty full-time, actually, as a nursepreneur who is crushing it by stepping outside the box that some people would like her to remain in. 

With her own merch line (inspired by Drake) and content creation hustle going strong, Nurse Queen is sharing her inspiring journey. From how she began to leverage her career through travel nursing to her online webinars that teach other aspiring nurses how to make more money as registered nurses, Nurse Queen's hustle doesn't just stop there. 

Along with her studying, she has written an eBook (Travel Nursing 101), and she is also hosting a travel trip to Bali in October 2023. You can look forward to a Millennial Nurse Brunch, which is a networking opportunity for nurses, coming soon too! 

Learn all about Nurse Queen's experience regarding travel, nursing, entrepreneurship, and fashion in this ambitious and aspiring episode of Nurse Boss Shift. As Nurse Queen says, her goal is to inspire young women to aim for success while living their best life, unapologetically. 

In this episode:

-What travel nursing taught Nurse Queen

-The importance of having a side hustle and backup nursing plan

-How Drake's album Certified Lover Boy inspired Nurse Queen's merch line

-Going to Ghana as an influencer and coming back as full-time nursepreneur

-The success of Nurse Queen's first webinar after listening to her audience

-How Nurse Queen goes about content creation on social media 

-Consistency is key - you have it, you just have to work it. 

-Investing in yourself and other solid advice from Nurse Queen

And so much more…

Connect with Nurse Queen:

Website - https://www.nursequeen.com/

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

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

Are you a nurse who's afraid to speak your mind? Being the 'squeaky wheel' at a hospital or healthcare organization and raising concerns about working conditions can come at a price. Nurses risk losing their jobs trying to effect change for themselves and their co-workers. 

Nurse Erica is one such Registered Nurse who grew tired of the stressful situations that nurses were being placed under and the number of extra shifts that they were having to take on. She took to TikTok as a way to promote nursing advocacy and soon found her content resonating with nurses worldwide. 

She has turned championing the cause of underappreciated and under-respected nurses into a career as she now helps hospitals unionize, nurses improve their resumés and prepare for interviews as part of her consultation offerings. 

Rather than being silenced, Nurse Erica and her savvy use of social media is ensuring that the grievances of nurses out there are being heard loud and clear. We say it's about damn time! Please join us!

In this episode:

-How Erica got started promoting Nurse Advocacy on TikTok

-What happens behind the curtains at hospitals?

-How did Erica translate her cause to protect nurses into a business?

-The importance of treating nurses with respect

-Unpacking Empathy Manipulation and how nurses get gaslit

-Overcoming the Scarcity Mindset as a nursing entrepreneur

-The merits of a virtual assistant to get your hustle up 

-What are Nurse Erica’s future career plans?

And so much more…

Connect with Nurse Erica:

TikTok - https://www.tiktok.com/@the.nurse.erica?lang=en

Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/the.nurse.erica/?hl=en

YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCs6mp9KEj3baLTJi-OS5PxA

Website - https://nurseerica.com/

Join Erica on a Travel Trip to Costa Rica (September 19) - https://trovatrip.com/trip/central-america/costa-rica/costa-rica-with-erica-markson-sep-2023

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

Dr. G the NP is the latest inspirational nurse from the amazing pool of nursing entrepreneur talent that's proudly being represented on Nurse Boss Shift! Dr. G teaches basic and advanced courses (cardiology concepts simplified) specifically for nurse practitioners. 

Dr. G is just about the ideal Nurse Boss guest as she identified a gap in the market, followed her entrepreneurial calling, and provided a service for nurses with something that she is good at – and that other nurses need help with.

By helping nurses and NPs gain confidence in EKG interpretation, Dr. G is following her passion. She is adamant that she is not an expert, but that she does know more than most, which puts her in a position to teach. Kiiyonna believes Dr. G is an expert, and also reckons she needs to raise her prices! 

Join Dr. G, Kiiyonna, and Christal and learn all that there is to know about simplifying cardiology concepts and following your entrepreneurial path. And if you need to brush up on your EKG knowledge, you know who to call! Please join us!

In this episode:

-Dr. G's first job as a Tele nurse at night

-What is Dr. G the NP all about?

-Appreciating the pain point of EKGs for nurses

-Monetizing the EKG application

-The importance of building trust with the nurses Dr. G coaches

-Dr. G's entrepreneurial journey (getting comfortable with being uncomfortable)

-Real talk about the way nurses are being treated in healthcare

-'Be friends with your sales reps' - and other good advice

-The value of picking something that is needed - and that you're passionate about 

-Learning to listen to your customers

And so much more…

Resources:

-Building A Story Brand (Donald Miller) - Building a StoryBrand: Clarify Your Message So Customers Will Listen: Miller, Donald: 9780718033323

-Use Discount Code ‘BOSSUP15’ to get 15% off anything on Dr. G the NPs site (valid till June 30th 2023) - Nurse Practitioner Cardiology Courses - DrGtheNP

Connect with Dr. G the NP:

Website - Cardiology Courses for A Nurse Practitioners | Drgthenp

Instagram - Dr. G The NP (@drgthenp) • Instagram photos and videos

TikTok - https://www.tiktok.com/@fnifootcarenurse

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

Heather Wilson is a former bedside nurse turned nurse entrepreneur. She spotted a simple gap in the market: the fact that the elderly would struggle to care for their own feet on account of increased inflexibility. 

Heather decided to make up for the lack of proper routine foot care services available for America's aging population and within two short years, she was able to leave the bedside and transition into the 'full-time hustle' that is her business, Everyday Divinity.

After letting other nurses 'pick her brain' on how to follow suit, Heather then decided to launch The Foot and Nail Institute, which focuses on training nurses on how to launch their own senior foot care business. 

Heather's enthusiasm for the work she does is tangible, and her impact is great. Nurses looking to claim work-life balance can do so by becoming foot care business owners themselves. 

And that starts with this motivational message from Heather and our hosts Christal and Kiiyonna which focuses on how nurses can overcome the indoctrination that happens in orientation in order to pursue entrepreneurial success. 

If we can attend to a broken foot as a nurse, we can most certainly start a business caring for the feet of the elderly that just need a little TLC! Please join us!

In this episode:

-If a business is laying on your heart, build it! 

-Why you don't need a degree to be a nursing entrepreneur

-Overcoming the indoctrination that nursing involves

-How did Heather identify the business need for better foot care? 

-How did Heather grow her foot care business so fast?

-Do you have to have a medical director? 

-When did Heather leave the bedside to become a full-time entrepreneur?

-What does the foot care process for the elderly involve? 

-How did Heather build her foot care training program?

-Beware the charlatan experts out there online!

-What does Heather suggest for nurses starting out as entrepreneurs?

And so much more…

Connect with Heather Wilson:

Website - https://www.footandnailinstitute.com/

Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/footandnailinstitute/?hl=en

TikTok - https://www.tiktok.com/@fnifootcarenurse

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

Nursing entrepreneurs have a special place in Christal and Kiiyonna's hearts, especially those who come through with the fire! So give it up for Brittany S. Wright, a travel RN, health and wellness coach, and Founder/CEO of GymFit Apparel. 

Brittany is another inspirational nurse turned entrepreneur in a long, beautiful line of African American women guests on Nurse Boss Shift, someone who wanted the freedom of a life not restricted to bedside nursing. 

Brittany was to become the CEO of the successful clothing brand GymFit Apparel, but to get there, she first realized she just wanted to be CEO of her own life. From having kids and noticing that there wasn't any clothing out there for her to look fly in post-birth, Brittany started her own clothing business for postnatal mothers – and the rest is history. 

Please join Christal and Kiiyonna as they chat with Brittany on this wonderfully warm-hearted episode of Nurse Boss Shift that may be just the motivation you need to become your own CEO – and who knows where you can go from there! 

In this episode:

-Brittany's journey to become CEO of her own life

-Being comfortable and confident with Gym Fit Apparel

-Unpacking Brittany's health and wellness campaign

-Brittany shares on burnout as a trauma nurse

-Becoming an accountability partner and resource for those in need

-How Brittany sources her clothing and built her brand

-Understanding the branding opportunities that you can build over time 

-How do you scale your business? 

-Do you need to quit your nursing career to get started?

-What has been Brittany’s “biggest” financial month? 

-Brittany’s advice: research, research, research!

And so much more…

Connect with Brittany S. Wright:

Shop GymFit Apparel - https://the-gymfit-shop.myshopify.com/

Instagram - Brittany S. Wright (@bee_theceo) • Instagram photos and videos - https://www.instagram.com/bee_theceo/

Link Tree - https://linktr.ee/bee.theceo

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