NursePreneurs

Tiffany Nichols is a masters prepared nurse in education who saw a need for cannabis education in the community. She would frequently get clients asking her about medical marijuana and whether it was appropriate for them.

Even though at the time cannabis was not legal in her state, Tiffany set on a path to learn everything she could about cannabis. What she learned could basically be translated into a Masters in Cannabis!

Soon she was finding other nurses and medical professionals wanted to know the information she had gathered. So Tiffany put together workshops to teach everything she knows and to support medical professionals who are learning about this important plant.

In addition to her training course, she also does a train the trainer session for curriculum development and she wrote a book on Medical Cannabis dosing.

If you would like to learn more about how this business can get off the ground and what it would take, listen up to what Tiffany has to say.

And check her out on her website: tk-solutions.org

Don't Miss Moments:

--> How Tiffany discovered there was a need to learn about cannabis

--> What Tiffany includes in her workshops

--> How to start your own cannabis business

--> Ways to work with Tiffany

Damion Jenkins is a nurse educator, who found a special niche in helping nursing students pass the NCLEX. What is interesting is that Damion was just naturally good at helping students, and other faculty members noticed. They began referring him students frequently, because he seemed to have a method that was effective.

After a few free tutoring sessions, Damion realized that the only way to continue offering his services was to charge for them. He started The Nurse Speak.

Damion came to realize the Nurse Speak was going to be more than just NCLEX review, and it has grown to include speaking engagements, consultations and other services.

In this episode, Damion talks about how this business evolved, what it took to get it going and how he is going to start all over in the new city he is moving to very soon.

Find out more about Damion and his business TheNurseSpeak.com.

Don't Miss Moments

--> How Damion fell into his business by accident

--> How Damion consistently gets clients

--> What Damion would do if he had to start all over again (and he does!)

--> What marketing strategies Damion uses to promote himself and his business.

Mary Chiesa is a nurse who witnessed a terrible occurrence after a C-section. A baby fell out of his mother's arm as her blood pressure cuff went off. That moment made Mary determined to ask some tough questions such as why is baby not restrained to mom, while she is medicated and strapped to an OR table?

As she explored more into the questions she had, Mary started to come up with a solution that even blows her mind to this day. Mary created a baby wrap that she describes as the Seatbelt of Maternity.

This wrap serves so many purposes in a variety of different ways, but I'll let Mary tell you all about them in this episode of the NursePreneur Podcast.

Don't Miss Moments:

--> What the first ice bucket challenge really was

--> Why babies need to be restrained to mom after birth

--> How to prevent baby drops in the hospital

--> What it takes to bring a product to market

Kojo Sarfo is a psychiatric nurse practitioner who decided to take his message to masses. He began his entrepreneurial journey while realizing that his most fulfilling moments were the ones where he was helping others.

Kojo started working in the mental health field as a nurse and then as a nurse practitioner. Along the way, he also created a clothing brand, Abrantie & Signora, which is a clothing company dedicated to spreading positivity and mental health awareness for teenagers and college students. He then partnered with Mental Health America to spread awareness about mental health.

Kojo continues to bring attention to nursing and mental health through his You Tube channel, through his book, and speaking engagements.

Listen in this episode to how he does it all...

Don't Miss Moments:

--> The meaning behind his clothing line

--> How Kojo gets it all done!

--> Why Kojo thinks teenagers are the right audience to target

--> Where he envisions his business going

Bradley Chesham started out as a sommlier. He was dissatisfied working in the hospitality industry, so he switched to a second career in nursing.

His nursing career took him around the world including Afghanistan, Antartica, London and other countries. While in London, he became immersed in how virtual reality was changing the art world, an experience that would later define his next adventure.

Once Brad went back to his homeland Australia, he wanted to do something more. He started trying to integrate virtual reality with nursing education. He started with a proof of concept using CXR education to test the waters. This concept quickly took hold as students loved the interactive nature of learning in this immersive type experience.

This business idea has taken Brad on an absolute whirlwind around the world teaching schools of nursing how to integrate virtual reality into the curriculum.

To learn how to utilize virtual reality in a variety of settings in nursing programs and learn more about Brad’s virtual reality system check out his website: www.BundleOfRays.com

Don’t Miss Moments:

→ How Brad came up with the idea of a virtual reality educational system

→ Use case scenarios with virtual reality

→ Equipment used with virtual reality

→ How you can use virtual reality in practice

Barbara Glickstein is a public health nurse, health reporter and media strategist. She is the founder of Barbara Glickstein Strategies, a training company in media, leadership and advocacy skills.

She also produces HealthCetera, a podcast that provides evidence-based health news, analysis and commentary; trains national leaders in healthcare on how to be a media maker in both traditional and digital media to advance the health of the public and public policy and serves on the Board of Project Kesher, a global Jewish feminist women’s advocacy organization.

Barbara is the type of nurse who is comfortable pioneering new forefronts in nursing. She decided to create a documentary on nursing in the 1980s, which spurred her love of media, broadcasting and radio.

She is a fierce advocate of nurses and allowing them to shine in the media. As Barbara says, the stories of nurses move us forward and elevate the profession. Journalists who use nurses as sources say their news pieces are better, more interesting and more comprehensive.

To encourage nurses in the media, Barbara holds media workshops at various times during the year. You can sign up to be notified for the next workshop by going to her website:

www.BarbaraGlickstein.com

Don’t Miss Moments:

→ Why Barbara started her documentary series

→ How she got into the media

→ Why nurses need to be in the media

→ How Barbara helps nurses to be heard and visible with journalists around the globe

Kim Krafft was a clinical educator nurse in a hospital in Southern California when she was approached by a start up in 2015 to help them launch their turning device for patients in the hospital.

Dr. Larsen started his campaign to mitigate complications from pressure injury by creating a device that alerts nurses to when tissue is being compromised. The dream of this device started in 2010.

It took Dr. Larsen 5 years to get the device FDA approved and to the point where venture capitalists could see the value of the device. In 2015, 5 years later, Kim was hired onto the team to help with the marketing strategy.

As with any business, your business is only as good as who you know and the opportunities you can find to get in front of the people who are paying. Kim routinely sat in meetings with CNOs and hospital administrators.

In this unique episode, Kim talks about what it was like to be part of start up, what kind of effort was needed to succeed and what her next steps are now that the company was bought out (and is no longer a start up).

Don’t Miss Moments:

→ How Kim got the opportunity to work with a start up in the first place

→ The challenges the team had in getting the turning device into hospitals

→ The cincher that launched Leaf Healthcare into the stratosphere

→ How Kim is going to use her knowledge to start up her own business

Keith Carlson is an expert career coach with decades of nursing experience. He helps nurses to take their nursing career to the next level.

Keith was an early adopter of blogging and podcasting, before they were a thing. Now he is a top go-to person in his niche. He has produced almost 250 podcast episodes and has years and years of blogging that continues to help nurses find their way in the healthcare system and in their careers.

How Keith helps his clients is by helping them to identify what’s most important as they create and manifest their own unique life vision.

Keith does 1:1 coaching with his clients, hosts private retreats for clients nearby his home in Santa Fe New Mexico and can help nurses optimize their LinkedIn profiles, which is an absolute must in this day and age!

In this episode Keith also teaches us how to start a business just by having conversations.

Find out more about Keith Carlson on his website: www.NurseKeith.com

Don’t Miss:

→ How Keith’s brother launched his journey into becoming a NursePreneur

→ How truly listening will give nurses a business idea that they can build

→ Why Keith thinks LinkedIn is non-negotiable in this day and age for all nurses

→ What a private retreat in Santa Fe working with Keith looks like.

Lyn McCright and Teresa Walding started Advancing Holistic Health, a nurse coaching certification program. It’s a global program that spans across 3 continents under the framework of resilience. Lyn states the concept of nurse coaching is vital to our professional existence.

The Texas Workforce found that the average length of a nurse career after graduation in the last 5 years is only 18 months! And nurses with more than 20 years of experience are having unprecedented burn out.

Advancing Holistic Health seeks to improve self-care for nurses as well as transform care provided to our patients.

Their program is a self-paced program that leads nurses through self awareness, insight into resilience, provides CE credit and gives nurses 60 hours of coaching experience, which is what they need to sit for the national boards.

To find out more about become a nurse coach, you can check out their website: NurseCoaching.com

Don’t Miss Moments:

→ Stats around where nurse coaches are working

→ Legal status of nurse coaches

→ Why nurse coaching certification is important

→ How nurse coaching is changing nursing practice

Cat Golden is the owner of Nine Lives Health. She began her NursePreneur journey as a nurses in pediatrics, but found her true passion helping nurses take care of their soul as they so graciously give of themselves to everyone else.

Cat is the self proclaimed Nurse whisperer as she feels it is her life’s purpose to embrace her true BEing and inspire others to do the same.

She now provides nurses with a centralized community of support and provides structure for their day and mindset. Cat founded the Leap, Land, Live method, which is her signature mentorship program that helps nurses find routine and stability in the chaos of nursing.

Her 3 pillars of her business are Mentorship, Community and Offering merchandise to expand the Nurses Inspire Nurses movement.

Cat’s community holds monthly meetups around the country. If you want to get involved in one of her meetups, her mentoring or just grab a really cool t-shirt, check out Cat’s website at:

www.NineLivesHealth.com

Don’t Miss Moments:

→ How Cat built her community

→ Mistakes Cat made along the way

→ How knowing what she didn’t want helped her find her passion and purpose

→ How to get involved in the Nurses Inspire Nurses Movement.