The RN2writer Show

Many nurses are looking for work-from-home gigs, but have you noticed how many of those are…boring? Reviewing patient records for lawyers? Boring! Filing reports to insurance companies regarding the appropriateness of healthcare expenditures for an insured? Yawn.  

Why not use your CREATIVITY to help people as a nurse?  

You can do exactly that as a nurse-WRITER.  

Yes, this is a totally legitimate career. Nurse writers are self-employed businesspeople. Best of all, there’s no “network marketing” (aka: pyramid schemes) or “hard sales” tactics involved! Just you, being your own nice self, serving clients who love working with you.  

In this episode of The RN2writer Show, we’re going to tell you all about the little-known nursing niche of health writing – and why it’s the best work-from-home nursing job you’ve never heard of! 

Topics discussed in this episode:  

Resources mentioned in this episode: 

RN2writer: https://www.rn2writer.com/  

Get Paid Well to Write: Talk to our Enrollment Advisors to learn more! : https://rn2writer.as.me/schedule.php?appointmentType=41527859 

Design Your Dream Career as a Nurse Writer: https://rn2writer.com/dydc-yt 

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/1H5433LWNu80XNOfiEcVRx?si=295f67298c2046ff  

Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/sa/podcast/the-rn2writer-show/id1581442377  

Blog: https://www.rn2writer.com/blog  

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Succeeding as a freelance writer requires the ability to juggle clients and deadlines along with family commitments. Fortunately, nurses excel at juggling! You can use those skills to help you manage your business with ease while still finding plenty of free time to enjoy your life.   

Host Elizabeth Hanes, BSN RN built a six-figure writing business in her spare time. Today, she coaches other nurses on how to become freelance writers through the RN2writer project. 

Topics discussed in this episode:  

Resources mentioned in this episode: 

RN2writer: https://www.rn2writer.com/  

Design Your Dream Career as a Nurse Writer: https://rn2writer.com/dydc-yt 

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/1H5433LWNu80XNOfiEcVRx?si=295f67298c2046ff  

Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/sa/podcast/the-rn2writer-show/id1581442377  

Blog: https://www.rn2writer.com/blog  

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Being consistent is a given when starting your freelance writing career. But what EXACTLY do you stay consistent with? In today’s episode, Beth talks about her four-step system for staying consistent.  

Host Elizabeth Hanes, BSN RN built a six-figure writing business in her spare time. Today, she coaches other nurses how to become freelance writers through the RN2writer project. 

Topics discussed in this episode:  

Resources mentioned in this episode: 

RN2writer: https://www.rn2writer.com/  

Design Your Dream Career as a Nurse Writer: https://rn2writer.com/dydc-yt 

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/1H5433LWNu80XNOfiEcVRx?si=295f67298c2046ff  

Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/sa/podcast/the-rn2writer-show/id1581442377  

Blog: https://www.rn2writer.com/blog  

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Find Ruth at: https://rmielkernwriter.contently.com/ and https://www.linkedin.com/in/dr-ruth-k-mielke-dnp-aprn-cnm-5b198525b/ 

About Ruth: I'm an RN and Certified Nurse Midwife (CNM). I have 22+ years of experience as a midwife and additional years as a labor and delivery nurse. I have a BA in psychology, a BS in nursing, an MS in nursing, and a doctorate in nursing practice (DNP). 

Host Elizabeth Hanes BSN RN built a six-figure writing business in her spare time. Today, she coaches other nurses how to become freelance writers through the RN2writer project. 

Topics discussed in this episode:  

Resources mentioned in this is episode: 

RN2writer: https://www.rn2writer.com/  

Get Paid Well to Write: Talk to our Enrollment Advisor, Tom Mount, to learn more! : https://rn2writer.as.me/schedule.php?appointmentType=41527859 

Design Your Dream Career as a Nurse Writer: https://rn2writer.com/dydc-yt 

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/1H5433LWNu80XNOfiEcVRx?si=295f67298c2046ff  

Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/sa/podcast/the-rn2writer-show/id1581442377  

Blog: https://www.rn2writer.com/blog  

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Custom RN2writer theme music by https://www.podcastthemes.com/  

Nursing school doesn’t give you a business degree, but then again running a freelance writing business doesn’t require an MBA, either. Nonetheless, nurse writers should familiarize themselves with common business concepts – and one of those is understanding how (and why!) to diversify your income streams.  

In this episode of The RN2writer Show, I talk about my approach to diversifying my income streams – and how any freelance writer can do this. 

Host Elizabeth Hanes BSN RN built a six-figure writing business in her spare time. Today, she coaches other nurses how to become freelance writers through the RN2writer project. 

Topics discussed in this episode:  

Resources mentioned in this is episode: 

Attainable Sustainable, Kris Bordessa’s blog: https://www.attainable-sustainable.net/  

“Building Boys: Raising Great Guys in a World that Misunderstands Males” by Jennifer L.W. Fink: https://www.amazon.com/Building-Boys-Raising-Great-Misunderstands/dp/1538159554  

RN2writer: https://www.rn2writer.com/  

Design Your Dream Career as a Nurse Writer: https://rn2writer.com/dydc-yt 

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/1H5433LWNu80XNOfiEcVRx?si=295f67298c2046ff  

Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/sa/podcast/the-rn2writer-show/id1581442377  

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#nurses #nurse #workfromhome #nurselife 

When nurses ask me about freelance writing, they often want to know what a typical “day in the life” looks like. I can tell you one thing: It looks nothing like the chaos of bedside work!  

As a freelance nurse writer, I rose when I wanted in the morning, lingered over coffee and breakfast, worked a few hours in my serene home office, went out to lunch with wine or cocktails with friends, went antiquing in the afternoons or puttered in my garden…or read a book. You get the idea!  

Freelance writing makes a great career for nurses precisely because it’s the antithesis of the frenzy of clinical practice. I’m happy to describe for you a typical day in my life as a nurse writer so you can see for yourself what a wonderful career this is! 

Host Elizabeth Hanes BSN RN built a six-figure writing business in her spare time. Today, she coaches other nurses how to become freelance writers through the RN2writer project. 

Topics discussed in this episode:  

Resources mentioned in this is episode: 

RN2writer: https://www.rn2writer.com/  

Design Your Dream Career as a Nurse Writer: https://rn2writer.com/dydc-yt 

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/1H5433LWNu80XNOfiEcVRx?si=295f67298c2046ff  

Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/sa/podcast/the-rn2writer-show/id1581442377  

Blog: https://www.rn2writer.com/blog  

Like Beth’s Top? Here is our affiliate link on Amazon: https://amzn.to/3NO6dx9 

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In about 2011, I did a bold – some would say “foolish” – thing: I left behind the security of nursing for a career as a writer.  

Say what?  

Yes, I became a professional writer. And eventually I ramped my business up to $100,000 a year while never working more than 24 hours a week.   

On this episode of The RN2writer Show, I give you a little background on my personal story of why I transitioned from nurse to writer, and I share the exact path YOU can take to become a six-figure writer, too. Regain control of your life, escape the bullying, and live the peaceful, prosperous life you deserve. 

Host Elizabeth Hanes BSN RN built a six-figure writing business in her spare time. Today, she coaches other nurses how to become freelance writers through the RN2writer project. 

Topics discussed in this episode:  

Resources mentioned in this is episode: 

RN2writer: https://www.rn2writer.com/  

Design Your Dream Career as a Nurse Writer: https://rn2writer.com/dydc-yt 

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/1H5433LWNu80XNOfiEcVRx?si=295f67298c2046ff  

Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/sa/podcast/the-rn2writer-show/id1581442377  

Blog: https://www.rn2writer.com/blog  

Like Beth’s Top? Here is our affiliate link on Amazon: https://amzn.to/3NO6dx9 

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You don’t have to be a Margaret Atwood to make great money as a freelance health writer, but you do need a fundamental grasp of grammar, composition, and voice. It’s the latter item we’re talking about today on The RN2writer Show.  

“Voice” can refer to a brand’s standard for the style in which it speaks to its target audience. For example, a brand voice can be irreverent or solemn or something in between.  

“Voice” also applies to a particular type of sentence construction. Specifically, when we write consumer health content we want to use “active voice,” not “passive voice.” But because nurses and other clinicians READ so much passive voice, they often struggle with this aspect of creating the type of content editors love.  

Let’s fix that today by showing you some easy ways to identify and root out passive voice in your writing.  

Host Elizabeth Hanes BSN RN built a six-figure writing business in her spare time. Today, she coaches other nurses how to become freelance writers through the RN2writer project. 

Topics discussed in this episode:  

2:15 Here Is the ONE Thing To Do To Improve Your Writing 

2:55 Active or Passive? 

3:50 Style! 

5:45 Re-Train Your Brain! 

Resources mentioned in this is episode: 

RN2writer: https://www.rn2writer.com/  

Get Paid Well to Write: Talk to our Enrollment Advisor, Tom Mount, to learn more! : https://rn2writer.as.me/schedule.php?appointmentType=41527859 

Design Your Dream Career as a Nurse Writer: https://rn2writer.com/dydc-yt 

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/1H5433LWNu80XNOfiEcVRx?si=295f67298c2046ff  

Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/sa/podcast/the-rn2writer-show/id1581442377  

Blog: https://www.rn2writer.com/blog  

Like Beth’s Top? Here is our affiliate link on Amazon: https://amzn.to/3NO6dx9 

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Do you hate the idea that your success as a freelance writer depends on your ability to post pithy content every day on…Twitter, Instagram, TikTok, LinkedIn, YouTube, and your business’ Facebook page? Doesn’t just reading that sound exhausting?? How exhausting will it be to actually DO it??  

Well, we have good news for you. You can succeed just fine as a writer without ever being on a single social media network. Yes, you can.  

In this episode, we’re going to tell you why this is true – and why, in fact, NO writer should be on any social network without doing one important thing first. 

Host Elizabeth Hanes BSN RN built a six-figure writing business in her spare time. Today, she coaches other nurses how to become freelance writers through the RN2writer project. 

Topics discussed in this episode:  

Resources mentioned in this is episode: 

RN2writer: https://www.rn2writer.com/  

Design Your Dream Career as a Nurse Writer: https://www.rn2writer.com/design-your-dream-career-as-a-health-writer-ebook  

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/1H5433LWNu80XNOfiEcVRx?si=295f67298c2046ff  

Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/sa/podcast/the-rn2writer-show/id1581442377  

Blog: https://www.rn2writer.com/blog  

Like Beth’s Top? Here is our affiliate link on Amazon: https://amzn.to/3NO6dx9 

Get Paid Well to Write: Talk to our Enrollment Advisor, Tom Mount, to learn more! : https://rn2writer.as.me/schedule.php?appointmentType=41527859  

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In RN2writer courses, we teach nurses and other clinicians how to prospect for writing gigs using techniques like sending article queries, sending Letters of Introduction, and using LinkedIn. One technique we don’t teach (or recommend)? Paying a subscription fee to have lists of writing gigs delivered to your inbox.  

Find out why we think that’s a useless idea for freelance nurse writers – and get three tips for the best way to find the most lucrative writing gigs. 

Host Elizabeth Hanes BSN RN built a six-figure writing business in her spare time. Today, she coaches other nurses how to become freelance writers through the RN2writer project. 

Topics discussed in this episode:  

Resources mentioned in this is episode: 

LinkedIn X-Ray Tool: https://recruitmentgeek.com/tools/linkedin  

Hunter.io: https://hunter.io/  

RN2writer: https://www.rn2writer.com/  

Get Paid Well to Write: Talk to our Enrollment Advisor, Tom Mount, to learn more! : https://rn2writer.as.me/schedule.php?appointmentType=41527859 

Design Your Dream Career as a Nurse Writer: https://rn2writer.com/dydc-yt 

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/1H5433LWNu80XNOfiEcVRx?si=295f67298c2046ff  

Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/sa/podcast/the-rn2writer-show/id1581442377  

Blog: https://www.rn2writer.com/blog  

Like Beth’s Top? Here is our affiliate link on Amazon: https://amzn.to/3NO6dx9 

Next steps 

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Custom RN2writer theme music by https://www.podcastthemes.com/