What Made You Decide To Start Your Own Business

In my case, it was a desire to spend more time with my wife and newborn child. I discovered that with my own business, I could earn enough to stay home more. Initially I made enough to stay home an extra day a week, then two and so on.

Here are what some other nurses have to say on why they started their own Nurse-Owned businesses.

Andrew Lopez, RN

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What made you decide to start your own business?: To have more control of my work hours.

Kathryn Spilker RN, BSN, LNC, Lifeline Medical/Legal Consulting L.L.C.:"As Legal Nurse Consultants, we use our nursing experience, and knowledge of legal issues in preparing cases related to health care issues. Screen cases for merit, prepare chronologies, summaries, timelines and analysis of the medical records. Identify standards of care, causation issues, locate experts, research and review medical data and literature. Assist attorneys with all aspects of discovery and trial preparation. The success of your medically related cases relies on qualified, detailed, and accurate assessment of the facts.
3034 Ridgetop Ct., St. Peters, Missouri 63376
E-Mail: educate5@verizon.net
http://www.nursingentrepreneurs.com/spilker/

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What made you decide to start your own business: I can Do As I Choose And My Income Is Limitless!

Slovensky Trisha RN CCRN LNC, Texas:"Medical-Legal Consultant, Medical Bill Analysis, Testifying Expert."
Specialty Areas: Critical Care, Medical Legal Consulting, Medical Bill Auditing, Expert Witness
http://www.nursingexperts.com/slovensky/

What made you decide to start your own business?: I like the idea of being my own boss.....I want to "work smarter, not harder."

Teddi Nuss, RN, Mid-South Litigation Support Services:"We use our knowledge and experience to help attorneys de-mystify the medical issues in legal cases. We provide screening for merit, medical record review, interpretation and organization, time line chronologies, case summary, medical literature research, and written reports (on paper and/or disk). We collaborate with attorneys to develop a cost effective and winning aproach to the medical issues in their cases."
http://www.nursingexperts.com/nuss

What made you decide to start your own business?: I started my LNC business after being contacted by a defense attorney regarding a physician I worked for. He was being sued for malpractice. After reviewing the chart I notified the attorney of several glaring discrepancies between the documentation and the patient's claims. The physician beat the malpractice suit and the attorney said, "you should be an LNC" and I said, "A WHAT?" and the rest is history.

I started my custom embroidery business because God was good enough to match my talent and my need to find something constructive to do after my accident with my knowlege that a lot of nurse entrepreneurs want nice, professional items but can't afford huge orders and big fees. Win win!! Yea God!

Dorothy Lowry, RN, Wild Women Sewing Consortium, Georgia Nurse Entrepreneurs:
Gifts For Nurses, Accessories, Custom Embroidery, Logo items
http://www.nursingentrepreneurs.com/lowry

I decided to start my own business because I am sick of someone else being in control of my time and how much money I earn. Not to mention all the abuse.
I am an Independent Associate for Prepaid Legal services and I just love it. I will not only make money for myself but help others as well. The company is rock solid and I am on my way.
Noel Reeves, RN
www.prepaidlegal.com/hub/nreeves

What made you decide to start your own business?: I have worked for an agency off and on for 10 years and finally decided I did not want someone taking a cut of what I made.

Patty Olson, RN, BSN, MBA, Independent RN Services, Wisconsin Nurse Entrepreneurs:"Independent contracting to hospitals. Specializing in ER and ICU."
http://www.nursingentrepreneurs.com/olson

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What made you decide to start your own business?: Desire to retire from bedside nursing and seek financial freedom

Kim Markuly, RN, Living Well Solutions:"Consulting and marketing business focused on true prevention with Wellness programs, products and services. Customizing and integrating proven Wellness programs for a wide range of healthcare providers, clinics and businesses interested in promoting health and preventing disease."
5001 Spring Valley Road
Dallas, Texas 75088
markuly@nursefriendly.com
livingwellsolutions.net
http://www.nursefriendly.com/markuly

I, too, decided that I had spent many years making others wealthy--and wanted more control over my life. I also have a passion for non-toxic homes, and educating families about the dangers--and remedies. This is the most exciting time of my life--and I am contributing to society--and making retirement income!
www.healthy.worldwidefamilies.com
vennah haga,RN

More and more Nurses are starting to realize that you do not have to be an employee of someone else. As a Nurse, you can work in your profession and get paid a respectable rate. Nurses are the backbone of the medical world and offer an essential asset to this industry. It is time that nurses become aware that there are other nursing career options. Independent Nurse Contractor is one that more and more nurses are turning to for career fulfillment. Nurses are finding that they can double or even triple their income; increase their choices as to how often when and where to work, gain professional autonomy and increase over all job satisfaction. So get rid of the “middle man” and enjoy all the benefits offered in this exciting Nursing Career Opportunity. Visit http://www.independentrncontractor.com

What made you decide to start your own business?: Quite frequently patients are sent home without supportive healthcare services in place. Our mission is to fill this niche by providing private superior nursing services at affordable prices.

Victoria Pettograsso, LPN, BS, MS, Coastal Care Nursing Associates:"Private nurse ownership assures our patients of superior nursing care and personalization. Presently, we are expanding our horizons into the nurse registry-consulting field. We would like to help you set up your own nurse registry. Time saved in policy and procedure development can yield earlier profits."
1525 S. Tamiami Trail Suite 603
Venice, Florida 34285
Phone: 941-492-4474, Fax: 443-342-2493
CoastalCare@nursingentrepreneurs.com
http://www.nursingentrepreneurs.com/pettograsso

What made you decide to start your own business?: Career change/ challenge

Patrick Dupont BSN, CRNA, CLNC Alpha Medical-Legal Consulting, Inc.:"25 years as an RN including 22 years as a Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist (CRNA) with extensive experience in anesthesia administration for surgical procedures including general, orthopedic, neurosurgical, cardiothoracic, vascular, ENT, GYN, trauma, plastic and reconstructive, cosmetic, interventional radiology, labor and delivery including administration and monitoring of labor epidurals, invasive line placement and monitoring, emergency airway management, outpatient and ambulatory surgical procedures, regional anesthetics, conscious sedation and post-anesthesia care.
15585 Ocean Walk Cir. #113
Fort Myers, Florida 33908 Phone: 239-297-9893, Fax: 239-425-1384
amlc@roverusa.com
http://www.nursingentrepreneurs.com/dupont

What made you decide to start your own business?: Seeking independence


Yaschica Stewart, BSN PMJ Medical Solutions:"Medical staffing agency providing permanent, temporary to permanent, per diem nurses, cna, other medical personnel to all medical facilities."
1019 Old Monrovia Rd Suite 186
Huntsville, Alabama (AL) 35805
Phone number: 256-536-8076, Fax: 256-759-1873
pmjmedicalsolutions@yahoo.com
http://www.nursingentrepreneurs.com/stewart

What made you decide to start your own business?: The need to try to make a difference, and to see if I could make it on my own.

Angela Halley RN, BSN, CLNC, River View Legal Nurse Consulting:"We specialize in providing legal nurse consulting services to attorneys (plaintiff and defense), insurance companies, workman's compensation firms, and individual institutions for risk management services. Our firm has over 20 years of nursing experience in psychiatric, labor and delivery, pulmonary, neurology, medical/surgical nursing, and many areas of nursing management. River View Legal Nurse Consultants provides a time efficient and cost effective answer to your legal nurse consulting needs."
64 Deenie Dr
Bidwell, Ohio 45614
Phone number: 740-245-9891, Fax number: 740-245-0153
E-Mail: angelahalleyrn@wmconnect.com
http://www.legalnursingconsultant.org/halley

Having control of my income, cutting out the "middleman" and making a significant difference in the life of others as well as my own.

What made you decide to start your own business? Flexibility in scheduling; retirement of senior partner with whom I have worked for many years.

Michelle L. Callan Nurse-Attorney:"Medical-legal consulting and trial assistance to attorneys for Personal Injury and Medical Malpractice cases."
13 Anchor Terrace, Rochester New York 14617
Phone number: 585-266-6574
Fax number: 585-266-6574
mcallan1@rochester.rr.com
http://www.nursingentrepreneurs.com/callan/

What made you decide to start your own business?: I started my first business to to fulfill a personal goal of Small Business Ownership, and the financial rewards. I started NursingCorp to be the culmination of all of my experience and skills, and to be a hallmark of all of my professional talents.

Joseph Caracci, RN, BSN, MBA, Nursecorp.com, Nursing Agencies, Staffing Software Support, Arizona Nursing Entrepreneurs:"NursingCorp offers serious investors and entrepreneurs the knowledge and assistance needed to enter the nurse staffing industry. We provide assistance establishing health care staffing companies, and development of nursing based software solutions. Our product offerings include a complete Nurse Registry Business Package, Nurse Staffing Software for use by Hospitals and Nurse Registries, Business Consultation, and customized software development. To learn more about how we can assist you. The founder of NursingCorp.com is a former Co-founder and President of a large Phoenix AZ based Nurse Registry."
Nursecorp.com
503 W Myrtle Dr, Chandler AZ 85248
Phone number: 866-211-1167
Fax number: 480-361-7942
E-Mail: jcaracci@nursingcorp.com
http://www.nursingentrepreneurs.com/caracci

Like Andy, I LOVE being my own boss, working in my PJ's and being home with my kids.

I put in 25 years as a Charge Nurse and Medical Fraud Investigator, so I figured NOW it's MY time! We vacation (even if it's a mini vacation) every 2-3 months and can vacation all summer if we choose.... ALL business write offs..

Linda/CMAS, BS, RN

What made you decide to start your own business?: A desire for independence. Opportunity to use my nursing education and background in a creative and innovative way. I needed to be able to work from home.

Donna Maheady, Ed.D., ARNP, ExceptionalNurse.com:"A resource network for nurses and nursing students with disabilities. We provide links to disability related organizations, mentors, employment opportunities, financial aid, continuing education, books, equipment, legal issues, research, related articles as well as support and career counseling.
13019 Coastal Circle
Palm Beach Gardens, Florida 33410
Phone number: (561) 627-9872
http://www.nursingentrepreneurs.com/exceptional

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Andrew Lopez, RN
http://www.nursinga2z.com

I decided to start my own business after 18 years in bedside nursing.
My business is marketing dental and medical discount plans .
The healthcare crisis in this country is horrible and this gives me an opportunity to help others while making money..

I needed more freedom and I wanted to control my own hours.
I am currently working parttime in addition to my business, but my goals are to eventually leave bedside nursing completely.

Phyllis

Well, at 20 years old it didn't bother me that the hospital OWNED me and MY TIME! At 30 I started a Medical Cost Containment Corporation doing medical fraud reviews, certified medical auditing, legal reviews... which honestly owned ME more than ME owning it, and at 40-50, I decided to more follow my passion and have a business Tim and I could work from home, and we LOVE it. We have a life with Vacations now! LOL! Linda/CMAS, BS, RN

Think it is definitely worth the effort to find out what is out there. Know lots of nurses who would love to put their skills to use away from the bedside.

Andrew Lopez, RN
http://www.nursingentrepreneurs.com/

What made you decide to start your own business? I wanted to make something that would prevent the sores that the oxygen cannula causes.

Romaine A Settle, RN, RoMedLLC, Makers of Comfeeze, California Nurse-Owned Businesses, Nursing Entrepreneurs, Nurse Inventors:"Manufacture and distribute "Comfeeze". "Comfeeze" is made of a soft fleece material with Velcro strips to secure it around the oxygen cannula, preventing sores at the site of the ears and providing comfort for those who are required to use supplemental oxygen."
Romaine A Settle, RN
RoMedLLC
Street Address: 4224 Massachusetts St.
City: Long Beach State: California Zip Code: 90814
E-mail Address: RoMedLLC@aol.com
http://www.nursingentrepreneurs.com/settle/

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Nursinghumor, that sure beats the stuff that is presently in use.....

What made you decide to start your own business? To educate our clients, and work with integrity and fiscal stewardship to ultimately improve standard of patient care, and assure patient's needs are met- one case and a time. To help our clients come out Winners while Critically Defending your Bottom-Line.


Donna M. Post, RN, BSN, MBA, HCM, CLNC, LNCP-C , Mid-Valley Legal Nurse Consulting, Inc., California Nurse Entrepreneurs, Legal Nurse Consultants:"Mid-Valley Legal Nurse Consulting has over 24 years of experience clinically and administratively, in cardiac, adult and pediatric critical care, and dialysis. Our experience extends to both the inpatient and outpatient settings. MVLNC provides effective identification of practice standards, regulatory standards, adherence and/or deviations to these standards. Our background provides our clients the added benefit of understanding healthcare infrastructure, budgets, and healthcare labor issues. This extensive experience allows for identification of medical and nursing issues in any case that involves health, illness and injury. The clients we serve are attorneys, insurance companies, healthcare facilities and others. At Mid-Valley Legal Nurse Consulting, our goal is to provide our clients with cost-effective, efficient, review and analysis – providing you with winning services while critically defending your bottom-line.
2491 Alluvial #7
Clovis, Ca 93611
Phone: 559-294-7580 or 877-532-5676
Email: midvalleylegalnurseconsulting@gmail.com
http://www.mvlnc.com
http://www.nursingentrepreneurs.com/post/
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What made you decide to start your own business? The natural ability to initiate change and willingness to work long hours until the job was complete. I did this for the college, worked 60 hour weeks for 40 hour pay, was responsible for everything but received no recognition and no pay raise. After 4 years of teaching nursing and nursing in the hospital 15 years for such a low pay scale I realized I would have to take matters in my own hand to find my way to the wealth I desired.I am passionalte about my Nursing Entrepreneurial Career and desire to help nurses all over find the security, satisfaction in their nursing career as I have found. That's why I created Nursing Success System, a system or method of conducting business that has already been proven to succeed.

Tracy McClelland, RN, MSN, Ycarte Health Career Center, Georgia Nursing Entrepreneurs:"Opening doors to the Nursing Profession is our primary concern. We are a nursing tutorial facility designed to assist our community by training healthcare professions with the most updated nursing information and training equipment. We focus on assisting individuals who want to advance in the healthcare profession, or begin with an entry level into healthcare. Our goal is to bring education to you in a comfortable non-threatening environment that allows for learning. Whether you are new to healthcare or desire to advance in this profession, we can provide you with the training you need."
Tracy McClelland, RN, MSN, Ycarte Health Career Center
North Pointe Plaza
1214 North Peterson Ave. Suite P
Douglas, GA 31533
Phone: (912) 384-8680
Fax: (912) 384-4390
info@ycartehealth.org
http://www.nursingentrepreneurs.com/mclelland

What made you decide to start your own business? I was unable to help my colleagues and patients in the way I visioned and was getting increasingly frustrated!! I was an entrepreneur prio to becoming a nurse and set out to pursue Yoga Nursing and start a private practice.
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Annette Tersigni RN, Yoga Nursing®:"I am the founder of Yoga Nurse Medical Yoga and Stress Management and am the creator of the enlightening new field of Yoga Nursing® and the Yoga Nursing Institute. Yoga Nursing is the marriage of modern nursing science with the ancient science of yoga. My programs are endorsed by lots of doctors and health care providers as a safe therapy to decrease pain and suffering and help folks to find peace instead of going to pieces. I have dedicated the past 16 years educating people around the world on leading healthier, spiritual lifestyles and with a dose of tough love and loads of laughter helped them to WAKE UP and GET CONSCIOUS NOW.

I am a sought after no barriers heart felt speaker, coach, teacher and writer and am featured extensively in the media including in the Associated Press and on NBC, CBS, Fox News affiliates and have been interviewed on national TV by Arielle Ford as one of America’s Experts. I am producing, writing, and acting in several DVD documentary/educational projects: I am training and coaching other nurses, yoga teachers and health professionals throughout the USA and Canada to be Yoga Nursing Therapists and I lead fantabulous Yoga and Juice fasting Makeover Retreats on the magnificent Pyrate laden Crystal Coast of North Carolina. My programs our hip, conscious, filled with hilarious humor, enlightening and designed to inspire and leave a legacy. This is the most prolific, jamming and juicy time of my life and I get to do it all by serving others. SERVING RULES!"
Street Address: 103 short st apt. E
Beaufort, North Carolina, 28516
E-mail Address: theyoganurse@gmail.com
Phone: 252.725.1924
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=629639595&v=info
Homepage Address: http://www.yoganurse.com
http://www.nursingentrepreneurs.com/tersigni

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Well I wanted to do more than my facility would allow me as an educator to help nurses transition back to work. I wanted to do a customized program to help nurses returning to practice or changing areas of practice do so safely. I am glad to be able to provide this service even though it is not a lot of money in it, the rewards when a nurse refresher makes a successful transition back and is happy is very satisfying. I can say it was much harder to start a business than I expected and I work longer hours than on any job I have ever had. I have also learned more than they probably teach in any MBA program in the 10 years we have been in business.
Yvette Cheeks
Professional Healthcare Education Service Inc.
www.phesonline.com
877-313-7437 toll free
281-313-7437 local
"Empowering Nurses through Education"

What made you decide to start your own business? Was the in-house consultant at a large law firm in Tampa, and decided to start my own business to help more and more clients.


Andra DeCarlo, RN, Summit Medical Litigation Consulting, Inc.:"Andra DeCarlo, owner of Summit Medical Litigation Consulting and her team of nurses provide Legal Nurse Consulting for both defense and plaintiff attorneys looking for a clear explanation of what actually happened with the client. Is there a case? Is there a defense? We specialize in looking outside-the-box to help find the key to the case. Nursing home neglegance, PI, Medical Malpractice and more."
1586 El Tair Trail
Clearwater, FL, 33765
E-mail Address: andradecarlo@tampabay.rr.com

Social Networks: Ecademy.com, Facebook, Gather.com, LinkedIn, Twitter
http://summitmlc.com or http://www.andradecarlo.info/
http://www.legalnursingconsultant.com/decarlo/

What made you decide to start your own business? Computer background and flexibility

Larry Snyder, BA, RN, DBA, RN.ORG, SA, Nursing Continuing Education Providers:"Larry Snyder, RN is the Founder and President of RN.ORG®, SA. As a licensed healthcare professional with over 15 years of experience in nursing as well as a computer authority with in-excess of 20 years of experience, he is knowledgeable with the integration of healthcare and computers and sees a strong need for licensed professionals to maintain their license in an easy, convenient, comfortable no stress environment. Larry has worked in various aspects of nursing in many states in both large and small hospitals and has the experience and background to make healthcare and nursing education friendly. Larry also functioned as a consulant at large corporations in various aspects of IT management including CBS Sports, Sportsline.com, Sports.com, Universal Studios, Nickelodeon, Viacom, Flexsys and Monsanto. Larry also has served as an expert witness on several high profile cases throughout the United States sharing his valuable input as an experienced Emergency Room nurse."
Latin America Office (Corporate Offices)
Larry Snyder - RN.ORG®, SA
CR 15A # 10A-03
El Poblado, Medellin, Colombia
Hospital Sales (English) USA: 1-954-369-4556
Hospital Sales (Español - E.E.U.U): 1-860-786-1866
E-mail Address: info@rn.org
Blogs, Social Media (Twitter, Linkedin, Facebook, etc): http://www.facebook.com/MedellinRN
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http://www.twitter.com/wwwRNorg
Phone number: 954-369-4556
Website: http://www.rn.org
http://www.nursingentrepreneurs.com/snyder/

What made you decide to start your own business? I want to spend more time with my child. Working at home is also gives me more independence and flexibility! I own my time!!