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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. ****************************************************** ****************************************************** What made you decide to start your own business? Recognized an unmet need.
Carolyn Strimike RN, MSN, CCRN, APNPC, APN-C, Heartstrong, LLC:"Heartstrong is an educational and consulting business specializing in cardiovascular disease and prevention. Our services include community and professional seminars, and educational products/publications. Seminar topics include: nutrition, weight loss, exercise/fitness, stress relief, risk factors, diagnosis and management of heart disease/stroke/heart failure in women, alternative therapy in the treatment and prevention of heart disease. We can discuss special requests on other health and wellness topics and will customize programs for individual groups. We Want to Help People Live a Longer Healthier Life!" ****************************************************** ****************************************************** Frustration with the system and with constant mergers and buy-outs.
http://www.nursingentrepreneurs.com/addington
What made you decide to start your own business? The desire for greater independence and challenge in my professional career.
Rhonda K. Alfredson RN CLNC CRRN CCM COHN, Georgia Legal Nurse Consultants:"Discovery Partners provides a multitude of comprehensive nurse consulting services to attorneys, small and large businesses, and insurance companies. Services include Legal Nurse Consulting (med. mal, PI, WC, toxic torts, fraud, soc. security, PL, criminal, gen. negligence) , Disability and Workers' Compensation Case Management, Hearing Conservation Program Consultation and Administration, Ergonomics Consultations, Occupational Health Services Consultation, Medical/Health Related Educational offerings, as well as other consultative and support services." ****************************************************** What made you decide to start your own business?: Dissatisfaction with current situation.
Dominique Ann Bernard, RN, BSN, Virginia Nurse Entrepreneurs:"My goal is to work from home.
Currently I am employed in a psychiatric facility and I work part time in a geriatric setting. My interests are varied." ****************************************************** What made you decide to start your own business?: Fascinated with the industry
Sheryl D. Bisson, R.N.,, California Legal Nurse Consultants:"I offer services to aid in the resolution of medical-legal issues. I work for law firms, insurance companies and healthcare facilities. My services include, but are not limited to: medical record review and analysis; identifying applicable Standards of Care and deviations from the Standards; identifying records, policies and procedures and other essential documents for complete case reviews." ****************************************************** 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." ****************************************************** 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." ****************************************************** What made you decide to start your own business? I was looking for extra income. While shopping on line for scrubs I found an offer to become a distributor and I decided to give it a try. I also was considering my future retirement and some financial security.
Alyce Clark, RN, Caregiver Scrubs, Nursing Uniforms, Nurse-Owned Businesses, Entrepreneurs:"Sales of scrubs and accessories to medical personnel in hospitals, clinics, doctor's offices, dental offices, and veterinary clinics." ****************************************************** What made you decide to start your own business?: I wanted a career that truly utilized my knowledge and experience as a nurse; a position that allowed greater flexibility in balancing career and family.
Natalie A. Cole, RN, BHSA, CMCN, LNC, West Virginia Legal Nurse Consultants:"I provide medical record reviews and case analyses for attorneys working in medical malpractice, wrongful death, personal injury, and general negligence. My skills and education as a Registered Nurse, in addition to my training as a Legal Nurse
Consultant, eases the burden of other legal team members by allowing them to concentrate on other important areas of a case." ****************************************************** I enjoy helping people. The longer I was in the medical field and the more consulting I did, I saw a great need in the area of financial control. Hospitals were broke, companies were broke and the devastation I saw from that led me to help individuals focus on their own financial game plan - Especially physicians and nurses - they made the most money and spent the most - A typical physician earning about 125k a year was spending 150k a year - not a good financial position - So my crusade became that of educator -Educator and coach - getting health care professionals to develop and maintain a financial life.
1932 S. Cedar Ave Colorado Springs, Colorado (CO) 80906 Phone number: 866-303-0864 toll free or 719-499-9297 Fax number: 719-495-7100 E-Mail: 4fna@adelphia.net http://www.nursingentrepreneurs.com/cutchins
What made you decide to start your own business?: Interest in Law and the relationship between medicine and law.
Lisa Desimon R.N, D.C, CLNC, Illinois Nurse Entrepreneurs:"Certified Legal Nurse Consultant business, serving as a consulting expert and testifying expert on a variety of medical/legal issues/cases." ****************************************************** What made you decide to start your own business?: I have an 8 year old daughter who really needs me to be around more often, Having my own business allows me to create my own hours and spend more time with my daughter.
312-316 East 149th street Bronx New York Zip Code: 10452 Phone number: 718-772-6663 Fax number: 718-293-3980 http://www.nursingentrepreneurs.com/dimson
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. ****************************************************** What made you decide to start your own business? I have always been intrigued with legal matters. I would like to help attorneys and their clients with my expertise and knowledge base. I like being my own boss.
Specialty Areas: California Nurse Entrepreneurs, Consulting, Expert Witness, Emergency Department Nursing, Expert Witness (And Locating of Same), Medical Malpractice, Personal Injury, Workman's Compensation http://www.nursingexperts.com/emma/
What made you decide to start your own business? Political & Economic factors
Specialty areas: Adult Critical Care, Disability, Legal Nurse Consultant, Medical Malpractice, Oncology, Personal Injury, Renal Dialysis, Social Security Claims Telemetry-Step Down http://www.nursingexperts.com/fore/
What made you decide to start your own business?: Flexibility
Specialty Areas: Cardiac Cathetherization Lab, Medical Malpractice, Nursing Education, Personal Injury, Product Liability, Social Security Disability Claims, Toxic Torts, Workers Compensation http://www.nursingexperts.com/hafernick
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." ****************************************************** "What made you decide to start your own business? Ability to work from home, own boss, less stress, more money."
http://www.nursefriendly.com/heck/
What made you decide to start your own business?: Autonomy. Money. Respect. A vision to provide a fun and lucrative environment for nurses to work.
8132 Artie Kemp Road Frederick, Maryland, 21701 Phone number: 301-865-7120, Fax number: 301-865-7129 E-Mail: lehan@direcway.com http://www.nursingentrepreneurs.com/firstnurseinc
I started my business because this has always been my dream, I went back to college to receive by MBA in heath services management. LNC is a business I can use all my skills. Love what I am doing and get paid for doing it.
http://www.nursingexperts.com/higgins/ ****************************************************** What made you decide to start your own business: To share knowledge with others globally and the web was an ideal way
Specialty Areas: Cardiology, Continuing Education (CEU), Intensive Care Unit (ICU), Medical Surgical http://www.nursingentrepreneurs.com/janovsky/
What made you decide to start your own business?: Flexibility and self-reliance
Diane L. Kensler, RN, COHN, CLNC, New Jersey Legal Nurse Consultants:"Legal Nurse Consulting business serving
attorneys, managed care companies, and insurance companies." ****************************************************** What made you decide to start your own business?: I wanted to have more control over my financial situation.
Categories: Associations for Entrepreneurs, Case Management, Coaching, Education, Home Health Care, Nurse-Owned Business. http://www.nursingentreprneurs.com/keyes/
"What made you decide to start your own business? Wanted to work from home. I had worked as a legal secretary for many years prior to becoming a nurse and have always been interested in medical/legal issues."
Merrie A Kidd, R.N., B.S.N., Medical Records Review, Louisiana Nurse Entrepreneurs:"Medical Records Review produces thorough and comprehensive reviews of medical records to assist attorneys who
are preparing for trial. The final written product includes a chronological timeline corresponding to a tabbed index of the medical
records, an introduction that defines medical terms and procedures, a narrative summary of the medical record, and a discussion of the merits
of the case utilizing the complaint or petition for damages as a reference point. Additional services include preparation of draft
submissions for medical panel review and preparation of interrogatories
for depositions." ****************************************************** What made you decide to start your own business?: My mother died as a result of medical negligence. It was my call to take action to educate others.
7 So. Aurora Ave. Clearwater, Florida (FL) 33765-3517 Phone number: 727-448-0455 Fax number: 727-447-8012 aidantresearch@aol.com http://www.nursingexperts.com/aidant/
What made you decide to start your own business? The focus of healthcare in the United States is presently on disease treatment and this needs to change to disease PREVENTION. There are very few services offered to assist with steps to aid in disease prevention.
Margie Latrella, RN, MSN, FNP-BC, Heartstrong, LLC, New Jersey Nurse Entrepreneurs:"Heartstrong is an educational and consulting business specializing in cardiovascular disease and prevention. Our services include community and professional seminars, and educational products/publications. Seminar topics include: nutrition, weight loss, exercise/fitness, stress relief, risk factors, diagnosis and management of heart disease/stroke/heart failure in women, alternative therapy in the treatment and prevention of heart disease. We can discuss special requests on other health and wellness topics and will customize programs for individual groups. We Want to Help People Live a Longer Healthier Life!" E-mail Address: Margie@heart-strong.com Homepage Address: www.heart-strong.com http://www.nursingentrepreneurs.com/latrella ****************************************************** "Wanted to be self sufficient. Make a living off of my own abilities."
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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!
Gifts For Nurses, Accessories, Custom Embroidery, Logo items http://www.nursingentrepreneurs.com/lowry ******************************************************
5001 Spring Valley Road Dallas, Texas 75088 markuly@nursefriendly.com livingwellsolutions.net http://www.nursefriendly.com/markuly
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. ****************************************************** What made you decide to start your own business?: Personal interest in law.
Specialty Areas: Medical-legal Consulting, Military Nursing, Nurse Paralegals http://www.nursingexperts.com/motyka
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."
Camden Arkansas (AR) 71701 Phone: 870-836-1156 Fax: 870-836-1185 teddinuss@cei.net http://www.nursingexperts.com/nuss 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.
1514 Stacy Lane Fort Atkinson, Wisconsin 53538 kpolson@compufort.com 608-449-4680 http://www.nursingentrepreneurs.com/olson
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."
Venice, Florida 34285 ****************************************************** What made you decide to start your own business? Wanted to work for myself.
Maureen Richards, RN, MS, CCRN, CHPN, CLNC, Florida Legal Nurse Consultants:"Maureen Richards & Associates, Inc. offers Certified Legal Nurse Consulting services to organizations in need of medical records review, interpretation or analysis. We offer services for plaintiff as well as defense. ******************************************************
What made you decide to start your own business?: After many years in the LTC profession, I grew frustrated by the limitations imposed on me while I was trying to provide quality service and care to the elderly. The large LTC corporations almost universally place profit over people, and I was tired of fighting the system for my patients and employees. I believe that by providing quality Geriatric Care Management Services, we can keep the elderly at home for longer periods.
Angela M Rowe, RN, LNC, GCM, Senior Care Solutions, Alabama Nursing Entrepreneurs:"Senior Care Solutions provides Geriatric Care Management Services to aging adults and their families in Central Alabama. Our goal is to help seniors and disabled individuals to obtain the assistance they need to maintain safety, dignity, and quality of life. Senior Care Solutions provides advocacy, evaluation, education, and support services to seniors in Alabama." ****************************************************** 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."
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California Nurse Entrepreneurs, Nurse-Owned Businesses, http://www.nursingentrepreneurs.com/california/ ****************************************************** What made you decide to start your own business?: After working for agencies that were operated by people who had no experience in the medical field, during my recovery from a surgery I decided that I would open my own company.
Tirzah Silver, LPN, Essential Staffing, LLC, Nurse Owned Businesses, Nursing, Staffing Agencies:" Providing temporary staffing solutions to the Phoenix Metro area Hospitals and Nursing homes.
Looking for quality RN's, LPN's, and CNA's. ****************************************************** What made you decide to start your own business: I can Do As I Choose And My Income Is Limitless!
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Trisha RN CCRN LNC, Texas:"Medical-Legal Consultant, Medical Bill Analysis, Testifying Expert."
What made you decide to start your own business? Nursing is great but there is a limit to ones potential as a staff nurse!
Clay Smith, RN, Sheetclamps.com LLC:"We provide a truely unique and patent pending invention to hospitals that stops stretcher sheets from falling." ****************************************************** What made you decide to start your own business?: To have more control of my work hours.
3034 Ridgetop Ct., St. Peters, Missouri 63376 E-Mail: educate5@verizon.net Homepage Address: http://www.nursingentrepreneurs.com/spilker/
What made you decide to start your own business: Dissatisfaction with bedside
nursing. What made you decide to start your own business? I wanted to be my own boss, to control my own destiny.
Pamela Steinacher, RN, CLNC, Illinois Legal Nurse Consultants:"Assist plaintiff and defense attorneys with injury-related cases by reviewing for merit, standards of care, duty, breach of duty, causation and damages. Location of appropriate experts, medical literature research, IME's where appropriate, assist with demonstrative evidence, deposition questions and interrogatories. Screen records for missing records or tampering; assist in any way that is deemed necessary and appropriate to win cases." 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." ****************************************************** What made you decide to start your own business? I was being sought as an expert witness and found I really enjoyed this field - this was before there was an LNC specialty (1980)
Tricia West, RN, BSN, MBA/HCM, LNC, P.J. West & Associates, California Legal Nurse Consultants:"PJWA has been doing medical legal consulting since 1980 in the areas of personal injury, medical malpractice, worker's compensation, product liability, Medicare Fraud, Insurance billing Fraud and Risk Management for both the defense and plaintiff. Our goal is to provide you with ethical, timely and exceptional support services. We can make your job easier by assisting with the evaluation of cases for merit, conduct extensive medical legal research, review medical records and provide expert testimony in all specialty areas of nursing." ****************************************************** What made you decide to start your own business? I wanted to help nurses, who were feeling stressed and burned out like I was a few years ago, to create a happier life using life coaching tools and techniques.
happynurses.co.uk Claire Westwood, RGN, RSCN, BA Health Studies (UK) Kenilworth House Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, UK E-mail Address: claire@happynurses.co.uk http://www.nursingentrepreneurs.com/westwood/
What made you decide to start your own business? I started my own business because of my interest in the medical legal field and the ability to control my own hours. ****************************************************** ****************************************************** Nursingentrepreneurs.com is a networking and resource directory for Nurse-Owned businesses and nurses looking for an alternative to working at the bedside. If you explore the site a bit, you'll find profiles of hundreds of nurse entrepreneurs around the country. We encourage you to browse around, find a business category you are interested in, then contact the nurse directly. We're available for questions as well. This website is Owned-Operated by Andrew Lopez, RN a Medical/Surgical/Telemetry nurse. Has your Nurse-owned business been written up in the news? Do you send out a newsletter or regular press releases? We'd like to hear about it!
Our Newest article is from an Arizona Nurse Entrepreneur:
Should You Incorporate Your Registry Business? By Joseph Caracci, RN:"The short answer is yes! When starting a new nurse registry business, you are entering into a legal business environment that requires you to take steps to protect your personal assets, such as your home, your savings, and your retirement. With this in mind, you need to determine which legal form you are going to take for your new registry. Some of the common choices are a sole proprietorship, a partnership, a limited liability partnership (LLP), a limited liability company (LLC), and a corporation." ****************************************************** ****************************************************** The #1 question, we've been receiving lately is about Starting A Nursing Agency, resource sites & manuals
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Interesting Reading For Nurse Entrepreneurs, Actual or Soon To Be: Nurse Entrepreneurs: Tales of Nurses in Business:"This book is vey inspiring! Learn how 50 different nurses brought their vision to reality! Learn some great tips on starting your own business. Nurses don't have to just work at the bedside. Read this book and you will be thinking of how you can make your dream a reality!" Own Your Own Corporation: Why the Rich Own Their Own Companies and Everyone Else Works for Them:"Rich Dad's-"Own your Own Corporation" is a must read for anyone comtemplating a new business-or someone who already owns their own business. Garrett's direct yet simplistic explanations of the different business entities,the proper and best suited entity for your business-is followed by real-life scenarios which helps drive home the importance of corporate ownership in today's business world. Use Garrett's legal expertise to establish a successful, legally responsible and fiscally protected business...And understand the why's and how's of that ownership." 21 Success Secrets, Success Secret #4- "Do What You Love to Do." Get your FREE CD and find out the other 20 secrets of self-made millionaires.:"Order your FREE CD ($4.95 S&H) from Brian Tracy's acclaimed 21 Success Secrets series. Start with 21 Success Secrets of $elf-Made Millionaires - full of techniques practiced by all men and women who go from rags to riches in one generation. Brian Tracy is a noted success expert. He's trained over 2 million people in 23 countries how to achieve their financial goals faster than ever before."
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