An experienced and confident nurse extends his or her role out of the field in different streams, among of that one recent trend is as a nurse entrepreneur. As like any other entrepreneur, a nurse establishes and runs his or her own business by joining nursing expertise and knowledge with business techniques. Nurses are trained to be independent with their own professional adequacies, there in which they gain the confidence to do their own start-ups.
NURSING VERSUS BUSINESS
Starting a business is crucial and different from the nurse’s traditional role and aspects as an employee in an institution. With the scrutinized curricular practice, nurse gains capability to achieve their persona and the scope of global health care needs helps to find new opportunities in different arenas. In the initial times nurses, started their business ideas with opportunities to develop a staffing agency and moreover like a consultant job.
This directly helped the needy in nursing field to find their suitable position in available firm. And some consultant finds candidates to join in nursing institution and counsel them with the initial knowledge of curricular aspects and scope of nursing in national and international wide.
Later nurses extend their hand in roles and independently practiced as:
Moreover in the current practice, the health care independency provides opportunities in wide variety of roles, like as a nurse practitioner to set up their own primary clinics in rural areas where a backward service are available, and this initiative is beneficial to many needy in rural health areas.
SKILLS AND ABILITIES NEEDED TO BECOME AN ENTREPRENEUR-
RAPID DECISION MAKER
Take quick and appropriate decisions on time with in a demanding area. Acting independently & practice new experiments upon progress and this will develop the confidence gain leadership.
Not only get motivated by self but also lead others with the proper guidance and support so that coordination and cooperation of the team work will promote the business.
INNOVATION AND CREATION
Identify the health care needs with the current trends and do a strategic planning with the upmost relevant solutions and there by create a new platform to shine. Every nurse has got innovations in her, it has to be wisely planned and used on time.
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Moreover a nurse entrepreneur can market their business innovatively to attract and retain their customers.
FINANCIAL CONTROLLER
A nurse entrepreneur always is at financial risk while starting a new venture. Planning wisely before during and throughout this business always helps her to overcome the difficulties. Hiring employees to grow up the business and manage them wisely is a task which includes the payroll and taxes.
ALL ROUNDER
With the evidence based practice, a nurse has to analyze previously handled data in search of new areas to help patients. Handling various tasks upon demand like a multi handed person makes a nurse to perform as an all rounder.
Steps to become a nurse entrepreneur
In this highly tech era, it is not necessary that u should explore the opportunities, sometimes the opportunities itself comes to the nurse; use it wisely on time. Some of the recent arenas are like starting healthcare website, YouTube channel and apps. These initiative needed public support, like any other profession, nurses also should come up with new ideas and techniques to support each other and also to publish the work of nurses among the lay people.
Abdullahi Suleiman a Certified Registered Nurse based in Nigeria, an Entrepreneur and Also a Blogger, passionate about Community Development and Cosmetic Nursing
