08.10.10
Being Self Employed can be so Rewarding!
In the news today was a story about a Jet Blue flight attendant who became angry with a couple of passengers on the flight. He deployed the emergency slide and departed the air plane. It was reported that he had just had enough and couldn’t take anymore.
This made me think about all the stress that nurses have to put up with. Hospital nursing seems to become more and more stressful with each day. Some of the stresses include very demanding patient loads, having sicker and sicker patients, dealing with the issue of hospital based infections such as MRSA and C Dif, inconsiderate physicians, hospital politics, rotating shifts, ….
Is it any wonder that nurses are exploring and enjoying being nurse entrepreneurs? Being self employed provides a rewarding and much less stressful option for nurses. Nurse entrepreneurs are able to determine their work load, decide who they are willing to work with, a bit more removed from direct contact with hospital borne infections, determine their own working hours, and much more. The ability to have greater control is one of the reasons that nurses are generally happier as nurse entrepreneurs.
There are some many options for a nurse interested in being an entrepreneur that it would seem that any nurse wanting to be an entrepreneur could find an enjoyable option. The options for nurses wanting to be nurse entrepreneurs includes legal nurse consulting, case management, care management, health coaching, wound care, educator, patient advocate, forensic nurse and much more. If you are unhappy with your current nursing job consider being a nurse entrepreneur.
LeaRae Keyes, RN
www.Nurse-Entrepreneur-Network.com