08.10.10
Posted in customer service, getting started at 11:37 pm by LeaRae Keyes, Executive Director, Nurse Entrepreneur Network
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
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07.06.10
Posted in Increase profits, Sales, customer service, getting started at 8:53 pm by LeaRae Keyes, Executive Director, Nurse Entrepreneur Network
What could the tragic oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico possibly have to do with nurse entrepreneurs? There are lessons to be learned from BP for anyone who is in business including nurse entrepreneurs.
One of the first lessons that can be learned is not to overpromise and under deliver! BP has consistently over estimated and over promised in its efforts to contain the oil spread which has now reached every state in the Gulf of Mexico. It is vitally important that you are able to keep promises you make and deliver on time.
Next came the blame game. Everyone is pointing fingers at everyone else. What is critically important early on in a crisis is to solve the crisis. There will be plenty of time for finger pointing and assigning blame later if this is really necessary as may be the case in determining who should pay what costs. However, the first thing that needs to be done by every nurse entrepreneur is to fix to problem rather than assigning blame.
Finally is the lesson of risk. Risk looms over the horizon for every nurse entrepreneur. Know your risks and plan for them accordingly. Have a disaster plan in case the worst case scenario does happen. Determine you plan ahead of the disaster not after the disaster has occurred and you are trying to figure out a solution. Have a disaster plan in place before you take the step to put yourself at risk. Perhaps it is a stop loss measure, or back up assistance to be called on, or a triage plan, whatever is needed have your plan in place.
By learning from BP’s mistakes and failures you can make your company less vulnerable and more resilient. You can put yourself and your company in an excellent position by avoiding the mistakes made by BP.
LeaRae Keyes, RN
www.nurse-entrepreneur-network.com
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04.30.09
Posted in Marketing, customer service, getting started at 3:15 pm by LeaRae Keyes, Executive Director, Nurse Entrepreneur Network
With the current swine flu concerns what are you doing to make use of this in your marketing efforts? As a nurse entrepreneur you could be providing information to your customers and potential customers on swine flu facts, pandemic levels, how to prepare…
This would be a great topic to use to make more contacts about your services.
LeaRae Keyes, RN
www.nurse-entrepreneur-network.com
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10.26.08
Posted in Blogging, customer service at 11:30 am by LeaRae Keyes, Executive Director, Nurse Entrepreneur Network
According to an article in the New York Times recently http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/24/health/24placebo.html?_r=1&ei=5070&emc=eta1&oref=slogin half of all doctors surveyed reported they regularly prescribed placebos. Medical ethicists are dismayed by this information and so am I. How about you? What do you think about doctors prescribing placebos?
LeaRae Keyes, RN
www.nurse-entrepreneur-network.com
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07.10.08
Posted in customer service at 7:39 pm by LeaRae Keyes, Executive Director, Nurse Entrepreneur Network
I recently renewed my subscription for Norton 360, an antivirus software program. Although I don’t usually do so, I purchased the Norton PC power boost service. This service was an incredible value! Not only did a technician from Norton help me speed up my computer, but a number of other issues were resolved when the technician was tuning up my computer. I spoke with several Norton technicians throughout the day. They tuned up my computer remotely while I watched everything they did. I would have had to pay much much more to have my local computer technician do the work they were able to do. I was so pleased after these technicians worked on my computer that I upgraded to Norton 360 2.0 on the recommendation of one of the technicians. This company certainly gained my confidence with their service delivery.
What experiences have you had recently with computer technicians?
LeaRae Keyes, RN
www.nurse-entrepreneur-network.com
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