The Nurse Entrepreneurs
Hey Guys!
This article from the UK-based magazine, Nursing Times, hits the nail on the head with the opening question of this article: “How many times have you struggled with a poorly designed piece of equipment, tried to book staff from an agency, or listened to a facilitator and thought: ‘I could do that better’?” This line of thinking is EXACTLY what spurs nurse entrepreneurs into action. But ACTION, not just having the thought, is the key!
Sure there are challenges along the way, but to those who risk comes reward.
Read up on these ambitious nurse entrepreneurs from across the pond and leave me a comment in the box below if you feel inspired!
Warmly,
Anna
The Nurse Entrepreneurs
by Victoria Hoban, Nursing Times Magazine (UK)
How many times have you struggled with a poorly designed piece of equipment, tried to book staff from an agency, or listened to a facilitator and thought: ‘I could do that better’?
And if you did have this thought, did you do anything about it? An increasing number of nurses are doing just that. By developing their ideas into successful businesses, services, or products, they are carving out new careers for themselves as nurse entrepreneurs.
One such nurse is Barbara Hastings-Asatourian, a former nurse educator and health visitor. ‘I used to run programmes on sex education, where I would speak in front of young people,’ she says.
‘It was embarrassing for them and they would ask very few questions. My intention was not to repeat the experience, so when I had to design my own programme for a group of young people with learning difficulties, I developed a board game so they learn together in small groups.’
Little did she know where her idea would lead. So far her company, Contraception Education Ltd, of which she is managing director, has sold 1,200 copies of Contraception: The Board Game.
Last year she was a finalist in the British Female Inventor of the Year Awards.
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