“I believe nurses need a paradigm shift to understand that from the moment we receive our nursing license, we are business owners, and we choose where and how we provide our nursing services.”
Michelle DeLizio Podlesni, President of the National Nurses in Business Association
Nursing is one of the most flexible careers in the world, as there are endless ways to use that license and create a sustainable living. From options in clinical care to cruise ships, corporate occupational health roles, and so much more, there are many ways to reinvent your nursing career.
However, one role nurses have historically not pursued as much is business ownership, which appears to be changing. Since the height of the pandemic, the number of nurse entrepreneurs has increased significantly, and the trend shows no sign of slowing.
This is largely thanks to the rise of social media platforms like Instagram and TikTok, which have made finding creative and lucrative business ideas easier than ever, but that’s not the whole story.
It’s important to note that nursing entrepreneurship far predates the Internet age. One study published in 2022 looked at all of the existing research on the field and noted that the earliest papers on the subject were published in the 1970s. Organizations like the National Nurses in Business Association were founded in the 1980s to provide networking opportunities and support for nurse founders. Yet, there has never been a business ownership boom for nurses like today. Read More | 
