9 IDEAS FOR NURSE-BASED BUSINESSES

Nurses are ready-made for business and there are so many options for us to start our own.  

As I mentioned in the January workshop, there are 3 main categories of business that are perfect for nurses:

1. Physical Products

•  Nurses can invent something, sell something, or publish something

2. Education Products

• From workshops to online courses, Nurses have so much knowledge to share with others

3. Service Based Business

• Within our scope of practice you can offer consulting, cosmetic procedures (like lasers and botox), mobile IV hydration and private nursing to clients

If you are still needing some inspiration of what you might do, here is a list of a few popular options for nurse-based businesses are:

1. Consultant

• Use your years of experience and knowledge to advise other nurses or healthcare organizations.

2. Sales rep

• Use your people skills to sell products or services to healthcare facilities.

3. IV hydration

• Use your nursing skills to start a business providing IV hydration services.

4. Health coach

• Use your passion for health and fitness to help others reach their goals

5. Med-spa

• .Use your nursing skills to provide spa services like laser, derm and botox treatments

6. Author

• Use your writing skills to write books or articles on nursing practice or healthcare.

7. Inventor

• Use your creativity and knowledge of the challenges with existing medical productsto create new medical devices or products that are easier to use.

8. Course Creator

• Use your knowledge to create online courses on nursing or other healthcare related topics.

9. Speaker

• Use your nursing skills to give presentation on a variety of healthcare related topics.