Early year of 2020, when a newfound respiratory disease named Corona Virus (COVID-19) spread rapidly around the world. It affects millions of people and overwhelmed the health care system, especially healthcare workers such as nurses. They serve as our front liners safeguarding the lives of everyone. As the number of infected increases, the demand for nurses increases too. They faced a greater responsibility for this pandemic resulting in loss of jobs and finding better opportunities.
While other stayed rendering service to people and only a few left to venture into the business world. Being a nurse entrepreneur, means you are the boss. You can build your own name in the medical field while practicing your profession. You can have your own time and work in the comfort of your home.
According to Catie Harris founder of NursePreneurs, nurse entrepreneur holds a unique qualification. They can position themselves to start businesses in the health and wellness industry. One of the keys for nurses is to play their strength with the wide knowledge they have in medicine and health and their thousand of hours of experience in the hospital setup. It could be a great advantage for them over the competition in business. Check out some business ideas for nurse entrepreneurs to start up.
1. Nurse Staffing Agency
Nursing Homes Use of Staffing Agencies Soars During Pandemic as Workforce Crisis Deepens. An increasing number of skilled nursing facilities have had to depend on staffing agencies and find other alternative ways to fill shifts, during the height of the pandemic and into this year. Operators have historically tried to use agencies as a last resort because of additional fees associated with the service; residents need to see familiar faces too, and staff that is on the floor every day will be more confident in what patients and co-workers need.
2. Blogging / Video Influencer
The power of the internet dominated a higher percentage of people. It becomes a day-to-day habit, wherein they relay everything on the internet most of their queries concerning their health. But not everything you search is accurate and reliable, most of it may trigger a possible danger or worsen their health. This would be a great chance for nurse entrepreneurs to dive into this opportunity, with their background knowledge in medicine and health. They can start doing blogs and videos sharing what they know and impart to their audience. What’s good about creating a blog and video for nurses, there is a small amount of competition. Everyone is your audience and social media becomes a profitable network. You can do it as a full-time job or a side job depends on your choice. Your character, a camera, and a laptop are what you need for this.
3. Telehealth Consultation
With the alarming number of covid cases, many people fear visiting the hospital to get a consultation or prescription. That’s when Telehealth consultation becomes popular, it’s a virtual visit of patients to their doctor and nurse. It gives easy access to everyone, especially with those health concerns. They don’t need to leave their house, instead make a phone call or a video call.
4. Medical Product Sale
Nurse entrepreneur can build their own medical shop or an online shop, where they can sell medical equipment such as scrubs, PPE suits, facemask, alcohol, and et cetera. They can also promote it to other medical industries.
5. Nurse Consulting
According to Goodwin University, nurse consultant provides consultation services in order to improve nursing and other healthcare programs and standards. They can work as clinical, operational, or legal nurse consultants depending on their expertise.
6. Fitness Health Nurse
Nurse entrepreneurs may consider this as the gym and fitness facility closes due to pandemics. This would be a great chance to do online coaching, it involves you working with a client to create their health plan which includes their lifestyle change and nutrition.
In reference to the study of “The Nurse Entrepreneur: Empowerment needs, Challenges, and Self-care practices” conducted to participants which describe a critical motivator to pursue entrepreneurship. There are four most frequently identified motivators and these are meaning/fulfillment (90%), the ability to make one’s decision (77.1%), the need for professional growth (77.1%), and the wanting to have a greater impact (75%). The result concluded that there is a major opportunity in the business world.
This pandemic is not yet over and the current situation is unpredictable however, we could expect an emerging innovation in business opportunities for nurses in the following years.
Reference:
https://smallbiztrends.com/2019/07/nurse-entrepreneur-business-ideas.html
