Comments on: Promise 5: I Believe as a Nurse I Really Can Do Anything – Like Starting My Legal Nurse Consulting Business

By: Caroline Bunner, RN, BSN, CLNC

Caroline Bunner, RN, BSN, CLNC — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 19:53:27 +0000

Vickie, you must have telepathically sent this message to my husband before I even attended your CLNC^® 6-Day Certification Seminar! We had just move from TX :{ to VA and were closer to our family than we had ever been (my husband is in the Army). I knew that I wanted to have flexibility in my work so that I could visit my family in WV/PA. We started looking at the CLNC^® 6-Day Certification Seminar and considering it as my next career. Before I fully committed my husband had me enrolled and plane tickets for Vegas arranged. He believed that his Nurse-wife (along with being smart & beautiful!) could do anything that she set her mind to. Obviously he was right and upon his retirement next year he will join the company as an employee!

By: Marianne Dean, RN, CLNC

Marianne Dean, RN, CLNC — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 02:21:22 +0000

With 30 years of experience as a Registered Nurse I cannot recall one time that I was rejected for a job in any area of practice that I chose. I remember when I started out in home health, talk about learning to work independently! I need to remember what you say Vickie and believe that each attorney I talk to needs my experience for the good of their clients.
I am a nurse and I can do anything!!
Thanks for the reminder.

By: Mary Shindle

Mary Shindle — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 14:57:50 +0000

During most of my career, I have been offered and accepted nursing positions of which I had no experience. Only 5 months after I received my RN license, I found myself working in a dialysis center. This was definitely OTJ training. Later, I found myself teaching in a practical nursing school and later in a University setting. I had no formal education to be an instructor/professor. My Masters degree was in Nursing Admin. Currently, I am the Professional Development Coordinator at my hospital. I am the first and only person to hold this position at my facility. Sure, I have a job description, but I created/developed this position to fit the needs of the organization. I am also a reviewer for ANCC and I have written articles for publication. The point being, whenever I feel that being/doing legal nurse consulting is out of my reach, I always go back in my memory and recall ALL of the times when I ‘picked up the ball’ and ran with it because I am a nurse and can do anything.