Promise 5: I Believe as a Nurse I Really Can Do Anything – Like Starting My Legal Nurse Consulting Business
In 1982 nurses weren’t starting businesses in droves. And the term legal nurse consultant didn’t yet exist. What possibly made me think I could do something no other nurse had done before? That’s Promise 5 – believing as a nurse I really could do anything. Believing you can do it is 90 percent of the win.
I still remember vividly my first interview with an attorney. I was sitting in the attorney’s office to promote my brand new legal nurse consulting business. He was sitting behind a big desk and I was so nervous my legs were shaking and I worried that if I had to stand suddenly I might faint. What got me through that first interview was remembering who I was – a registered nurse.
I thought if that attorney was in a hospital gown with his backside showing I would have no problem introducing myself and inserting a Foley catheter. During my 27 years of owning LegalNurse.com, I always remember I’m an RN whenever I hesitate to go for what I want.
We Are Nurses and We Can Do Anything!® How many of you handle emergencies as easily as making the bed? How many of you make split second decisions that are the difference between life and death for your patients? And how many of you do so in the middle of the night when there are no doctors to be found (and even if they were – they’d just get in your way)? If we can do all that, for sure we can do something as straightforward as talk to an attorney and analyze a medical record.
Any time you’re not grabbing the opportunity, tell yourself, “I am a nurse and I can do anything!” Believe and you will achieve all that you desire for your CLNC® business.
3 thoughts on “Promise 5: I Believe as a Nurse I Really Can Do Anything – Like Starting My Legal Nurse Consulting Business”
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.
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.
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!
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*The opinions and statements made by Vickie Milazzo, the founder of Medical-Legal Consulting Institute, Inc. are based on her experiences and expertise, should not be applied beyond the specific context provided, and do not guaranty or project actual results. Vickie Milazzo is no longer involved in the operations or management of the business, but is involved as an independent education consultant.
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.
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.
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!