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The CLNC® Pros Share What They Like Best About Working from Home – Part 1

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I started my legal nurse consulting business in my home. Today with 23 employees working from home is a luxury. But if you have no employees there is no reason to work outside of your home, unless of course you choose to.

With technology you can accomplish anything from a home office that you can from a leased space and it’s a lot more convenient. Here, the CLNC® pros share some of the reasons they love working from home and a few fun stories to go along.

“You can make your own schedule. As long as you meet your deadlines, no one has to know how or when you get the job done! You are home when the kids get home from school. You can help them with their homework or make them a snack. You save huge amounts of money in overhead when you don’t pay rent to someone else.

I often have to stop myself from chuckling during phone calls with clients when we are having an intense conversation about a case and I’m in my PJs enjoying a cup of java in the comfort of my living room. Ahhhh…the luxury of working from home!”

Suzanne E. Arragg, RN, BSN, CDONA/LTC, CLNC

“Business attire is not required. On some occasions, pajamas even work! I have easy and comfortable access to everything.”

Dale Barnes, RN, MSN, PhN, CLNC

“Hours are very flexible. No fighting the traffic.”

Joanne Fox Boschi, RN, MSN, CPNP, CLNC

“Short commute (a few steps from your bed), reasonable rent (one dollar sounds good) and the landlord and the boss (that’s you) are simply great.”

Lawrence H. Frace, RN, CLNC

“My home is quiet and free of distraction so I can concentrate easily and be super productive and cost-effective for my attorney-clients. I also have the flexibility to begin and end my work day completely on my own terms. I enjoy looking at the vegetables and flowers planted by my husband, the glistening sheen of our lovely pool in the summer as well as the mountains of snow piled high on the hill in the winter. These joys of my home are a constant reminder of the simple pleasures of my CLNC® success.

I had extensive renovations done on the outside of my house that lasted for three months. The workmen would arrive every morning at 8:00am and I would be coming back from a walk in the park. At lunch time they would see me taking a dip in the pool, and since it was summer my family, which includes four grandchildren, would often be in the pool or playing in the yard. Although the UPS delivery truck makes very frequent deliveries it wasn’t until the end of the summer that I needed help with numerous heavy boxes of medical records. The foreman lifted the boxes and brought them into my office. He looked around and said with a very surprised look on his face ‘You work!’ Having had a full-time CLNC® business for six years my reaction was ‘my sentiments exactly.’”

Margaret M. Gallagher, RN, MSN, CLNC

“I can make my own hours. Many days I do not put in an 8-hour day. I work from 9:00am-12:00 noon then 2:00-4:00pm and maybe I’ll put in some hours in the evening. If I want to take tomorrow off, I do! Last year, I was able to take off the whole month of August and vacation in Italy! I never miss one of my children’s games, recitals, parent teacher conferences, etc… I can wear what I want to work. I never have to work overnight, weekends or holidays if I don’t want to!

When I first went full-time as a Certified Legal Nurse Consultant, I was going about my business making dinner while my kids were at the counter doing homework. My daughter, Abby, looked up at me and said, ‘Mom, do you like your new job?’ I asked her why she was asking me that question and she said, ‘You’re so much happier now!’ I agreed – working from home really helped me become a calmer, happier mom!”

Dorene Goldstein, RNC, CLNC

“Establishing a CLNC® business in my home has allowed me to merge my diverse interests, responsibilities and bio-rhythms into a schedule that benefits me. Professionally and personally, I wear many hats: CLNC® consultant, nurse educator in a nursing school simulation laboratory, MSN student, world traveler, community theatre actor, gardener and community service activist. As a lifelong night owl, I can work into the wee hours of the night.

One of the greatest pleasures of my home office is the opportunity to have lunch on my second floor porch with my sweet yorkie-poo, Sofie, overlooking my gardens and pond. I can take as much or as little time as I need to relax, refresh and energize myself at a time when I truly need a break, not when it fits into someone else’s schedule.

Designing my home office was my idea of fun! The room was a small spare bedroom that I literally gutted, so I could create it on a blank canvas. Ignoring my husband’s questions, concerns and offers of help, I totally did it my way. I hired an inexpensive handyman to reshape the room and paint the walls purple and red. I hired an electrician, who specialized in older homes, to ensure the power requirements for my equipment would be met. I splurged on an arts and crafts reproduction desk, electronics and office equipment, making sure the items I purchased would serve me well as my CLNC® business expanded. For reading volumes of medical records and conducting research, I reupholstered a small club chair with three different, coordinating fabrics, and placed it in a corner with a small arts and craft table. My chair is a functional escape, which I often have to share with Sofie!”

Debra Good-Zeiner, RN, BSN, CLNC

Success Is Inside!

P.S. Comment and share what you like best about working from home as a legal nurse consultant.

P.P.S. Click here to read Part 2 of The CLNC® Pros Share What They Like Best About Working from Home. Click here to read more working at home strategies from the CLNC® Pros.

2 thoughts on “The CLNC® Pros Share What They Like Best About Working from Home – Part 1

  1. Our one and only child is our son (now 16 years old) who has been a cross country and long distance track athlete since he was in the 6th grade. When he was just beginning to compete, I cannot count the number of times I was forced to miss the opportunity to be there to cheer him on because I “had to work.” Now, I can walk out of the office, shut the door and do not have to get permission from anyone to attend my son’s athletic events!

  2. Along with the luxury of PJs as office attire, I too enjoy being able to step outside and garden or head out for a walk with the dog and cat. I am able to be involved in community service organizations and the chamber, volunteer, and attend events that I was not able to participate in while working full time in the regular nursing world. Working from home is a blessing! The sun streams in, the dog is sacked out on the floor next to me, and the cat curls up on her perch near the computer. Fresh bouquets of daffodils sit near the computer monitor, picked just this morning. Choosing my own hours and work days gives me a freedom that the “real” world cannot.

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