Dare To Do Nursing Differently

Nurse Entrepreneurs: Do You Really Have a Marketing Problem? When business slows down, what's the advice we hear most often? Post more. Create more content. Grow your audience. Get more visible. Do more marketing. But what if marketing isn't actually the problem? In this episode we're looking at what happens *after someone discovers your business. Marketing can help someone find you, v...

I'm starting something new, and I'm excited about this one. Nurse CEO LIVE™: Build a Better Nurse Business is a new weekly LIVE conversation specifically for nurse entrepreneurs who are serious about building businesses that actually work. And we're starting with a question I hear far too often: “I'm doing all the things. So why isn't my business growing?” You're posting. N...

What if betting on yourself didn’t require quitting your nursing job? That’s one of my favorite takeaways from my conversation with nurse scientist and entrepreneur Alexandria “Alex” Nyembwe, PhD, MBA, RN. Alex’s advice to nurses considering entrepreneurship is refreshingly practical: Bet on yourself. But don’t quit your day job while you’re doing it. Because doing nursing differently doesn’t have...

Most nurses were taught to fit into the healthcare system. What if the greatest impact you'll ever make happens when you build something outside of it? In this episode of Dare to Do Nursing Differently, I sit down with Lorie Brown, RN, MN, JD, a nurse attorney, entrepreneur, and educator who has spent more than four decades helping nurses discover what's possible beyond traditional roles....

For years, nurses have been told to be more resilient. But what if resilience isn't the answer? In my latest episode of Dare to Do Nursing Differently , I sit down with Darlene Hutton, RN, BScN, MSN , founder of QRS Educational Services, to discuss why one of nursing's most common buzzwords may actually be preventing us from addressing the real issues facing our profession. Our conversatio...

Every week, another nurse wonders if it's time to leave the profession. But what if the problem isn't nursing? What if it's simply the wrong fit? In this episode of Dare to Do Nursing Differently , I sat down with nurse career strategist Rebecca Emery to talk about something we don't discuss nearly enough: building a nursing career with intention. We explore: • Why so many new grad...

What if burnout isn't telling you to leave nursing...but to do nursing differently? Too many nurses believe they only have two choices: stay overwhelmed or walk away from the profession they love. But there may be another path. In this episode of Dare to Do Nursing Differently , I sit down with nurse coach, entrepreneur, and business mentor Mary Turner to explore how nurse coaching is helping...

We're bringing back one of our most memorable conversations on Dare to Do Nursing Differently. When this episode originally aired, Dr. Nena Hart had just stepped into her new role as President of the National Nurses in Business Association (NNBA). Listening back now, it's remarkable how clearly her leadership mindset was already shining through. At the time, Nena was navigating a major lif...

"I'm just a nurse." It's a phrase too many nurses say when they're considering a new opportunity, a big idea, or a different path. In this episode of Dare to Do Nursing Differently, Teresa Sanderson sits down with Jennifer Mancillas, RN, co-founder of ADNI, to discuss her journey from the NICU to healthcare technology entrepreneurship. Jennifer shares how a simple idea to sup...

Most nurses who want more freedom start by looking for remote jobs. But what if remote work isn't actually the goal? In my latest conversation on the Dare to Do Nursing Differently podcast, I sat down with nurse entrepreneur Deanna Cooper Gillingham, founder of the Case Management Institute. Deanna shares how she built a location-independent nursing business that allows her to travel the world...

Most nurses were taught there are only a few “acceptable” career paths. Bedside. NP. Management. Maybe education. But nursing has changed, and many nurses are realizing they want more options, more flexibility, and more ownership over their careers. In this episode of Dare to Do Nursing Differently, I sat down with Ellie Kirkpatrick, founder of The Non-Traditional Nurse, to talk about what happens...

Most nurses don’t leave leadership because they “can’t handle it.” They leave because the system quietly normalizes exhaustion. In this episode of Dare to Do Nursing Differently, Dr. Megan Carter breaks down what nurse leaders are carrying behind the scenes including the invisible labor nobody measures, the lack of onboarding for new leaders, and why so many nurses under 35 are walking away from l...

Most nurses don’t need another lecture about self-care. They need something they can actually use between patient rooms. In this episode of Dare to Do Nursing Differently, Teresa Sanderson talks with Eva ZobianWolf, RN and certified yoga therapist, about what yoga therapy really is. Not poses. Not flexibility. Not an hour-long class you feel guilty for missing. Eva shares how years of critical car...

Nurse managers have been blamed for staffing problems they may never have had the math to solve. In this episode of Dare to Do Nursing Differently, Teresa Sanderson sits down with Robert Wingo, a board-certified informatics nurse, to talk about a 66-year-old math error hiding inside nurse staffing budget formulas. The impact? For every 100 nurses a unit actually needs, the formula may already be s...

Nurses are often promoted into leadership because they are clinically strong. But being a great clinician and being a great leader are not the same skill set. That gap matters. Because when nurses step into leadership without coaching, mentorship, or communication tools, they are expected to manage conflict, emotions, staffing pressure, accountability, morale, and culture almost overnight. Then we...

Most nurses don’t expect to start over at 60. But what if starting over… is actually the point? In this episode of Dare to Do Nursing Differently , Maureen Metzger shares what happened when she was unexpectedly let go from her academic role after 40 years in nursing. No warning. No clear next step. Just a moment that could have easily turned into regret. Instead, she asked a different question: “W...

A lot of nurses think they only have two choices: Stay miserable at the bedside or leave nursing completely. That’s exactly why this conversation with Kristen Gutierrez matters. Kristen is a master’s-prepared nurse, certified nurse career coach, and former neuro ICU nurse leader who had to rethink her own career after being diagnosed with CIDP and Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease. What makes this episo...

Most nurses don’t actually want to leave nursing. They just can’t see a future in the version of nursing they’re in. And that’s the real problem. In this episode of Dare to Do Nursing Differently, Maria Jasayna shares what most nurses were never taught: You are not limited to one role, one income stream, or one version of your career. She went from bedside nurse to: – Certified nurse midwife – Adj...

Most nurses don’t fail in business because they lack skill. They fail because they stay stuck in overthinking. In this episode, Catie Harris (RN) said something that will challenge a lot of nurses: “Just pick a name and go with it. You can always change it later.” Simple. But uncomfortable. Because nursing trains you to get everything right before you move. But business doesn’t reward perfection....

Most people think new nurses are leaving because they “can’t handle it.” That’s not what’s happening. Up to 60% of new graduate nurses leave within their first two years. Not just their job. Nursing. And it’s not because they’re weak. It’s not because of COVID. And it’s not a generational issue. It’s what happens when expectations collide with reality and there’s no real support to bridge that gap...

Most nurses think the only way to earn more money is to pick up more shifts. Extra weekends. Extra nights. Extra exhaustion. But what if the knowledge you already use every day as a nurse could become a completely different income stream? In our latest episode of Dare to Do Nursing Differently, I sat down with Elizabeth Haynes, RN, BSN who is an award-winning journalist and founder of RN to Writer...

50-60% of new graduate nurses leave the profession within two years. Read that again. We don’t have a resilience problem. We have a leadership and culture problem. In this episode, Teresa Sanderson sits down with Yasmin Sharifi, RN, OR nurse, former director, and founder of OR RN Mentor, to talk about what’s really happening inside our units. We discuss: • Why intimidation-based leadership is stil...

Nurses are the most trusted profession in America. For 23+ years. So why are so many of us afraid to speak? In this week’s episode of Dare to Do Nursing Differently, I sat down with Rosa Hart, a critical care nurse turned media consultant and host of multiple podcasts, including Stronger After Stroke, which now reaches 92 countries. She didn’t leave nursing. She expanded it. We talked about someth...

Most nurse entrepreneurs say the same thing: “I don’t want to feel salesy.” And honestly? You don’t have to. In this week’s episode, I sat down with LinkedIn strategist Scott Aaron to break down what most nurses are missing about LinkedIn and why it may be the most underused opportunity in healthcare entrepreneurship right now. Here’s what surprised me: • 82% of LinkedIn users are decision-makers...

Nurse leaders are burning out, and we keep treating it like a personal weakness. “Time management.” “Resilience.” “Self-care.” But what if the problem is simpler than that? What if the problem is role compression. You’re hired to lead one unit. Then another leader leaves. And suddenly you’re responsible for two departments, two sets of staffing gaps, two sets of metrics, two sets of staff needs. Y...