Nurse Boss Shift

Myqueen Dickens, AKA 'Nurse Queen,' is a 28-year-old (former) travel and delivery nurse who is in school full-time to become a certified nurse midwife. She is doing plenty full-time, actually, as a nursepreneur who is crushing it by stepping outside the box that some people would like her to remain in.  With her own merch line (inspired by Drake) and content creation hustle going strong, Nurs...

Are you a nurse who's afraid to speak your mind? Being the 'squeaky wheel' at a hospital or healthcare organization and raising concerns about working conditions can come at a price. Nurses risk losing their jobs trying to effect change for themselves and their co-workers.  Nurse Erica is one such Registered Nurse who grew tired of the stressful situations that nurses were being placed under...

Dr. G the NP is the latest inspirational nurse from the amazing pool of nursing entrepreneur talent that's proudly being represented on Nurse Boss Shift! Dr. G teaches basic and advanced courses (cardiology concepts simplified) specifically for nurse practitioners.  Dr. G is just about the ideal Nurse Boss guest as she identified a gap in the market, followed her entrepreneurial calling, and...

Heather Wilson is a former bedside nurse turned nurse entrepreneur. She spotted a simple gap in the market: the fact that the elderly would struggle to care for their own feet on account of increased inflexibility.  Heather decided to make up for the lack of proper routine foot care services available for America's aging population and within two short years, she was able to leave the bedside...

Nursing entrepreneurs have a special place in Christal and Kiiyonna's hearts, especially those who come through with the fire! So give it up for Brittany S. Wright, a travel RN, health and wellness coach, and Founder/CEO of GymFit Apparel.  Brittany is another inspirational nurse turned entrepreneur in a long, beautiful line of African American women guests on Nurse Boss Shift, someone who wa...

Do you own your uniqueness as a nurse? Are you embarrassed if your braids hang down to your butt while you're in the ER? Dr. Natasha Osei is the founder of Natty Nurses, a lifestyle blog and business that is stylishly evolving nursing culture – one blog post and subscription box at a time!  Dr. Osei started as a nurse practitioner and currently works as a Cardiology APN, and as a Medical Aest...

Are you ready to own your CEO status? Miss Brandy Mabra is a CEO coach for Private Practice Owners, helping business owners cope with the mindset shifts required to start, adapt, and grow their private practice. From scaling your private practice to then refining it, and from scrutinizing your finances to putting yourself out there in terms of marketing, there is a lot to do when it's your busines...

Are you suffering from burnout as a nurse? This is not a new topic for nurses – and yet, it's still a hot topic. Christal and Kiiyonna are addressing ways to beat burnout in this episode of Nurse Boss Shift which is all about solutions.  Of course, solutions start with identifying that you have a problem. If your patients can tell that you're overtired, that's a clear sign. If all you want to...

Nurse Melanie Jade B is a nursing entrepreneur and owner of the Nomadic Nurse Agency. She is also an ER/trauma nurse with experience in psychiatry who knows more than just a thing or two about nursing.  Based in Quebec, Melanie offers at-home COVID-19 PCR & RAPID tests, blood tests, evaluations, ear wax removals, and a wide range of nursing services for people struggling with accessibilit...

‘ABC D is Ability - Getting to know kids with disabilities’. That's the name of the book by Coach T, AKA Tassia Williamson. Coach T is from Arizona, a nurse entrepreneur creating impact away from the bedside. She's just about the perfect NurseBoss Shift guest! Focusing on pregnancy wellness, Postpartum support, and parenting guidance for newborns, Coach T is not just an author, but also a wife and...

Dr. Aisha Allen is a CRNA – a Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist – who’s left the bedside and is earning good money coaching nurses who want to get into real estate.  This episode forms part of an original interview with Dr. Allen in Episode 12 of Nurse Boss Shift. If you haven’t heard or watched that one yet, it’s worth checking out the full episode, for sure.   This shortened...

Are you excited about the prospect of AI transforming your industry? Artificial Intelligence can do our jobs, yay! Wait, hang on a minute! Is AI gonna replace me? Kiiyonna and Christal are addressing the sexy topic of Artificial Intelligence in today's Nurse Boss Shift.  Now is the perfect time to be an entrepreneur: so many online tools are at our disposal and AI is a perfect example of how...

What is it like to be a retired nurse? Sarah Gaines is the Six Figure Travel Nurse and she’s spilling the tea in this delightful episode on the importance of having something to fall back on as a bedside nurse facing burnout – rather than just picking up more shifts (which is really all the hospital wants). Sarah is empowering travel nurses all over the world to get what they deserve, having writt...

‘Nurse Mike’ is a nursing entrepreneur who’s changing the game online through his crazy popular YouTube Channel, Simple Nursing.  Each week, he’s putting out invaluable ‘How To’ nursing content and he’s here to show us all how simple that is to do!  Mike started as a registered nurse and struggled to make ends meet.  He’s now inspiring nurses through the power of simple education, h...

A lot is changing in the landscape of nursing as nurses are fighting for autonomy, increased wages, and respect in their industry. And so, when something like the 'Florida Nurses Scandal' happens, just about all hell breaks loose! What is the Florida Nurses Scandal, exactly? And what do Kiiyonna and Christal make of it? Y'all gonna have to tune in to listen and find out! Suffice it to say, this is...

Are you ready to take the leap to corporate nursing? Lexi Jay is now The Corporate Nurse on Instagram. Years ago, when she was still a bedside nurse, she knew she couldn't face that line of work anymore when the songs she was playing in her car on the way to work weren't doing it in terms of motivation.  She saw other nurses (with Louis Vuitton bags) offering medical advice and selling equipm...

Rockie is a registered nurse of 10 years, with most of that time spent in the emergency room. She is also the founder of Flower Child Loc Care, a business selling handcrafted vegan loc care products that she started selling during the lockdown.  Rockie has made that Nurse Boss Shift happen by being passion-driven, a research junkie, intentional in her business actions, and an educator on her...

Are you keen to learn what it takes to become a nursing copywriter? Portia Wofford has been a nurse since 2010, when she started in long-term care. Pretty soon, she saw a gap in home health in terms of how her patients weren’t necessarily understanding the pamphlets they were being left with — because they didn’t know how to read.    Portia had always been a good writer and saw an opport...

Have you heard of the controversy surrounding the TikTok ‘Ick’ challenge? Kiiyonna and Christal weigh in on this hot topic, discussing the impact of social media and where to draw the line with what nurses are accountable for.   Four nurses at Georgia’s Emory University labor and delivery unit were fired for making a video on TikTok detailing what patients do to give them the ‘ick’ (an uncomf...

‘Staying bedside won’t bring you wealth!’ Dr. Kiiyonna Jones extraordinaire and your girl Christal Parker bring some honest truths to this episode of Nurse Boss Shift. Today they’re in conversation with Dr. Aisha Allen, a CRNA who’s earning good money ($225 an hour) but still wants to control her time.   What’s a CRNA? A Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist who has specialized training in a...

Would you consider quitting your job as a nurse and starting a career as an entrepreneur in trucking? Melanie Patterson has her master's degree as a family nurse practitioner. She got all the degrees and letters behind her name and still wasn’t making that six-figure income she’d been promised. Full-time entrepreneurship was soon calling, and Melanie has been transferring her skills as an ED nurse...

Are you a nursing practitioner who’s tired of exchanging time for money? “It ain’t it!”, as Kiiyonna succinctly puts it in this conversation with Dr Samantha Walton.  Nurse Boss Shift has pulled off another coup in this interview, with Dr Samantha Walton sharing her story growing up on the southside of Chicago in low income housing and becoming a nurse (and still being broke), to walking the...

Ever wondered what goes on at a methadone clinic, and what kind of entrepreneurial mindset is required to start up a clinic ‘serving’ clients at the height of this American opioid crisis? Dr. Jonell Benson-Cobbs is the founder of Serenity Wellness Academy, an opioid treatment center in Chicago that is making a difference in the fight against drug addiction with their 5-star service.  Kiiyonna...

Want to see the funny side in nursing? Nurse Jessica Sites is a registered nurse who spent 21 years as a bedside nurse in the same hospital, delivering babies and enjoying what she did until she found that the hospital admin was too overwhelming, leaving her feeling depleted and unable to give her patients the care that they need. Jessica now enjoys a successful career creating humorous nursi...

Are you ready to embrace the nursing revolution? It’s here baby, and ‘Nurse Mike’ is a nursing entrepreneur who’s at the digital forefront of change in the nursing community. His wildly popular YouTube Channel, Simple Nursing, has 750K subscribers and each week he’s putting out invaluable ‘How To’ nursing content online.  Mike Linares is a registered nurse who’s faced his share of entrepreneu...