It’s not uncommon for new graduate nurse practitioners to ask questions about starting their own practice. Any why not? When you look around you find physicians coming out of residency starting practice, alternative health care providers starting practices right out of school (mostly due to lack of employment opportunities), and the fact they see their …
7 reasons NOT to Start a Healthcare Practice
While Nurse Practitioners can and do make great business owners, not everyone is cut out to start, own or operate their own healthcare practice. Here are 7 reasons why you may NOT want to start your own practice (at least not right away): 1. You are risk adverse. You need and want a guarantee that …
Small Business Week
It’s National Business Week. And while many business are talking about it, it seems to be that the unsung heroes in healthcare are not being acknowledged. So congratulations to all the entrepreneurial clinicians: Nurse Practitioners, Physician Assistant/Associate, other Advanced Practice Clinicians and Physicians. You work hard and you make a difference to your patients and …
Getting Started In Your Own Practice
Have you every wondered what it takes to have your very own, independent Nurse Practitioner practice? Since 2006, I have received questions from Nurse Practitioners and Physicians Assistants on this very topic. For example: How do I start my own practice? How do I get patients into my practice? How do I find a collaborating …