Business Development
Self Esteem and Age Esteem – Vital for Effective Functioning
How does self-esteem esteem affect our role as legal nurse consultants? How does age esteem play into this? First, what does age esteem mean? I interviewed Bonnie Fatio about this topic for a Legal Nurse Business Podcast. Bonnie is a vibrant woman in her 70s who exhorts us to embrace your age, realize your worth,…
Read More5 Success Tips for Your LNC Business
Need some success tips for your LNC Business? Subcontracting 1. Do subcontracting work for other LNCs if it makes sense for you in your phase of business development. It will make sense for you if you can afford to work at a rate that will be considerably lower than the rate you would charge the…
Read More4 Stages of Team Development
Ever think about the reason for medical errors as related to team development? Anyone who reads depositions of nurses and doctors understands the way that team dynamics can affect patient safety. There are four stages of team dynamics or team development. A dysfunctional team can directly affect communication and lead to patient injury. Forming The…
Read MoreLNC Success: Facing Your Fears
What are some key ingredients for LNC success? I hear from LNCs who are discouraged by some of their marketing efforts. They feel like they are hitting a wall. Discouragement will kill your business aspirations. Discouragement, disillusionment and disappointment lead to doubts, and to quitting. There are only three requirements for LNC success: Decide what…
Read MoreDealing with Resistance: How to Cut Off the Dreamstealers
Are you dealing with resistance to your dreams to have a legal nurse consulting business? Many LNCs are working full time or part time and also using free time to market to attorneys, work on their businesses or work on cases. That may mean a shift in responsibilities within their household. Multitasking – keeping a…
Read More4 Myths about Legal Nurse Consulting
Have you heard these myths about legal nurse consulting? 1. It is easy money. You’ll charge big bucks, sit home in your pajamas and read cases all day. The reality: Legal nurse consulting is for the detailed oriented, analytical person who has good writing and computer skills and a love for finding out information. Not…
Read More9 Tips for Starting a Legal Nurse Consulting Business
Here’s the advice of Mindy Cohen MSN RN LNCC about starting a legal nurse consulting business. Groundwork for Starting a Legal Nurse Consulting Business 1. Get connected with AALNC. Order and read the Scope and Standards of Legal Nurse Consulting Practice. It will give the new legal nurse consultant a background in what we do,…
Read MoreWhy do Nurse Entrepreneurs Start Businesses?
Why do nurse entrepreneurs go into business and leave the world of the clinical behind? There is not a lot in nursing school that teaches us how to run a business. You go to nursing school where you focus on the clinical skills needed to be a nurse. You don’t have exposure to business courses.…
Read MoreThe First Thing I Tell My Coaching Clients
Legal nurse consultants become my coaching clients because they want guidance in moving their businesses forward. They’ve tried it on their own. They have encountered barriers. They want to avoid frustration. I tell my coaching clients that we start with an assessment You can’t know where you are headed without taking stock of where you…
Read MoreOutsourcing Costs Versus What it Costs to do it Yourself
One of the issues that holds LNCs back from outsourcing is the perception of the cost. I always ask for feedback when people are exiting my webinars. One LNC commented, “If you are already existing on a wing and a prayer, this idea is not profitable. You have to have money to make money. If…
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