Shortly after that day, I took a significant pay cut as a nursing clinical instructor,  staying in education for years, prioritizing ‘normal’ hours that worked for day care and deployments. 

By a stroke of luck, a dear friend convinced me to apply at a medical device company for a role I had never heard of. Despite feeling under-qualified and overwhelmed with the job description, much to my surprise, I was offered the position. 

I pushed past the self-doubt, the feelings of imposter syndrome, the guilt of leaving my work-family behind, and mostly but subtly, this nagging feeling that leaving bedside meant leaving a part of my identity as a ‘nurse’ behind. 

I could not have imagined what I was about to discover:

I was absolutely blown away at the flexibility, autonomy, supportive cultures, compensation and benefits, but most of all by the fact that

there is a VAST WORLD OF OPPORTUNITIES THAT EXIST FOR NURSES!

Nurses working in functions like Risk / Quality, Safety, Sales, Subject Matter Experts, Research, you name it! 

How had I never heard of these roles before? Not in nursing school, and certainly not in hospitals. 

My role eventually evolved to become a hiring manager. Much to my surprise, as positions opened, nurse applicants were rare. I knew nurses had the expertise, skills, and qualifications for these roles… I worked with hundreds of them over the years. And I knew so many would jump at the opportunity to leave bedside nursing.

How could we have trouble filling these positions?! 

Then it hit me… so many companies need nursing talent and expertise. And though nurses are desperate to leave the bedside, they are not aware of the many different (and amazing) options for nurses.

WE’VE BEEN TOLD:

All remote nursing jobs pay too little money.

Even if good remote jobs do exist - they’re not for “us”.

If we leave, the pay cut will ruin our family’s quality of life.

And perhaps most elusive, this nagging feeling that you might lose a piece of who you are.

Who are you if you’re not a ‘real nurse’ at the bedside?

I am here today to tell you today with absolute certainty - this simply is not true.

Better jobs do exist for you.
You have options, friends. Good ones.
Better than you can even imagine. 

My mission is to help educate, support, and guide other nurses who are seeking non-traditional roles while using the hard-earned credentials and expertise they already have. Hospitals do not own the nursing profession. With my experience as a hiring manager and with a deep expertise in education, I have helped thousands of nurses in their pursuit of finding joyful employment in working in remote and/or non-traditional roles as nurses, and I’m here to help you too. None of us should have to choose between our careers, family, and our health. 

There is fulfillment, happiness, impact, and compensation, all waiting for you.

I can help you nurse differently.