Nurse Differently.
Work on Your Own Schedule.
Create a Life You Love.
Use your nursing knowledge to start a business that lets you earn well and live the life you want.
This is where life on your own terms begins.
This free 15-minute training shows you the exact process I use to find outlets that pay writers. (According to Google, there are 153,000,000 of them.)
Includes a free subscription to ShiftNotes, my weekly newsletter read by 44,000 nurses.
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Elizabeth Hanes BSN RN
Nursing is not limited to the bedside. It never was.
Being a nurse solopreneur is about designing a life that holds the work inside it.
We don't ask: "when do I get to have a life?"
We ask: "what kind of life do I want?" — and then create a business that puts us at the center, not at the margins.
It's not about squeezing joy into the corners. It's about letting joy take up the whole room, without apology.
We keep our client load low and our processes simple — making space for the things that matter more.
Sometimes that means one assignment a month. Other times, ten. Always at a pace we set for ourselves.
What it all comes down to is this:
We are nurses who design our life first. And let the work serve it.
Two Ways I Can Help You
The Paid-to-Write Protocol
This free 15-minute training shows you exactly how to find outlets that pay freelance writers. I break down the exact process I use to find clients. Free ShiftNotes subscription, too.
Certified Health Writer Program
My step-by-step system for building a freelance health writing business. You can do it without prior writing experience or leaving your nursing job.
A few recent ShiftNotes issues.
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Start With This
You know how bodies work.
How systems fail. How patients get scared. How families grieve.
That knowledge has value far beyond the walls of your facility. The only question is whether you have started to think of it that way yet.
A Good Read
Most nurses do not decide to become writers in a dramatic moment.
They decide quietly. After a long shift. In the car. Staring at the dashboard and wondering if there is something else out there for them.
Take This with You
Hard shifts do not disappear.
But they do not have to live in your body forever.
