In this episode we chat with yet another NP bogged down by the hospital hustle. Jen, an FNP with decades of experience in addiction medicine, has pivoted from an inpatient setting to weight loss medicine. While she has tailored her business according to the Elite NP model, utilizing connections, and referring hospital patients, her profits are still falling short. Here, she brainstorms with Justin on ways to boost her business without getting burnt out. Jen learns that an expanded servi...
FNP Christian is one month into his brand new endeavor—a weight loss and hormonal health practice! His business is growing quickly, and Christian is in need of guidance to set up a strong foundation for longitudinal success. Word of mouth and referrals from a trusted personal trainer are doing the job for now, but marketing must ramp up for this practice to thrive. Christian gets expert recommendations from Elite NP founder Justin Allan, including steps for web development, paid me...
Jessica is an FNP working full time in a bustling mobile urgent care. Grappling with bouts of burnout since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, Jessica is desperate for a change. She now sees the true worth of her license and recognizes her talents as a provider, and is embarking on a new endeavor in the dermatology and aesthetics space. As Jessica begins this startup journey alongside a skilled esthetician, she taps into Justin’s keen business expertise. In this episode, we delve ...
Becky is an RN working as a nurse educator for a pharmaceutical company. While she enjoys the perks this job offers, she’s drawn to her true passion: functional medicine. After finding healing from a chronic illness through functional medicine, she has now decided to become certified as an FNP and provide care to those in need. She chats with Justin to learn how to hit the ground running after graduation and become a practice owner fast. It’s rare that one of our guests has yet to ...
Today we'll be talking to Chaka, who is an adult N.P, she currently works in palliative care in a hospital setting, she's started a weight loss clinic about a year ago that provides weight loss treatments and integrative medicine. Chaka comes to the show looking for help on how to structure her business and how to set it up so it can grow easily as well as general help to go in the right direction when managing her business.In our dive into Chaka's business, we realize that offering just one ...
Today we'll be talking to Darin who is a practice owner, although he's not a clinical person he employs Nurse Practitioners at his hormone replacement therapy clinic, he started the clinic a few months ago but he also owns a lab work company that is tailored towards the fitness community. Darin needs help on how to market the practice to increase business volume, how to focus on his target market, logistics of refills and operating the practice, and how to scale this business as a non-clinica...
Today we'll be talking to Nichole who is a family N.P. She's currently working full-time as an orthopedics hospitalist, Nicole started an online coaching business about a year ago and she wants to turn that into a brick-and-mortar practice where she will offer HRT and weight loss. She needs help with the logistics to transition her online practice to an actual location.A lot of times, as was the case in this episode, sometimes all you need is a bit of confirmation, you have everything ready a...
Today we'll be talking to Heather who is both a psych and family N.P. She's currently working full-time at an outpatient psych practice, on top of that she opened up her own part-time practice a few months ago where she offers general psych care and TMS, Heather comes to the show looking for help on hiring her first employee and the inner workings of having people working for you as well as how to add new services into her practice. From our talk we get to the point of how important it i...
Today we'll be talking to Caroline who is an adult N.P, Caroline is currently operating her own wellness clinic where she provides H.R.T., I.V infusions, and weight loss, the practice has been open for a few months and it's not doing all that well. Caroline comes to the show looking for assistance in getting more patients and creating more effective marketing.In this episode, we talk about how sometimes the success and growth of your practice are out of your control, of course, you have to wo...
Today we'll be talking to Isabelle who is a dual-certified acute care and Family N.P. Currently, she's working as a hospitalist full time and she wants to start a business of her own but has a problem deciding on the type of business she'll open specifically, her ideas are a transitional care clinic, a medicare risk assessment business, or a functional medicine practice. Isabel comes to the show looking for help narrowing her focus and getting started. When starting a practice or alread...
Today we'll be talking to Anne who is an adult N.P. Currently, she's running a successful men's health clinic with 3 locations that do fairly well, the business has been open for about 3 years and Anne has grown it by working on it and in it since she's the only N.P. on her clinics seeing patients. She comes to the show looking for help on how to get to the next level and gradually stop working in the business rather than on it, as well as a possible rebrand.Anne's case is an example th...
In our hundredth episode, we'll be talking to Rick, a unique guest who is currently in school studying to be a psychiatric N.P. a the age of 62 years old. Rick comes to the show looking for help in deciding where to work when he's out of school to get the biggest bang for his buck, he's also planning to open a business while in school so he can hit the ground running once he finishes, in summary, he's after counsel on the best strategy to make his future as optimal as possible.Rick, it's...
Today we'll be talking to Laura who is a Psych N.P. She's currently working full-time at an outpatient clinic for a hospital system. Laura wants to start her own practice and she has been presented with the opportunity to sub-lease a space at an established practice. She's looking to start an insurance-accepting mental health clinic but she's also interested in offering niche services within the same clinic. Laura comes to the show looking for guidance on the practice starting processes and h...
Today we'll be talking to Autumn who is a dual-certified family and psych nurse practitioner, she's currently working full time on her own integrative psych practice where she provides counseling, nutritional assessment, neurofeedback, and psychiatric-based medication management. The practice has been open for a year and Autumn thinks it's not going too well, she's needing assistance in finding out where to go next with the practice. In this episode we talk about the reality of business,...
Today we'll be talking to Terry who is a Family N.P. Currently, he's working full-time at hospital-based urgent care while he's in the initial phases of starting his own men's health clinic. He has the basic setup for the clinic but needs help understanding the operations, patient flow, and some regulatory considerations as well as finding the perfect moment to actually open the clinic for business. In our conversation with Terry, we touched on the basics of selecting the perfect locatio...
Today we'll be talking to Erin a family N.P. currently working P.R.N as a hospitalist in the emergency department, Erin is also a senator in South Dakota state where she pushes for legislation to help Nurse Practitioners have more autonomy. Erin recently started an I.V hydration & weight loss clinic and she comes to the show looking for help on how to run a successful clinic and balance her time for the ideal results.Erin is the first Nurse Practitioner State Senator we've had on the show...
In today's episode, we'll be talking to Ashley, an R.N. who is currently working in private plastic surgery predominately on the operative side, and assists with various procedures in the office. Ashley is looking to start an I.V. infusion clinic and would also like to do functional medicine coaching. Ashley is in the starting phases of the practice and she comes to the show looking for help on how to start it cheaply and effectively. Today is our first episode with an R.N. and this show...
Today we'll be talking to Nicki, who is an adult and psych N.P. she currently operates a phase 1 clinical trial for an oncology company and also sees patients on the side in an oncology office. Nicki recently started her own psych practice that was cash pay only at first but recently started accepting insurance. She's looking for help on how to grow the business, find solid employees, and generally let go as well as strategies to lower her taxes.Nicki has a unique skill set as a practitioner ...
Today we'll be talking to Sarah who is an adult gero N.P., she currently works at a nursing facility but also works bedside as an RN to supplement income and benefits. Sarah's planning to start a direct primary care practice working through the mobile and telemed model, she wants to test the field with a low-expense practice at first and then move into a brick-and-mortar practice Sarah comes to the show looking for help on how to start a low overhead practice and with overcoming the fear of g...
Today we'll be talking to Cambria a family N.P. who is currently working full time at an aesthetics clinic. Cambria wants to open up her own telemed practice where she'll focus on men's health and weight loss. She needs assistance with the practice opening process, the technicalities of the business startup, and guidance on how to handle and structure a partnership as well as bringing in other practitioners into the business.Cambria is a fairly new Nurse Practitioner and she's a clear example...