If you’re interested in exploring consulting options as a nurse and aren’t sure what that would look like for you, subcontracting is a great way to start. NNBA member, Nena Hart, PhD, RN, CDONA, CHPN, CLHP is a nurse business owner and featured expert. In Subcontracting Success: Preparing for Lucrative Consulting Contracts below, Nena shares the benefits of subcontracting, pricing models, and things you should know. If you find this article helpful then you won’t want to miss attending Nena’s pre-conference workshop, Building Consulting Packages That Convert July 25th at NNBA 2024!

In its Top 10 Health Technology Hazards for 2024, ECRI called out usability and instructions as a threat to the proper use of at-home medical devices, and ultimately, patient safety. Our second featured article below is Patient Education Key as Home Medical Devices Pose Patient Safety Threat. With more care being administered within the home—a trend fueled in large part by the nation’s aging population, more patients and family caregivers are in charge of using devices like infusion pumps and ventilators. Clinicians would normally operate these devices in the hospital setting. Many nurse business owners, patient advocates, care managers, and senior care providers should increase patient and caregiver education about these devices. Your educational efforts on the top 10 health hazards could be a differentiator in business.