Posts Categorized: News

Nightingale’s Innovative Nurse (October): Dr. Shanina Knighton PhD RN

Meet Dr. Shanina Knighton: The Entrepreneur in Patient Hand Hygiene Describe your initial interest in patient hand hygiene?  As a student nurse during my clinical rotations I would often hear about the importance of healthcare worker hand hygiene, but with flu outbreaks such as Swine and H1N1 being an issue at the time I wondered… Read more

Project Entrepreneur via Rent the Runway

For any early stage entrepreneurs, this is a great opportunity to consider. I loved my time in the program two years ago. Take a moment to watch this video: #BeInspired: Jenny Fleiss, Co-Founder of Rent the Runway Post originally appeared on Dr. Tiffany Kelley RN on October 27th, 2017

“How does being a female entrepreneur influence how you lead?”

“How does being a female entrepreneur influence how you lead? ~ from Saturday’s HealthTech Venture Conference focused on Female Entrepreneurship I know why this question is often asked and why it is one to answer. Women receive less than 5% of investment dollars. (This isn’t because women aren’t participating in the entrepreneurial marketplace ). However, I… Read more

“The work of a nurse is endlessly inspiring…”

The work of a nurse is endlessly inspiring — to be able to combine knowledge and compassion in a way that advocates for patients is truly incredible! My above comment is related to this article Nurses on their career defining moments: ‘How could I do anything else?’ posted on: Dr. Tiffany Kelley RN on October 9th, 2017.

Productivity hack: Learning how to say no.

Yesterday I was asked to offer one of my productivity hacks at the HealthTech conference. The word ‘hack’ itself suggests some form of automation combined with the word ‘productivity’. However, some of the most meaningful things can’t be sped up. So then what do you do? My response to the question was learning how to… Read more