ON DEMAND 2024 Midwest Conference - Unlocking Success: The Vital Role of Networking and Collaboration for APRN Business Owners
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1.0 contact hourCompletion Time
1 hour, 2 minutesAvailable Until
December 31, 2025
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Overview
This session explores the dynamic landscape of Advanced Practice Registered Nurse (APRN) business ownership, emphasizing the crucial role of networking and collaboration in fostering success. It begins by delineating current trends in APRN business ownership, highlighting the increasing autonomy and opportunities for innovation. Advantages such as enhanced scope of practice, financial potential, and job satisfaction are discussed along with challenges including regulatory hurdles, financial management, and patient acquisition. The presentation will include the importance of networking and collaboration for APRN business owners, focusing on how building professional relationships and accessing resources can propel growth and overcome obstacles. There will be a facilitated discussion encouraging participants to share experiences, insights, and strategies for effective networking and collaboration. This presentation will have information to equip APRN entrepreneurs with tools to thrive in the evolving healthcare landscape.
Learning Objectives
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Understanding Trends and Opportunities in APRN Business Ownership: Examine current trends in Advanced Practice Registered Nurse (APRN) business ownership, discussing the growing autonomy and opportunities for innovation, as well as detailing the advantages such as an expanded scope of practice, financial potential, and increased job satisfaction.
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Strategies for Effective Networking and Collaboration: Learn the importance of networking and collaboration in the success of APRN-owned businesses, focusing on building professional relationships, leveraging resources for growth, and overcoming common challenges in regulatory compliance and patient acquisition.
Learning Outcome Evaluation: Participants will state one thing they learned from the program and how they will implement it into their practice.
Speakers
President, ISAPN
April J. Odom, MSN, APRN-FPA, CRRN, FNP-BC is a Family Nurse Practitioner with over 20 years of healthcare experience. She has worked as a pharmacy technician, certified nurse assistant (CNA), registered nurse (RN) and is currently practicing as an Advanced Practice Registered Nurse (APRN-FPA) with Full Practice Authority. During her nursing career she gained experience in inpatient rehabilitation, home healthcare, outpatient surgery, emergency medicine, leadership and as an instructor teaching the future of nursing as co-founder of Competent Healthcare. April has been a preceptor for many nurses and has been both a mentee and mentor. She is the current Vice-President with Illinois Society for Advanced Practice Nurses (ISAPN) and an active participant on multiple committees. April is the Mentoring chair of Professional Women’s Network (PWN), a member of American Academy of Nurse Entrepreneurs (AANE), American Academy of Nurse Practitioners (AANP), and Illinois Obesity Society. April co-founded Train, educate and mentor (T.E.A.M) nurses a non-profit organization that focuses on training and educating health professionals, educating the community and mentoring the next generation. April is the CEO of Physicals Plus, a health and wellness clinic where she focuses on preventing chronic disease by offering vitamin therapy, medically supervised weight loss and comprehensive care for families, including house calls to the senior population. April teaches American Heart Association (AHA) approved cardiopulmonary (CPR) courses, business and other educational courses for health professionals and entrepreneurs as CEO of Odom Education and Consultants where she guides other aspiring business owners. April is the recipient of the Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago (RIC) Magnusen Award (2014), PWN Ignitor Award (2019), Illinois Nurse Foundation (INF) 40 under 40 Emerging Nurse Leaders Award (2019) and Pinnacle Nurse Leader Award (2020). In her spare time, she enjoys spending time with her husband and two sons. She loves traveling, planning events and trying new restaurants.
CE Information
This activity offers 1.0 contact hour to attendees.
Accredited by Illinois Nurses Foundation is approved as a provider of nursing continuing professional development by the Montana Nurses Association, an accredited approver with distinction by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation.
The Illinois Nurses Foundation and the Illinois Society for Advanced Practice Nursing jointly provided this program.
Disclosures
To earn contact hours, learners must watch the entire webinar and submit an evaluation to receive the digital certificate after the session.
Activity Content
Registration to this activity includes access to the following supporting materials.
- Unlocking Success: The Vital Role of Networking and Collaboration for APRN Business Owners (Size: 2.93 MB)
- Unlocking Success: The Vital Role of Networking and Collaboration for APRN Business Owners Worksheet (Size: 94.1 KB)
Duration: about 1 hour | Quality: HD
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