Preparing Nurse Entrepreneurs: The Current State
Standing
Graduate (Masters)
Type of Proposal
Oral Research Presentation
Faculty Sponsor
Dr. Michelle Freeman
Proposal
Nursing professionals who design and manage a new business venture are known as nurse entrepreneurs. These endeavours provide nurses with the opportunity to develop innovative and creative ways to address gaps in health care. Nurses have a front row seat and observe the changing demands that challenge the healthcare system. Changes include an aging and increasingly culturally diverse population, the rise in chronic illnesses, rapid advancements in technology, increasing costs, and changes in funding. To be successful entrepreneurs requires education in business concepts, precepted graduate experiences, and mentorship opportunities.
The purpose of this presentation is to share the results of a literature review that served two purposes. The first purpose was to search the literature on nurse entrepreneurship in Canada and internationally to determine the amount and type of literature focused on this topic; the second was to determine if the business concepts required to be a nurse entrepreneur are being incorporated into nursing undergraduate or graduate nursing curricula.
The findings revealed that there is a gap in both research studies and literature on nurse entrepreneurship. Nursing programs did not offer any concentrated tracks in this specialty. Nurses will continue to be ill-equipped to be successful entrepreneurs without changes to education. Research in this area also needs to be encouraged. Nurses must be introduced to entrepreneurial concepts throughout their educational journey. This presentation will offer ideas on how universities can address these findings.
Availability
March 29, 31, April 1 = 12-3pm
Preparing Nurse Entrepreneurs: The Current State
Nursing professionals who design and manage a new business venture are known as nurse entrepreneurs. These endeavours provide nurses with the opportunity to develop innovative and creative ways to address gaps in health care. Nurses have a front row seat and observe the changing demands that challenge the healthcare system. Changes include an aging and increasingly culturally diverse population, the rise in chronic illnesses, rapid advancements in technology, increasing costs, and changes in funding. To be successful entrepreneurs requires education in business concepts, precepted graduate experiences, and mentorship opportunities.
The purpose of this presentation is to share the results of a literature review that served two purposes. The first purpose was to search the literature on nurse entrepreneurship in Canada and internationally to determine the amount and type of literature focused on this topic; the second was to determine if the business concepts required to be a nurse entrepreneur are being incorporated into nursing undergraduate or graduate nursing curricula.
The findings revealed that there is a gap in both research studies and literature on nurse entrepreneurship. Nursing programs did not offer any concentrated tracks in this specialty. Nurses will continue to be ill-equipped to be successful entrepreneurs without changes to education. Research in this area also needs to be encouraged. Nurses must be introduced to entrepreneurial concepts throughout their educational journey. This presentation will offer ideas on how universities can address these findings.