Nurse. Innovator. Author. Speaker. LinkedIn Top Voice, First Nurse Featured on Ted.com, Forbes Business Council, President Emeritus: SONSIEL, Chief Nursing Officer
When I had the #idea for my first #company, my father asked me “If this was such a great #idea, why did someone else not think of it?” Although he may have meant the question to stimulate conversation - it caused me significant #selfdoubt that if it had been a great idea - someone #smarter than me would have come up with it. Instead, my #mother gave me her #nursing #retirement to start HireNurses.com in 2013. We exited it in 2018. When we launched the first formal #NurseInnovation program at #NEU in 2016, we were told: “Nurses can’t #innovate, this is just a #fad. Nurses need to follow policy and procedure”. We had no idea if we could change the national narrative. By 2017, #NurseInnovation was that top #SEO google term re: #nursing. In 2017, Johnson & Johnson pivoted their 20 year campaign of #thankingnurses to #NurseLedInnovation and the #ANA adopted #innovation into their mission. We founded #SONSIEL in 2019 to advance nurse led innovation as it’s single focus. When we launched Commission for Nurse Reimbursement in 2023 - we were told it was going to be impossible to change a 100 year reimbursement policy that places nurses as costs to healthcare systems…the only degreed healthcare profession who cannot bill for their services. And today, this topic is echoing across nursing and beyond as the key factor to end the #NursingCrisis. When we launched #NursingIsSTEM a few months back - we heard “nursing is a soft science - nurses only follow doctors orders” …and yet we had over 1000 organizations and individuals sign onto the letter we submitted to #DHS and now a formal #legislative movement has started to reclassify nursing as a #STEM. It’s never easy to start something new or to challenge the #StatusQuo. So when my colleague and friend Sharon Pearce shared this inspirational post by #TheodoreRoosevelt - I wanted to amplify and expand on it. Change is never easy - but if what you are doing is truly set on creating a better world - keep going!!! #NursesOnLinkedIn #HealthcareOnLinkedIn
Nurse, CRNA, Leader, 🎤Podcaster, Public Speaker, Past President NCANA & AANA, Lobbyist, GR Chair NCANA, AANA, Previous NC House Candidate
You will always have critics but those people never make history. Replace #nurse in this. #CommissionForNurseReimbursement #nursewarriors #nursesonlinkedin Rebecca Love RN, MSN, FIEL Melissa Mills, RN, BSN, MHA Renee Ellmers, BSN, RN
Rebecca Love RN, MSN, FIEL I have read this so many times over the last five years and it’s a favorite of Brene Brown. It is the truth sayers who are in the arena and the sideliners and people who live in fear are the spectators. If life was as believed by some to be a simulation spectators and brave soldiers are necessary. Mostly I feel sad for little children being brought up to be fearful of living because their parents are. Especially young girls and women. Women have been forced for far too long to be spectators. I am so proud of the work you have done and continue to do. You are an inspiration to many of us just starting a new journey and trying to understand where we want to go.
I have this framed on my desk as a constant reminder 💕 the naysayers are not the ones doing the “thing”- it’s easy to criticize what you don’t understand nor do - it’s just white noise 🙌 keep going! Follow your intuition 👏🏻
Rebecca Love RN, MSN, FIEL you have always inspired me and continue to do so. You listed many of the reasons why!
I'm forever in your corner Rebecca. You continue to make an impact and use your platform for good. I wanted to share my favorite piece of written motivation. It is called the Smoke Diver's Creed and my former fire chief shared it with me many years ago. I used to have this printed on a huge banner when I owned my CrossFit gym. It still gives me chills. “If I persist, if I continue to try, if I continue to charge forward, I will succeed. I will not hear those who weep and complain for their disease is contagious. The prizes of life are at the end of each journey, not near the beginnings, and it is not given to me to know how many steps are necessary in order to reach my goal. I will never consider defeat, and I will remove from my vocabulary such words as quit, cannot, unable, impossible, failure, and retreat, for these are the words of fools and cowards. When my thoughts beckon my tired body homeward, I will resist the temptation to depart. I will try again. I will make more and more attempt to close with victory, and if that fails, I will make another. When others cease their struggle, then mine will begin, and my harvest will be full."
This is absolutly true Rebecca Love RN, MSN, FIEL. I remember when I was a floor nurse, I quickly realized that the narrative of “a nurse’s job is to follow procedures and policies” didn’t align with my values. I am not just a follower; I am a leader. I found it frustrating to be constrained by outdated and ineffective rules that hindered my ability to provide excellent patient care. This frustration became my driving force to return to school for my MSN and APRN, empowering me to make decisions that truly benefit my patients. Unfortunately, I soon discovered that even as a provider, my influence was limited within organizations that prioritize business and profit over innovation and advocacy. It’s disheartening to see the healthcare system shift towards profit and customer service at the expense of the core values of nursing, patient care, and the best interests of patients. This realization has fueled my passion for creating environments that value and support true nursing leadership and patient advocacy. We need a healthcare system that empowers nurses and prioritizes patient care above all else.
I am personally experiencing this as a family nurse practitioner and entrepreneur who is raising three boys entirely on her own financially and as the role of mother and father. I am in the arena right now, so to speak, and life is really challenging me. I will fight and struggle my way through this entrepreneurial endeavor to prove to other women, mothers, and potential business people that it can be done. I strive to be an inspiration for those who need it, as your post is an inspiration to me right now. https://gogetfunding.com/single-mother-of-three-boys-and-a-family-nurse-practitioner/
Rebecca Love RN, MSN, FIEL you are on fire 🔥. I love the passion and the pursuit. Its the same narrative across nursing in other parts of the world from Nursing school. I remember in college there were fleas in the trailers that the classes were held, when we reported the issue to the college we were told that nursing was a non-income generating entity hence they cannot do anything about it. Its almost 20 years ago and I remember like it was yesterday. All 120 nurses in the institution went on a strike by standing outside in the sun all day until we were provided different rooms and the issue was handled. We have been taught to stand up for ourselves as a profession from early on and we have to stand together. Thank you for taking this seriousissue of nurse reimbursement on, most nurses do not understand the business of healthcare and the cause and effect behind the scene, and could not even attempt to advocate for themselves so thank you for taking this on.💗
Thank you for sharing this 🙏 ❤️ I am a huge fan of Theodore Roosevelt. So much to learn and be inspired by, by those who have gone before us. I love your story Rebecca Love RN, MSN, FIEL. Can’t wait to meet you in person someday soon. Thank you for taking the next best step every day. 🙏 #LovingDisruption ❤️🔥
CEO of Heartland Clinics of America, Inc
6moJimmy Carter presented this Roosevelt quote as a framed print to Hal Suit, who had run against him for Georgia's Governor. Hal was a Republican new anchor at WSB in Atlanta and well-known across the state AND he was a war hero, having lost a leg in Korea. He was pretty bitter from his loss and did not go to the Governor's Mansion to give respect to Governor Carter. So Jimmy Carter went to Hal Suit's office on Peachtree in Atlanta and presented it to him. That act led to Hal and Jimmy becoming lifelong friends, not enduring enemies. Later, I would become friends with Ted Roosevelt IV, the great grandson of Theodore. He was at Lehman Brothers, which was acquired (after its collapse) by Barclays. A former Seal and Vietnam Vet, he is a world leader in environmental protection and conservation. President Roosevelt obviously provided a great gene pool.