WORKING NURSE, October 2009
What do Seattle Sutton and Wild Iris in have in common, other than intriguing names? Both are companies started by nurses, people like you and me. Nurse entrepreneurs as a group are largely unknown, yet there are hundreds of them. They form a “sort of secret society,” says Pat Bemis, RN, CEN, head of the National Nurses in Business Association. It isn’t that obscurity is the goal. But many people — can I include the majority of nurses? — think that entrepreneurship is incompatible with nursing. We care for others, even for free, if necessary. It’s not just about the money, right? So how could you thrive in business with that attitude?
Read the article online at Working Nurse.com
THE NURSES STATION, August 2009
Listen to a podcast interview with Ann Johnson, RN, Wild Iris CEO
at The Nurses Station. (Scroll down to the 2nd article, Episode 26.)
Modernizing Continuing Education with Online Courses: The 21st Century Health Care Forum Discusses the Future of Continuing Education
Accredited online nursing courses are replacing traditional classroom-based courses, offering nurses a more convenient method for receiving credit, while providing flexibility in their credentialing options. Read the full article.
Telephone Nursing an Important Component of Managed Healthcare
As more and more HMOs turn to telephone nursing, or telehealth, the practice of appropriate disposition of health-related problems by trained RNs using guidelines or protocols has become a new subspecialty. Telephone triage interactions generally require assessment, patient education, and crisis intervention. When high standards are maintained, telephone triage in the HMO setting is a successful, highly appreciated, and integral part of the larger system. Read the full article.
There's no business like your own business... .Ann Johnson, Wild Iris CEO, RN, and Wild Iris Medical Education were featured in an article by Linda Roman RN Magazine. Read the article online at RNWeb.
Wild Iris Medical Education, Inc. and American Nurses Association/California Form New Partnership
COMPTCHE, Calif., Dec. 11, 2006 /PRNewswire/—Wild Iris Medical Education, Inc. today announced it will publish a continuing education course in the ANA/C's quarterly newsletter Nursing Voice in partnership with the American Nurses Association/California.
By partnering with Wild Iris and publishing a continuing education course in each issue of Nursing Voice the ANA/C provides easy access to a new venue for continuing education," said Wild Iris Co-Founder Ann Johnson, R.N. "The American Nurses Association/California has a long history of representing nurses and advocating for issues that impact the nursing profession. This is one more positive step in that direction."
