NP, entrepreneur, and professor, Gabrielle Abelard, DNP, PMHNP, PMHCNS-BC, APRN, FNAP, FAAN, joins The AJN Podcast and shares her business experience, wisdom, and insight on what APRNs need to know and do before opening their own practice.

Some questions to think about:

1. What’s your “brand”?

2. How will you choose your practice name?
3. Which geographical location would you choose?
4. Will you go into business alone or take on partners?
5. Will you take health insurance or not?
6. What is your timeline?

And many more!

Recommended books:

Nurse Practitioner's Business Practice and Legal Guide by Carolyn Buppert, JD, MS

The Doctor of Nursing Practice: A Guidebook for Role Development and Professional Issues by Lisa Astalos Chism, DNP, APRN, NCMP, FAANP

NP Notes: Nurse Practitioner's Clinical Pocket Guide by Ruth McCaffrey, DNP, ARNP, FNP-BC, GNP-BC, FAANP, and Humberto Reinoso, PhD, FNP-BC, ENP-BC