INNOVATION AND

ENTREPRENEURSHIP
DESRINAH HARAHAP
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Ns. Desrinah Harahap, Sp.Kep.Mat

Call me: “Dedes”

Maternity Nurse Specialist

Metta Moms Care Owner
Phone : +628128908675
Email : desrinah.hrp@gmail.com
INNA Member Number : 32750001954
Pre face  Majority of nurses and midwives
were employed by institutions,
usually hospitals and clinics.
 However, many became
disenchanted, burn out with:
“the restrictions of institutional work,
dissatisfied with workplace
conditions, and disillusioned with the
lack of autonomy given to the
profession. “
 Comparation and competition
between job opportunities and the
graduates
Preface,….
 They began to actively seek other
ways to exert control over their
work life.
 Some used employment agencies
or job placement services to find
employment opportunities in
different hospitals, with they
deciding where and when she
would work.
 Some became the owners of
agencies that served nursing that
benefited nurses and their patients.
 Beside, most health care systems
Issues
 Ina world of global
economic and technological
changes
 Interdependent national
interests
 Trade agreements
 The situation in which nurses
live and work has changed
dramatically.
 Nurse entrepreneurs can
help generate those
positions, and promote the
International agreements Governments
worldwide are increasingly promoting
international trade in service
 Cross-border supply: where the supplier of a health service in one
country makes the service available to the population living in
another country, e.g. telehealth;
 Consumption abroad: where patients travel from one country to
another to obtain treatment;
 Commercial presence or “establishment trade”: the provision of
health services on a for-profit basis by foreign-owned health care
providers or health transnational corporations;
 Provision of health services by foreign people: the delivery of health
services in a given country by foreign individuals or the movement
and migration of health workers, e.g. physicians, nurses.
7 Professions
under Mutual Recognition Arrangement (MRA) 8
to have a free movement among ASEAN countries

 Medical doctor
 Dentist
 Surveyor
 Architect
 Accounting
 Engineer, and
 Nurse
The time is….. now!
 Nurse/midwives entrepreneurship
is a growing segment of the
health care industry right now.
 If starting your own business or
expanding your nursing/midwives
talents into an innovative new
product is something you’re
interested in, now is a good time
to start.
 As a previous post mentioned,
there are many courses, seminars,
and certificate programs for
nurses who are serious about
entrepreneurship.
What Is a Nurse Entrepreneur?
 Nurse entrepreneurs use their professional nursing
experience and education to start their own business
in the healthcare industry.
 Businesses established by nurse entrepreneurs may
include developing and selling a home health
product or medical device, or offering independent
nursing services, such as patient care, nursing
education, home health and/or consulting services.
 A nursing career path that offers independence and
autonomy, becoming a nurse entrepreneur requires
creativity, hard work and strong business skills.
Where Do Nurse/Midwives
Entrepreneurs Work?
 Nurse/midwives entrepreneurs may work in a
variety of settings, including in offices running
their own business, as an independent
nurse/midwives contractor in hospitals or
clinics, in home healthcare visiting patients, or
as a educator.
 Nurse/midwives entrepreneurs have the
freedom to set their own hours and the
flexibility to determine their own work
environments based on the company they
 What Does a Nurse/Midwives
Entrepreneur Do?
 A nurse entrepreneur uses his or her
background in professional nursing to start
their own business within the healthcare
industry.
 Business ventures established by registered
nurses run the gamut from medical devices and
home health products to independent nursing
services such as patient care, nursing education,
home health services and consulting work.
 The day-to-day responsibilities of a nurse
entrepreneur depends upon the specific
venture, but usually includes activities related to
running a business including accounting,
Nurse Entrepreneur Salary &
Employment
 An increasing number of nurses/midwives are
enjoying the benefits of self-employment.
 While salary can vary widely based on the
specifics of their business ventures, many
entrepreneurs are also independent
nurse/midwives contractors who set the terms of
their own services and negotiate their salary with
a healthcare facility, such as a hospital or nursing
home.
 While not as certain as traditional employment, a
career as a nurse/midwives entrepreneur can be
more profitable than a standard RN position.
So,…
What are make you as an
Innovator/Entrepreneur?
 The belief that you can make
something better.
 Were there none who were
discontented with what they
have, the world would never
reach anything better.” – Florence
Nightingale
LET’S TRY THIS: INNOVATION EXPERIMENT

Innovation in You
 What is the challenge you face ?
1. Identify a problem in that you
experience.
2. How do you currently deal with it?
3. How could you make it better?
4. Or what could you create that would
solve the problem?
Create Your Product or Services
Innovation
 Defined yourself as a
proprietor of a business that
offers healthcare services of a
direct care, educational,
research, administrative, or
consultative nature”.
 Fill
the gaps in the current
health care delivery system
by supporting the
development of targeted
Create Your Product or Services Innovation,…..

 You may Build your businesses to develop and distribute medical

products or devices, offer direct patient care or patient advocacy,
educate or train other professionals or community members, or
provide health care-related consultation, among other functions.
 As more you move beyond the bedside to explore
entrepreneurship, it is important to identify best practices and the
skill sets that are transferable from direct caregiving to business
leadership.
 Important to learn about how nurses/midwives have shifted
perspective to make the transition, including the need for self-
care.
 Despite the challenges that nurse/midwives entrepreneurs face,
How To Start Your Entrepreneurship
now as a Student
1. Get a Thick Skin
 Learn to accept criticism.
 Ifyou’re going to try your hand at an entrepreneurial
venture, you need to know people are going to poke
holes in your foundation.
 Learn from what your critics say because they may be
pointing out some valuable and potentially career-
saving vulnerabilities.
 Do not react to negativity—learn from it.
How To Start Your Entrepreneurship now as a Student,….

2. Gather Information
 Before you spend any time or money on a new
product or new idea, start reading everything you
can about nurses who run their own companies and
what it’s like to start your own business.
 Learn about the education or training they received,
the financial investment they made, the return on
investment they received, and the time commitment
it all took.
How To Start Your Entrepreneurship now as a Student,….

4. Find Associations
 If,
after gathering information and assessing if you can take
on this kind of work, go out and talk with people who know
how to do it.
 Just as you wouldn’t buy a car without some investigating,
you should never start your own business without some
outside perspective.
 Associations like the Indonsian National Nurse Association is
an excellent resource for nurses interested in business as well.
 Experts here can help guide you in everything from legal to
presentation perspectives.
How To Start Your Entrepreneurship now as a
Student,….
5. Get Educated
 Once you have made the commitment toward
innovation, you need to get some kind of training.
 Take seminars and classes and find a nearby
certificate program on innovation and
entrepreneurship.
 If you can find one specifically for nurses/midwives,
it will be that much more relevant, but if you can’t,
see what else is out that that most closely matches
How To Start Your Entrepreneurship now as a Student,….

6. Investigate the Market

 A formal course or seminar will teach you how to investigate the
market for what you have in mind. You might have a great idea,
but if it is not something the market will support, you won’t have
much of a chance at success.
 A lot of factors come together to make a nurse entrepreneur
successful. You won’t ever know until you try, so don’t be
dissuaded by naysayers. But don’t tackle entrepreneurship
completely without information either. There are lots of resources
to help get you started—use them.