Becker's Healthcare August 9, 2023
America needs more nurses — not just helping patients, but running the business of healthcare, Joel Theisen, BSN, RN, wrote in an opinion piece posted Aug. 8 on MedPage Today.
Mr. Theisen started his career as a critical care nurse at Rochester, Minn.-based Mayo Clinic. In 1992, he joined his mother-in-law’s home health business and later established his own senior health company.
“Business skills gave me an opportunity to use my nursing know-how to change healthcare and how senior patients experienced it. As a nurse, I knew I could make life better for my own senior clients, but as the leader of my own healthcare startup, I knew I could make life better for many more seniors and their families,”...