An RN attending the CLNC® Certification Seminar shared that an attorney has been badgering her for five years to become a Certified Legal Nurse Consultant through LegalNurse.com. When I asked her, “What took you so long?” I was expecting her to say something like, “I got married ” or “I was recovering from an accident,” but instead she said, “I thought the program was expensive.”
Unable to get into her mindset I shook my head in shock and disbelief. I responded, “Think of all the money you’ve lost by not jumping on that opportunity five years ago. What’s expensive is not the cost of the CLNC Certification Program. What’s expensive is not seizing the opportunity right in front of you.”
In 1982 I was motivated to leave my RN job at the hospital to pursue my legal nurse consulting business full time because the more I consulted with attorneys part time, the more I appreciated that every hour I gave to the hospital I was actually losing money. I did a little math and there it was right in my face, the painful recognition that every day I delayed leaving my RN job at the hospital, I was losing money. So I did it – I left my RN job and my friends at the hospital, never once looking back.
I’ve had nurses tell me they’ve been wanting to become a Certified Legal Nurse Consultant for 10 years (and longer). How much do you think that has cost them? What is it costing you and what are you waiting for?
I’m Just Askin’
P.S. Comment and share what motivated you to stop waiting to become a Certified Legal Nurse Consultant.
