Your Name: Tom R. Smethurst RN BScN
Street Address: RR 3
City: Ponoka
State: AB Canada
E-Mail : tomnurse@telusplanet.net
What type of business or categories under which you would like to be
listed: Footcare,
Red Cross certified C.P.R. Standard First
Aid, Child Care First Aid Instructor
Contact persons : Tom
Phone number: 403-783-2954
Fax number: 403-783-2954
In what date month year did you start your business: 98 03
What kind of nursing do you do: 13 years as Psychiatric Aide 488 hours
for Department of National Defense. Now working on contract with the Victorian
Order of Nurses
How did you hear about the Nurse Entrepreneur Homesite: Searching for
a job
How many years have you been practicing as a nurse: 1
Professional organizations you belong to: AARN CNA
What made you decide to start your own business: The only way to get away
from the politics in the hospital
Employment changes in career: 1
What specific qualities and traits do you feel make nurses especially qualified
to operate a business: They listen well to the needs of the customers patients
Where do you work: Health Promotion and Wellness
Your most pressing concerns with the profession and healthcare: I think
that instructors teaching us that we are a downtrodden profession is a
crime. We should be working with physicians instead of bowing and scraping
as we deal with our clients on a more consistent basis and as professionals
with excellent assessment skills should not take a back seat to anyone.
Other areas of interest and expertise: Family I have four children. Cholesterol
and diabetes. Psychiatric Illnesses.
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