How to Start a Nurse Foot Care Business

Something as universal as wearing shoes could lead to a lucrative business for you. According to the American Podiatric Medical Association “nearly eight in 10 (78%) Americans have experienced foot problems as a result of wearing uncomfortable or ill-fitting shoes. Sixty-eight percent of those whose shoes have hurt their feet have gotten blisters, and nearly six in 10 (58%) have suffered heel pain.” A foot nurse would help a person care for their feet through massage, cleansing and natural and medical treatments.

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Complete a foot and nail care program. The Wound, Ostomy and Continence Nursing Certification Board (WOCNCB) offers a certification program for foot and nail care. Learn how to care for your patients’ feet. Take the 90-minute, 90-question examination. Attend a podiatry school or take nursing classes at a community college.
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Get a professional license as a podiatrist or a nurse in your state. Submit to the state the certification records from the learning institution or the accreditation program you have attended.
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Get business license. Pick up an application at your city hall or download an application from the local government website. Submit the application and licensing fee.
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Organize the business. Detail your vision for the business in the form of a business plan. Sao Lan “Jennifer” Leong RN, BSN, writes in “Clinical Nurse Specialist Entrepreneurship” that nursing entrepreneurs must plan for “Start-up costs for the practice, cash-flow and financing an ongoing practice, accounting practices, billing, and collection of receipts, general and malpractice insurance for the practice and individual providers, hiring, training, and retraining competent, enthusiastic personnel.”
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Find a business insurance specialist to create an insurance policy to protect your business from lawsuits.
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Get a reliable vehicle to help keep your clients off their feet. Apply for an automobile under the company’s name to help establish a credit history for the business.
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Market to baby boomers and diabetics, both of which are a major demographic that need foot care. Contact AARP and discuss rates for including advertisements into their regular mailings.
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Advertise in trade journals read by diabetics and local publications produced for the elderly in your area.