Welcome to Mindshift Power podcast, a show for teenagers and the adults who work with them, where we have raw and honest conversations. I'm your host, Fatima Bey, the mind shifter. And welcome, everyone. Today, we have with us Tina Baxter from the Nurse Shark Academy. She is from Anderson, Indiana.

She is a nurse entrepreneur, owner of Baxter Professional Services Health Education, and owner of the Nurse Shark Academy. How are you today, Tina? I'm doing great. How are you? I'm really good.

I'm, looking forward to talking to you. So I like to dive right into it. Tell us a little bit about your background. Well, I am a nurse practitioner. I'm a registered nurse, advanced practice nurse.

我已經從事醫療保健行業二十多年了。不可能。我高中時當實驗室技術員，暑假在實驗室工作，後來成為註冊護士助理，從事長期護理工作，之後決定重返校園，成為註冊護士。後來，我獲得了教育學碩士學位，並成為一名執業護理師。

What made you decide to go back to school to become a nurse? Well, originally, I was in college at the time. I was studying biology, and my goal was to go to medical school. But I discovered that I did not want to be a physician. I have physicians in my family, and what I saw is I just didn't like the way they live.

他們有的是錢，卻沒有時間自由。我想更了解病人是如何走到這一步的，以及我們能做些什麼來幫助他們康復，不僅僅是解決眼前的問題，還有，你知道的，很多時候導致這個問題的其他因素。所以我發現護理真的是我的使命，我的專長，我熱愛它。哦，我覺得這很有趣。所以，我剛才聽到的，從你剛才說的來看，目標不只是金錢。

Yes. Yes. You know what? Nurse nurses can make good money. You know, we can.

But if you're just in it for the money, you're gonna be one of those that burn out really quickly. I can you repeat that, please, and say it louder? Yeah. Because if you're just in it for the money, the burnout factor is there. You have to really enjoy and love what you're doing.

And for me, yeah, there are days when it's tough, and there's days when I'm like, yep. I'm ready to hang up my hat and retire. Yeah. But then I also remember the days where, the patients whose lives have changed and touched and helped. And, you know, for me, that's a fulfilling of a calling.

So it's not just a job. It's a passion for me. Yes. I love hearing all of that because that is something that I I teach and and coach on. Your your passion is a part of your purpose, and that's what you should be making money on, not just working a job.

And if you had become a doctor, you would have been just working a job. You would have been making more money but with more misery attached to it. So what's the point? I I found it kinda stifling, actually. And I'm sure there are doctors out there who feel the same way about nursing because we're not all called to the same thing, and that's a beautiful thing.

Mhmm. I think that's great. So I'm glad that you you, you said that. Now I said you were the owner of Nurse Shark Academy. So what is Nurse Shark Academy?

Do you, like, teach sharks how to be nurses? I actually teach nurses that they are sharks. Oh. So tell us about that. A shark is an expert in their field of of business.

So for example, you know, everybody's seen the show Shark Tank. And and when I came up with the name of the, academy, I've been watching a lot of Shark Tank. And Daymond John happens to be, one of the people that I follow, and I had read his book. And so I got inspired, and I was trying to find a name for my academy where I help nurses to start, build, and launch their own businesses. And I thought, well, if we're experts in nursing, yes, and now we're gonna be experts in business.

於是護士鯊學院應運而生，之後我也開始研究這種動物。有一種護士鯊。我喜歡護士鯊，沒錯，它確實有很多牙齒。這種鯊魚牙齒很多，但通常不會致命。換句話說，如果你不去惹它，它就不會來惹你。

我喜歡這一點，因為護士現在確實有力量了。你見過一些護士，我們只是茶餘飯後。但大多數時候，你知道，我們富有同情心，樂於助人，我們想為病人做最好的事。但不要誤會。

We will stand up and advocate for our patients, for each other. And so that's a good thing. And so I thought that's a great way of describing what it is to be a nurse expert in business, is to be a nurse shark. Oh, wow. I absolutely love that.

我喜歡這個比喻，因為我現在真的太喜歡護士鯊這個比喻了。我之前不知道真的有護士鯊。所以，請給我們舉幾個例子，看看你的一些客戶在護士鯊學院創辦的企業。嗯，其中一位，實際上，她不是護士，而是一位社工，她在學校系統工作了三十多年，退休後創辦了自己的企業。她想為年輕人和青少年開發一個項目，幫助他們應對他們面臨的一些問題，並真正幫助他們發展。

於是她創辦了自己的諮商和輔導公司，幫助家庭處理青少年面臨的各種問題。她還將金融知識融入實踐中。我們幫助她了解一些概念，幫助她起步，並真正幫助她制定商業計劃和規劃。我還有另一個客戶，我必須說她可能是我最好的客戶，因為她總是談論金融。我幫她創辦了一所註冊護士助理（CNA）培訓學校。

Okay. She she was a CPR instructor, kinda like me, you know, biology major and all that, became a nurse, a nurse educator, and she wanted to have her own CNA training school. So by the time we got done working through her plan, she had called me one day and said, miss Tina, miss Tina, I went to the bank to start my, bank account, and they asked for my financial plan. And I could just hand it right to them because it was already done. I said, I told you that.

That feels really good. Yeah. That little bit of pain that you had in getting it together. We worked through that. It worked out.

So now she's doing so well. She's got contracts with several school systems teaching their, CNA training programs through her company. I absolutely love that you're doing this. I love entrepreneurship. Anybody who knows me knows that I'm very passionate about entrepreneurship.

But I like that you have a special niche that you focus on with it. And and I what I'm hearing is you know how to think outside the box when it comes to your industry and teaching people that they can go from just being a nurse. And some people are happy just being a nurse, but many of them do have ideas of entrepreneurship, and you can help them to to get into that. That's wonderful. So let me ask you this.

How has NurseShark Academy made a difference in the medical world? Have you seen that? I would say just by opening up people's eyes to what nurses can do and be. One of the things when I started the NurseShark Academy, I noticed is that when I was talking to people that were not in the health care field, they would say, I didn't know nurses could own businesses. Exactly.

I said, absolutely, we can. I'm like, if you can write a nursing care plan, you can write a business plan. So I said, yeah. We can do, any type of business and use our nursing skills in in a different way. You're still a nurse.

你恰好是一位護理創業家。而我意識到的一件事是，人們不知道護理師能做什麼。後來我和一些護士聊天，她們說：「我從來沒想過自己創業。我不知道自己能創業。」所以我才開始做播客。

So I can talk to other nurse business owners so we can find out how they got started. So maybe it will inspire someone else to start their business. So I'm Fatima Bey, the mind shifter. I think you're Tina Baxter, the nurse mind shifter, because that's what I'm hearing. You you are able to shift people's thinking within your field, to to open up their minds to do more, and that is amazing because I think if you are able to do that, you know, like you said, with with nurses in the field, then the entire medical world does benefit by all these other practices, businesses opening up that otherwise wouldn't exist, that aren't just your standard, insurance, you know, rained Yes.

生意，也就是目前醫療領域的大部分業務。我認為這太棒了。你有沒有看過，有沒有人回來跟你說，哇？非常感謝你教我，因為現在我很興奮，我一直在做這做那。

That's the great part of being in this collaborative space. So I have met so many other nurse entrepreneurs and innovators out there. There's a whole movement that's going on in nursing that I don't think people are aware of. I think of organizations like nurses and tech that are helping nurses bridge the gap between technology and the nursing field. This was a this is a nurse who, her name is Amanda Payne, and she was in the technology sec sectors.

你知道，她以前從事IT行業，後來成了一名護士，現在她正在努力融入其中，並學習其他護士如何彌補這一差距。世界上有很多優秀的護士。有些護士正在發明新設備。對吧？然後就發生了一件很棒的事。

我覺得他們管它叫「護士大會」之類的，基本上就是護理師發明新產品的大型推介會，吸引投資，每年都會推出新產品。所以有很多很棒的事情發生，卻沒人知道。這就是我做這件事的原因。這樣你就能聽到外面發生的這些精彩事情。哇。

I I did not know that even existed, but that's actually exciting to me. And for all of you listening out there right now, I want you to as you're listening to the rest of this episode, I want you to think, what are some things that are inside of you that you could also marry and create some beautiful babies with? Just think about it. So how do you work with youth right now? I'm glad you asked because through, Baxter Professional Services Health Education, I have a group of high school students.

這些年輕女士們都在我的護理助理（CNA）培訓計畫中。所以我確實也有一個護理助理（CNA）訓練課程。能和這樣一群年輕人一起工作真的非常有趣，而且很有意義。我已經忘了和青少年一起工作是什麼感覺了，因為我在青少年時期就做過護士。所以每週和她們一起工作，看著她們成長，真的讓我覺得很新鮮。

And what do you do with them? I help train them so they when they're done with the program, and if they pass my test, they get to take the state test and become certified nursing assistants. And so they can then go out into the workforce and get a job immediately after high school or even while they're in high school. They can start their journey on becoming a nurse or whatever in the health care field if they so choose to do so. So there's room for them to move on.

所以，當他們高中畢業時，就已經領先一步，並且已經獲得了相應的證書。這太棒了。而且我猜，這只能親自去做。是的，必須親自去做。

Well, it's kinda hybrid, but they have to be in person because the state, rules and getting trained as a CNA. Yeah. Okay. And, how do how do you find these students? I actually have a, contract with the school that's offering the program.

So our cup they approached our company to offer the training for their students. And so, we, started the first class for them. So we'll see what happens. I mean, we may grow, and they've got nine campuses. So who knows where this is gonna go?

So CNA training is a good is a good pathway to to nurse them? Yes. Or or, actually, I've had, when I had my other business, training CNAs, we had our very first class. One of our students is now the, he was he became an administrator of the nursing home, kept the CNA, became the administrator. Then now he's the vice president working for the entire chain.

所以他開始當醫生，天哪，大概十五六年前的事了。哦天哪。時間過得真快。後來我們的一些學生成了醫師助理。他們繼續去讀PA學校。

Some have become nurses. One entered medical school. So you don't know where it's gonna take you. So just getting that that start of how to talk to a patient, how to, help someone with their physical care, what to look for, as far as, the changes in their condition and what to report. That goes a long way.

你會驚訝地發現，許多進入醫療領域的人從未以專業的方式接觸過他人的身體，也從未與家人以外的老年人交談過。所以，這是邁入醫療保健領域的一個好方法，而且可以讓你知道自己是否會真正喜歡這份工作，因為這也是另一個重要的事情。所以，你可以參加課程，獲得認證，然後開始學習，然後弄清楚醫療保健是否真的適合我，而無需投入大量金錢或時間。因為有些人會發現，你知道嗎？這不適合我。

One of our students, she worked as a CNA for a little while, but she found out that she really liked the culinary arts, and so she became a chef. She worked dietary in the nursing home and then, became a chef. So she has her own, catering business as well as now over the all the kitchens in the nursing home. So, yeah, she's doing good things. Oh, that's good.

But she started out as a CNA. I like the idea of starting off as a CNA, doing some I like the principle or the idea of trying to work in a field first before spending all of that time and investment, especially money, into going to school. Because nursing school is not easy. I I my stepsister's a nurse, and I it it you know, she's a really good one, but it was difficult doing that, especially being a single mother with a kid. You know?

But she did it. She she worked her behind off, and now she's doing well. But, I know how hard that nurses have to work to get to get to that. I just I've known a few. And, and, yeah, you wanna make sure it's what you're getting into.

Just like someone goes into law, make sure that that's what you wanna do Exactly. With all this time and money. And then you're like, I wanna be a dancer because I can't stand that. And you spend all this time you know, and this is what happens to people when they're rushed into, this is the career we want you to do, and it's something I talk about a lot because I don't think that anybody should rush into a career they're not sure about. Now you do need to you might have to do things before you figure it out.

That's normal. But I think one of the best ways to figure it out is, like you said, work in the field that you're considering. Doing it might be doing something else. You might just be an an orderly. Do something so that you're in there so that you could kinda get a gist of what things are like, and then you can make a better decision.

And, like, it might you might go, oh my god. This is absolutely it. I am definitely sure now. Or I I have had people, and I'm sure you've seen this too. I've seen people who have told me that they went to go be, become something in the medical field, nurse, doctor, whatever it was.

後來他們上學後才發現，我不喜歡血液。所以，如果你不喜歡血液，你肯定在醫療領域找不到工作。這些人是行政人員。沒錯。你不能，你不能做行政工作。

I'm one of those people where I can I can watch you dig around my arm and then with a needle I have and not flinch and just look like, did you find it yet? Like, that doesn't bother me. But don't spit because I'm I'm totally grossed up. You know, the spitting part, the sputum, I don't do well with, but I've been around dead bodies since high school. So, it's for me, that was nothing.

哦，真的嗎？是的。嗯，我高中的時候，因為我參加了一個學習項目，這就是我要對你們的小聽眾說的。嘿，聽著。

If you get an opportunity to do something that maybe feel uncomfortable, go for it. So I was part of this program called Upward Bound, and we got to work, with these, students. And, also, I had a chance to work on the campus of the medical college, as a student leader in the lab. And because I was there doing these rotations, the physicians there took me under their wing, me and this other girl. And every time they had a autopsy, they would let us come and learn.

Oh, wow. And so I got a chance to see three autopsies, all before I went to to college, by the way. Oh, wow. So I saw, an older gentleman who died from COPD and really bad, lung cancer. Well, when they opened him up and not to be too graphic for your show, but I think it's important for our young people to hear this, One of his lungs looked perfect.

It was pink, healthy. The other lung was so damaged by the cancer and the smoking. It was shriveled and blackened. It was horrible. And he showed me where, on the outside, the lung looked good.

但當他切開另一側看起來健康的肺時，他應該會告訴我損傷的位置。哦，哇哦。還有肺。所以我想……想讓醫生聽聽看。別抽煙。別抽煙。

Because the ex smoker, that stuck with me in my head. Yeah. Yeah. Don't smoke. It's terrible.

But, I saw that, and then I saw unfortunately, I I watched an autopsy of a baby. They wanna know why the baby died. That was pretty sad. And then I saw Did that traumatize you at all? No.

I'm very good with stuff like that. Okay. I I learned how to detach early. I don't know. I I've I've always been curious about science in the human body, so I was very good with stuff like that.

我小時候，爸爸買了一些醫學書籍，裡面有人體的章節之類的。所以我當時已經知道人體是什麼樣子了，至少我沒親眼看過。所以對我來說，這是一個學習的機會，我非常專注於自己想學的東西。而且，這真的很棒，唯一不好的是味道。真的很難聞。

不過話說回來，我從小到大也常和老人家打交道，因為我媽媽是養老院的志工。所以家裡的規矩就是，媽媽去哪裡當志願者，我們就去哪裡。我懂。她做志工的時候，我們也會跟著去。所以我這輩子都和老年人打交道，對那些去養老院的老人，以及他們遇到的各種情況已經習以為常了。

所以對我來說，一點也不害怕。嗯。好吧。我真正害怕的是產科。真的嗎？

My cousin is an OBGYN or he was. I think he retired retired now. But I spent two weeks with him. And that's one of the one of the reasons why I didn't go to medical school, because I just saw the lifestyle, and I'm like, yeah. Not not for that.

所以，那次經驗讓我意識到，我永遠也做不了婦產科護理師。讓我難受的是，我不喜歡半夜被叫醒，去醫院等人家生孩子，結果孩子還沒出生。是假性宮縮。我當時就想，你凌晨三點就把我叫醒，就為了沒小孩。怎麼回事？

Oh, he now he's all happy, you know, whatever whatever, and I'm over there mad. Not for you. I need my sleep. Okay? So like, the experience you're what you were saying earlier really rings true.

If you get an opportunity to have a new experience, do it Do it. Because you don't know what it's gonna teach you. Exactly. It will teach you where you're it'll teach you what you can and can't handle, which is good to know ahead of time. I knew OB wasn't for me, and I worked in the lab for three summers.

我意識到我這輩子肯定做不下去了。抱歉，實驗室的朋友們，不過那真的很無聊。是啊，每天都是一樣。我愛我的助產士朋友們，我會告訴他們我們曾經是同班同學。

她們會覺得我們上過一些相同的課，然後她們會說，哦，我迫不及待想當助產士了。我就在想，為什麼？她們會說，哦，因為第一次的經驗很美好。我會說，是啊。但都一樣。

And they're like, oh, no. Every every experience is different. I was like, no. It's not unless something exciting happens. And, of course, you don't want anything exciting to happen.

不，所以不。這不適合我。但就是這樣。就是這樣。

It's good that you were able to figure out what is and isn't for you Because someone else that the things that turns you off will turn somebody else totally on. There are people who will sit in a lab all day and it's super exciting. They don't get excited by events. They get excited by information. So for so for that type of person, a lab is amazing.

They get excited by discovery. You you do a lot of that in the lab. So, you know, it's it's different for each of us, and that's beautiful. So it's and I'm saying that because I want all the listeners to to hear more than just about nursing. Hear the principles of what she's talking about because everything she's saying is extremely important, regardless of what field you're getting into.

Take the principles behind what she's saying and apply them for yourself. You know, figure out when you wanna figure out your career, have those experiences. You work if you think you wanna own a store, work at Walmart. If you think you wanna, you know, start there. If you think you wanna own a restaurant, start off at 16 or 14 or whatever age and work at McDonald's.

That's not a regular restaurant, but it's a start and then you can move up from there. There's things that you'll learn, like, oh my god, I can't stand standing on my feet all day and cooking food, so that ain't for me. Or I just wanna eat the food. I don't wanna cook it no more. Whatever it is.

Whatever it is, you know, for you to for people to figure out. So I love that you brought out those factors because I think it's very important for people to hear. And I'm me personally, you know, the the the, medical field has never been an interest to me. So it to me, it's all like, okay. It's just stuff that people do.

But the thing that I do like about nursing and and, being a doctor and a lot of the medical field, actually, but especially in those two positions, you guys really make a difference in people's lives. Like, for real. You guys and nurses and doctors make a difference differently. And I will tell you from my own experience, doctors make a difference because they could kill you or they can help you live better. Okay?

這差別就夠大的了，對吧？是啊。所以他們要嘛幫你解決問題，要嘛殺了你。你知道，不管怎樣，希望他們能幫你解決問題。

But nurses, you guys spend more time with the patients than the doctor just by nature of how things are set up here in The US. So you guys are the ones that sometimes are the ones that are comforting, the patients where where the doctor can't because the doctor has to talk to you and do what he has to do, he or she, and then just, like, dart off to the next patient. By nature, they absolutely have to do that. Nurses, you have to do that too, but you have to spend a little more time with the patient. And I know I've had more conversations with nurses, and, I don't remember the names of the other positions, the other people that take your blood pressure and stuff like that.

其中一些也能帶來改變，因為他們也會與患者交談。有時他們還能安慰我們。當你害怕自己快要死了，或是心臟快要爆炸了，或是有什麼不舒服的時候，身邊有人能盡力安慰你是很重要的，不管這代表什麼，因為每個人的情況都不一樣。但我知道，你們確實對人們的生活產生了很大的影響，因為，你知道，在某種情況下，你們可以成就或毀掉一個人的心理，而我們的思維方式，我知道這會改變人的思維方式，我們的思維方式絕對是最重要的，因為我們的思維方式也會影響我們的身體健康。我知道身為護士，你們已經知道這一點。

So I I just thank you for for all that you guys do. Now I wanna ask you, what advice you've already talked about a little bit, but what advice do you have for a teen considering getting into the nursing field now? I would say, look for opportunities. And Mhmm. In your community, there may be a chance for you to get a CNA training class or even start with getting CPR trained.

Take a CPR class. Learn first aid. One of the things we try to do is to get them involved in making some of those decisions that you have to make, you know, in an emergency. Just learning those little things can kinda open up doors. Don't be afraid to ask questions.

對吧？找找你社區裡的一些組織。我們社區有黑人護理師協會，我剛好是它的會長，也是我們社區的一員。我們尋找那些想進入護理行業、需要指導和輔導的學生，因為我們希望他們了解一些幕後的事情。所以，如果你有機會去參加招聘會或在醫院找工作，不管是像以前那樣做志願者，還是像以前那樣做糖果條紋工作，或者做志願者，試著去認識一些正在做你感興趣事情的人。

Get into their atmosphere. Mhmm. You'll find mentors there and people who want to help you. People genuinely want to help you, and you'll find the the right people to do that. And that's one of the things that, was very encouraging to me, as a nursing student, as two of the members of the black nurses happened to be in the hospital.

一位是醫院的護理主管，另一位是醫院的宣教副會長。他們悉心照料我，幫助引導我完成整個過程，確保我獲得機會。很多時候，他們會寫信給我。這就是你認識的人。明白嗎？

And so because they we were, part of this, they made sure that I got a chance to work as a nurse tech on the floor and to do other things. I also worked in home care and hospice care during that time, and they, helped me let me work and volunteer in the church health stations and put me on salary as a paid person to work for them. So, you know, they did all these different things to encourage me as a brand new nurse, as a nursing student becoming a nurse. And so find out if there's organizations in your area that's doing what you wanna do. So I'm a mentor with the organization called Pass the Torch in Indianapolis.

我指導過的一位年輕女士當時正在從事殯葬科學。我對殯葬科學了解不多，除了他們處理屍體之類的。我不知道那是一個男性主導的行業。好吧。他們有時會積極阻止女性，尤其是有色人種女性進入這個領域。

這位年輕女士，她以前也是一名廚師。我不明白為什麼我的生活總是能遇到一些很棒的廚師。她以前也受過專業培訓，但現在已經不再熱愛食物了。她以前做的時候很享受，但現在卻筋疲力盡了。她不想再做下去了。

And so she her heart's desire was to own her own funeral home one day. Okay. And so, I was able to help her navigate some things, get in touch with some organizations, kinda coach her through a problem she was having in her program because in Indiana, there's only two places you can train to be a mortician. Oh, really? And the one program had to shut down temporarily because the person that was over it teaching it retired suddenly, And they had no one to replace that person.

So she had to go back to another school, that she had previously left and went back there because they're the only other school in the state that had a program. I was able to encourage her to continue and say, hey. This is a different experience for you. You you were there before, but this you're a totally different person now, and you're doing something you really wanna do to keep at it. So, I know she's she's doing well, and she's kept at it.

So, I'm just saying, you could start something, enjoy it, love it, but maybe after a while, it's not the right thing in that season for you, and you could always make a shift and change. So don't be afraid to try something new. And if you love it, great. If you love it now and maybe not later, that's fine too. You can always make a change.

你一生中有足夠的時間去做這些。換工作沒問題，很多人都這麼做，這絕對沒有錯。你可能對某件事厭倦了一段時間，然後，好吧，我想繼續前進。我知道有些人會反其道而行之，但我不知道為什麼，尤其是廚師。嗯。

I've seen people go from the medical field to chef free, Yes. To becoming a chef, you know, to to, you know, the culinary arts. They were a beautician and then they decided to become a nurse. There's just it's okay to do that because if you have gifts and talents, which we all do, but most of us have more than one. So you might find a different avenue to to use another or you just get burnt out sometimes.

You just want something new. There's nothing wrong with that. And it is okay to say I'm gonna do this for ten years, and then I'm gonna do something else. And that's perfectly fine and perfectly valid. And then maybe you'll fall into, like, a hobby that suddenly becomes part of your job.

沒多少人知道我以前是電台DJ。哦，真的嗎？我之前不知道。我高中和大學的時候都是電台DJ。高中的時候我辦過爵士樂節目，大學的時候我辦過福音節目。

I went to a Christian university. And I only got into broadcasting in high school because I ran out of classes to take. I seriously did. Nothing There we go. Trying something new.

我的行程安排裡什麼都排不上。你知道，我當時正在準備。我本來可以提前畢業，但我不想。你知道嗎？我本來可以在一月份畢業，但我喜歡學校，而且我是學生會成員之類的，所以我想留在學校，而且我還加入了樂隊。

And so I needed something to fill that gap, and I said, oh, they have radio broadcasting. That's completely out of my element. Never would have thought about it. So I convinced my mom because she was also in radio and television at the time. She worked in public relations.

So she didn't want me to go into radio and television or music. That's a whole other story. But I, convinced her to let me take the class, and I started taking it. And I loved it, so I kept up the show in college until I had to set it aside because of school. I was a, had a a major in biology and a and two minors, at the time, so I had to let it go.

But I was telling my mom a a couple years ago when I started the podcast. I was just doing my thing one day, and I looked up and I said, oh my gosh. Those skills that I learned back in high school, in college, being a radio DJ just came back to me and naturally added to my work as a podcaster. I just couldn't believe it. And I said, nothing nothing's wasted.

So maybe there's something you've done, like, as a kid that you enjoy that later on you get to do again. And I'm like, this one of the reasons why I'm so comfortable behind a mic. I was on the radio before I did the podcast. You've I you probably didn't know that either, but, I really think it trained me for the podcast. You know?

I was Mhmm. Again, it was an opportunity that was brought to me. I didn't go and I didn't go to them and say, hey. I wanna be on the radio. It was brought to me.

It was like, would you like to be on my radio show? Because you have a lot to say. So I'm like, sure. And, and I really think they gave me training for the podcast, so I'm grateful for it. And, again, I see the running theme here is create opportunities or seek them out and do something different because you don't know what's gonna what's gonna be the outcome of that, and it could change your trajectory for life.

It could change where you're headed career wise, make a difference for you. That's a big deal. Now we talked about the fact that you have a podcast. So, before we go, if you could tell the audience, where they could find your podcast and where they could find your other businesses. Okay.

Great. So it's the Nurse Shark Academy Show, and you can find us on our website, the nursesharkacademy.biz, or you can go to Podbean, and you can find us wherever you get your podcast, Apple, Google well, not Google now. Just YouTube now. Yeah. Samsung, Amazon, Spotify.

Spotify。沒錯。沒錯。我們還有YouTube頻道，所以你也可以在YouTube頻道上追蹤我們並訂閱。太棒了。

Well, Tina, it has been awesome talking to you. It's really been fun, and I've I've actually gotten really excited about just lots of conversation. I love talking about entrepreneurship, and we can hear your passion and excitement, and I think you are doing the right I think you're in the exact right field where you belong. And, sounds like you're making a difference for other people, which is, at the end of the day, the biggest deal. So, again, thank you for coming on.

Well, thank you. Thanks for having me. And now for a mind shifting moment. I wanna plant a thought seed in your head today. I wanna go back to a statement that I made earlier.

It is never too late to make a career change. I wanna talk to a particular portion of my audience today. Are you considering a career change? Are you considering, are you kind of tired of what you've been doing and you think it's time to move on? I want you to know that if that's you, it's actually okay.

It is okay to have a complete and total re rerouting of your career and do something different or sometimes just a different field. I'm sorry, a different career within the same field, whatever it is for you, something totally different. Don't let anyone convince you that you can't. You can. And it's okay.

我只想補充一點，請明智行事。如果你需要重返校園，那就回去吧，繼續保住你的工作，直到你做好準備為止。如果這不是你需要重返校園的原因，那就採取你需要的任何行動。職業轉變是可以的。事實上，對你們中的一些人來說，這是個好主意。

So if that's you, it's just something I want you to think about. Thank you for listening to mind shift power podcast. Please like and subscribe to my YouTube channel at the mind shifter. If you have any comments, topic suggestions, or would like to be a guest on the show, please visit FatimaBay.com/podcast. Remember, there's power in shifting your thinking.

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