Entrepreneur Community
Engage, Learn, Network and Progress Practice in Independent Practice and Other Entrepreneurial Endeavors
Starting and maintaining your own practice can be difficult, but the Entrepreneur Community provides a network of nurse practitioner (NP) support and expertise. Offering a unique opportunity to interactively collaborate with entrepreneurial NPs, community membership provides access to a cutting-edge, online forum where you can engage in discussions, document sharing and knowledge exchange. Come learn, share and help progress development of theory and practice.
A Message From the Entrepreneur Community Co-chairs
Hello everyone! I am a family NP, nurse educator and community-engaged scholar who has spent the last 15 years working on innovative community-based programs in Washington, D.C. Most of my programs have come from my dissatisfaction with the current model of health care and my desire to improve health care delivery to under-resourced and disenfranchised communities. My work includes developing community-based programs on mental health literacy for adults and mobile health COVID-19 testing and vaccination programs. Most recently, I developed a nurse-led wellness hub model in public housing. This last program led to the formation of my new company, Community Concierge Care (“C3 Cares”). For this, I won the 2021 Johnson and Johnson Quickfire Challenge for Nurses: Improving Access to Care.
So, I am a relatively new entrepreneur, but I have learned a lot this past year. I truly believe that NPs have a tremendous potential to lead the movement on improving health care in the US. I am very excited to share what I have learned and hear about the experiences of my fellow NPs!
KC Arnold is board certified as an adult and acute care NP. She is also certified in advanced diabetes management. She practices as an NP in her NP-owned practice, The Diabetes Center, PLLC, in Ocean Springs, Mississippi. She is a member of the American Diabetes Association, Sigma Theta Tau and the American Association of Diabetes Educators.
KC graduated in 1984 from SUNY-Binghamton, in New York, with a Bachelor of Science in nursing, and she completed her NP program at the University of South Alabama in Mobile, Alabama, in 1997.
KC was awarded the Nurse Practitioner of the year for 2007 by Mississippi Nurses Association; the Mississippi State Award for Excellence by the American Academy of Nurse Practitioner for 2007; The Advance for Nurse Practitioner 2007 Entrepreneur Award for 2007; and American Nurse Credentialing Centers Certified Advance Practice Nurse of 2009. She became a Fellow of the American Association of Nurse Practitioners in 2019.
Entrepreneur Community Forums
Join this growing community and engage with other like-minded NPs entrepreneurs. Take part in interactive discussion and debate, gain support and explore Q&As and always be on top of the latest available news, education and information.
Entrepreneur Community Details and Eligibility
- Annual Dues: $20.
- Available exclusively to current AANP members.
- Open to all AANP members with specialty practice or interest in independent practice, particularly those with board certification.