Michelle Rhodes
Nurse Entrepreneur, Wellness Advocate, and Author
Join Michelle Rhodes next month, April 5–9th, when she hosts her five-day business bootcamp for nurses online from 7–9 pm EST.
Michelle Greene Rhodes, aka “The Healthcare Cost Saver,” is a native of St. Petersburg, Florida. She graduated top of her nursing class in 1995 from Florida A&M University as a Gold and White Honor Society recipient with Cum Laude distinction. She received her Master’s in Health Science and Managed Care Certificate in 2001 and has spent over 15 years translating her nursing expertise into healthcare savings, including $1.2 million saved in a pilot care program for Florida Blue. Rhodes is also a Wellness Coach via WellCoaches and a graduate of the Veterans Florida Entrepreneurship program, which helped to catapult her own consulting business in 2016. She is the author of numerous books, including RNterprise and When the Red Arrow Points Up: A Guide Toward the Cost of Wellness at Work.
Rhodes also works in the non-profit sector and served as Co-Chair of Special Projects with the Mayor’s African American Advisory Council — a community liaison program between the Mayor and Tampa’s African American residents. She is the Founder of Emerge, a volunteer organization dedicated to preparing students to be ready for careers in healthcare. As a Veterans Spouse, she is a Certified “Co-Starters” Facilitator for ActionZone™, a local nonprofit dedicated to educating veterans on the transition into entrepreneurship. She is the recipient of numerous awards, including the Florida Nurses Association ICON Award for Nurse Entrepreneurship. In 2021 Rhodes founded The Color of Wellness print magazine and online site which is the first Black wellness magazine by Black nurses “where color and wellness collide.”
View Michelle’s Nurses You Should Know video, tune into her interview on the Nurse Leader Network podcast and other digital outlets, learn from her online courses, or connect with her in a one on one session or via Facebook.
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Learn More
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Know Your History
- American Association for the History of Nursing to attend monthly webinars on topics of nursing history, view the calendar here.
- Nursing CLIO to engage with historians and scholars committed to deep work around historical accuracy in healthcare and nursing.
Examine Bias
- NurseManifest to attend live zoom sessions with fellow nurses on nursing’s overdue reckoning on racism or to sign their pledge.
- Breaking Bias in Healthcare, an online course created by scientist Anu Gupta, to learn how bias is related to our brain’s neurobiology and can be mitigated with mindfulness.
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- National Coalition for Ethnic Minority Nurse Association to stay engaged with topics relevant to nurses of color.
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