Nicole Thomas
Nurse Entrepreneur, Educator, Mentor, & Author
Nicole Thomas was introduced to healthcare through attending a medical magnet high school and worked as a nurse’s tech while completing her Bachelor’s degree. Her career has spanned home care, inpatient staff nurse, outpatient coordinator, utilization/precertification review, case management, and leadership roles. She has built several community health programs, including the Baton Rouge Free Clinic. Dr. Thomas was a key leader in the managed care transition of Louisiana’s Medicaid program that ensured quality access to healthcare and led to a $3.2 million dollar annual cost savings. She went on to receive her Master’s in Nursing Education and Doctorate of Nursing Practice. She is currently an Instructor of Clinical Nursing at Louisiana State University Health Science Center and is the recipient of the Super Hero award, a prestigious award in which over 1,500 were nominated but only 125 were selected.
In 2015 Dr. Thomas began a healthcare consulting service through her company Impact Nurse Consulting to healthcare organizations around the world. She published In Health, On Purpose! Awakening Your True Calling In The Healthcare Profession in 2016 to support healthcare professionals change their mindsets, adjust their language, and begin to identify, manifest and fulfill their purpose. She is also the founder of The Nurse Power Network, a community for nurses seeking to gain control of their narrative and operate in Nurse Power, and Nicole Thomas Inc., an educational firm that has helped hundreds of nurses build career blueprints that align with their goals and increase their value.
View Dr. Thomas’ Nurses You Should Know video here.
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Know Your History
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- 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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