Dr. Tavaris Brooks, DNP-FNP & Billy Kimbrell, FNP: Highlighting Nurse Entrepreneurs for Nurses Week! Autonomous in FL and Opening their own clinical Practices!

Rounding out Nurses Week with two very popular, Autonomous Nurse Practitioners and Entrepreneurs.

They talk us through everything it takes to open a clinical practice in Florida, describe the challenges and pitfalls to avoid, when it became profitable, what they offer in their primary clinics and their advice to new NPs or NPs coming from another state--what to know!

Billy Kimbrell, MSN-FNP-BC, Autonomous practice in Florida, has been in healthcare for 25 years. He has been an EMT, Paramedic, critical care educator, and critical care flight Nurse Practitioner with the University of Florida Shands Hospital helicopter transport service.

He started EliteRx, a family medicine clinic that fuses patient-centered care, clinical weight loss, and bioidentical hormone optimization, fitness training and nutrition strategies.

Dr. Tavaris BROOKS, DNP, Dual Board Certified in Acute Care and Family Practice and Autonomous Practice licensed in the state of FL. A former Law Enforcement Officer with a clinical background in critical care inpatient Cardiology and Hospitalist.

He opened his own practice, Peak Life Medical Group offering primary, family care. He is also very involved in youth community outreach, professional nursing organizations and also a resource for education and presentations at NP conferences.

They were both among the first NPs in the state to file for Autonomous practice and opening their own practices and share their experience.