
EP345: Your Portfolio That Converts: Showing Value Beyond ‘I’m a Nurse’ with Suzy Wraines
Learn how to build a portfolio using your nursing skills and turn your experience into a successful writing or business opportunity.
Janine shares her reason WHY she chose health writing on the side of nursing at the bedside.
She covers what she sees as the #1 reason, sharing statistics about the growing writing businesses online and more.
And WHY nurses/healthcare providers are perfect for the writer role!
The basic prerequisite for becoming a medical writer is familiarity with medical concepts and terminology. Educational qualifications in the sciences of life such as medicine, pharmacy, microbiology, nutrition and nutrients, biochemistry, biotechnology can provide the right background for which the author is familiar with scientific concepts and research data.
For people who want to build their own writing businesses, another important condition to consider is the ability to write. Since the basic requirement of a medical author is to convey the scientific information to the target audience, to some extent the command on the language, which shows the ability to write grammatically correct text, and the information clearly and deliberately. Demonstrated ability to express and present is the most important.
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