By Barbara Phillips, NP

Barbara Phillips, NP, is the founder of Nurse Practitioner Business Owner™ (www.NursePractitionerBusinessOwner.com) and the creator of the NPBO™ Practice Startup System (www.NPBOStarterKit.com). Barbara’s blog can be found at www.NPBusiness.org. After owning Aberdeen Primary Care in Aberdeen, Washington, for 5 years, she recently transitioned to a specialty practice in pain management in Olympia, WA.