Her Story
About Donnett
Donnett Sinclair is a registered nurse with more than two decades of experience in the healthcare industry. Her primary area of focus has been home health and hospice, where she values the direct, hands-on approach of working with families in their homes to gain a true understanding of their situations and provide intimate support. She earned her MSN degree and MBA in 2002, combining clinical expertise with business acumen to advance her career. Sinclair is a member and president of the Arden Alumni Association Atlanta chapter. She recently authored the book The Last Gift: The Conversation That Prevents Family Trauma, which aims to normalize conversations around serious illness and end-of-life planning and is available on Amazon. She attributes her success to being spiritually grounded, lessons from the school of hard knocks, working hard, being available when needed, and using God as her guide. Sinclair advises others to do what they love so that work never feels like a burden, and she encourages young women entering the field to know themselves, understand their boundaries, and remain true to themselves. She identifies staffing challenges as a key issue in the industry and follows a methodology emphasizing people, quality, and service to drive growth and finance. Her values center on the belief that everything happens by design and serves a higher purpose.
Her Interview
Ten minutes with Donnett
01What do you attribute your success to?
I think being spiritually grounded, and then the school of hard knocks, working hard and being there when needed, and using God as my guide.
02What’s the best career advice you’ve ever received?
Do what you love, and you never have to work a day in your life.
03What advice would you give to young women entering your industry?
First, know yourself, know what it is that you want, what you will and will not do. I believe in knowing yourself first, and then being true to yourself.
04What are the biggest challenges or opportunities in your field right now?
The biggest challenge in the field right now is staffing. I believe in this QuinStuda methodology that talks about people quality and service, and if you get those three right, then growth and finance will follow. Across the industry, the biggest challenge we're having is staffing, whether it's retention or people looking to do different things besides the bedside.
05What values are most important to you in your work and personal life?
I am of the mindset that everything is by design, and everything serves, so I tend to look even at the problematic things that I'm going through, that there's a higher purpose to everything that we do and that we experience.
Join Influential Women and start making an impact. Register now.