Sheridan Roberts

I attribute my success to self-growth and how I make myself a better version every single day, even if it's just 1%. I also attribute a lot to watching my grandparents and how they grew up such hard workers. They developed a family business and taught me that you work hard, and that's how life goes. You treat people well, and you work hard, and it'll pay off tenfold. I've just always wanted to do better in life.

Find a way, honestly. If they tell you you can't do something, do it anyway, and have the grit and the determination. It will take you so far in life. Being told as a girl, oh, you can't do this, oh, it's a male-dominated space, I don't care. Break every glass ceiling, break every boundary they try and put on you. Seize it. Seize every opportunity, and just push yourself, and follow every passion you have. Write down the passions you have and follow those. Write down the things that made you smile - do more of those things on a daily basis. I don't care if it's daily, write them down for a month. It's actually been something I've been practicing this year. I've written down every time I've just had moments of joy throughout my day, and you start seeing a trend, and I'm like, okay, I see the trend, we're going to follow more of those things daily, and they'll take you wherever you are meant to be. I truly believe the universe is working for us, never against us. Rejection is redirection, and you are going to land on your feet, as long as you follow your heart a hundredfold.

Some of the biggest challenges are healthcare literacy - a lot of people just don't know. There are a lot of unknowns, and obviously financial factors are huge. I mean, look at the cost of living, look at the cost of healthcare nowadays. Being a woman in the space can always play a role, but I always fight that and I'm like, no, give me 5 minutes of your time, let's have a conversation. I'm not just some blonde girl. I always have something to say. But that's kind of what I'm here for - I want people to know that there's a different resource, there are other options, and I think that's the fun of it. I see a lot of fun with overcoming those challenges, and I love a challenge. I will always be the girl that's like, oh, heck yeah, we'll get over this hill. On the opportunities side, I think the opportunities are endless, honestly. People really want change in the healthcare space and they are willing to get incredible nurses and pay a price to get that. The fact that there are more options day by day is incredible. You have so many nurses that want to come out of the bedside and come out of the hospital, and we have so many nurses - I can't tell you how many nurses come out of retirement to come and do concierge nursing. It's amazing! Concierge RN is bringing humanity back into nursing, putting humanity back into healthcare. In the hospital space, it's how many more patients can you take at one time, how many more med passes can you do. Concierge RN is putting humanity back into nursing, and that's what I tell my nurses - they actually get to enjoy life again.

The biggest values for me are treating everybody how you want to be treated. I feel like we live in a world of instant gratification and sometimes of keeping up with the Joneses, but I'm a Midwest girl that came from Midwest values, so I'll still treat the neighbor like I'd treat the CEO. I think people just deserve to be treated like that regardless of their background. That's huge, and that leads a lot of how I treat my colleagues and the people that I oversee and help manage. I see them as true people, not just another number. Respect is probably the leading principle to my life - how do you respect others? But that also attributes to yourself, like how do you respect yourself too, and sticking up for yourself. Because you're always going to have people that tell you no, and having the respect to hold yourself accountable, to be like, okay, well, let's investigate that. Like, you gave me no because there's a reason, so let's figure out what that reason is. Having grit is huge for me. You can fall down 5 times, and I'll still get back up 6. Having that grit, I think it goes really far. It would be really easy to give up, so I would say those are probably the leading principles in my life, both personal and professional. I can't even tell you how many people tell me no all the time. They look at my resume and they're like, honey, you're just a nurse. And I'm like, watch me. Watch me do bigger and better.