The Nurse Who Invests

You care for everyone else. Now it is time to build a financial future that cares for you.

In The Nurse Who Invests, nurse practitioner Ellaine Maala shares the mindset shifts and practical strategies that helped her stop depending on overtime, double her hourly rate, and save her first $100,000 in less than three years.

Inside, you will learn how to:

- Replace scarcity thinking with a more intentional relationship with money

- Increase your nursing income through strategic job changes, shift differentials, certifications, and negotiation

- Use the 3x12 schedule to create more options without sacrificing every day off

- Start investing through accounts such as a 401(k), Roth IRA, and HSA

- Automate saving and investing so progress continues even during demanding weeks

- Work toward Coast FI--the point when you can keep nursing because you choose to, not because financial pressure leaves you no choice

Each chapter combines Ellaine's personal experience with a clear next step you can take in the real world. Her approach is built for the realities of nursing: long shifts, burnout, variable schedules, and a profession that can provide a solid income without automatically creating lasting wealth.

Whether you are a new graduate, an experienced RN, a nurse practitioner, or another healthcare professional ready to make your money work harder, this book offers an encouraging and actionable path from feeling behind to investing with confidence and purpose.