The Empowered Nurse

The Empowered Nurse is a healthcare-focused brand centered on helping nurses and other professionals navigate the demands of their work and build fulfilling careers. Its featured book, Empowered Nurse, is presented as a guide to the motivations, resilience, and compassion behind nursing, as well as the stressors nurses face. It offers strategies for managing those challenges and thriving in today’s healthcare environment. The book is co-authored by Alicia Shields, MSN, RN, CENP, NHDP-BC, and Michael Maske, and is available through Amazon.

The site also highlights other books by Michael Maske, covering themes such as leadership, compassion, and resilience for healthcare professionals. Maske is an entrepreneur, writer, and speaker, and the founder and president of ZM Medical, which represents solutions for hospitals, ambulatory surgery centers, and long-term care facilities in areas including operating rooms, anesthesia, sterile processing, and infection prevention. He also founded the Nursing Success Institute, which provides in-person and online continuing education for healthcare professionals, with programs in personal and professional development, communication, sterile processing, and rehabilitation services.