Today we’d like to introduce you to Melanie Jones.
Thanks for sharing your story with us Melanie. So, let’s start at the beginning and we can move on from there.
I started in the medical field as a teenager, getting my first after school job in a doctor’s office helping the front desk. Afterwards, I have always had a desire for the medical industry, helping people. I became a nurse and worked in hospital care learning as much as I could in almost every department possible. After a few years, I realized I wanted to learn more. I went back for a higher degree in nursing and became a Nurse Practitioner. I went back to where I started in the very same doctor’s office I worked as a teenager.
Now, I was treating patients. This is where I learned about alternative and integrative medicine. One of the doctors in the practice had an integrative practice as well and she introduced me to IV hydration, and other alternative treatments. Since then, I have had opportunities working in primary care and retail settings. Each opportunity has given me knowledge that I have built on and decided I was ready to run my own practice. I have taken the ideas I like and the things that I don’t like and edited and transformed them to make Clinic To You.
As well as a love for helping people, I was looking for something that would accommodate my own life. I was trying to allow for convenience for our clients and also flexibility for my own family. I’m hoping to grow this practice and allow for other Nurse Practitioners to have a place to work that does not tie them to a clinic or hospital setting for 12 hours at a time. This is hard work, too, but it’s more flexible and truly allows for more balance in our lives.
We’re always bombarded by how great it is to pursue your passion, etc – but we’ve spoken with enough people to know that it’s not always easy. Overall, would you say things have been easy for you?
Smooth road? Not at all. As mentioned before, I have training in nursing and advanced practice and no business acumen. I partnered with a colleague and a good friend of mine and we started researching free programs and library books for help starting up. Where do you begin? We turned to people we knew who had businesses and people we met through networking that we thought we could count on. It is tough out there. We gleaned advice from each encounter but I have new respect for successful entrepreneurs and even the heads of corporations. There is no such thing as an “overnight success” and everyone has their own tough road to pave. We are grateful for all the lunches and coffees we had with anyone who took the time to listen to our questions and we have our own cautionary tales. We are still mid chapter with this book and we aren’t quite sure how it ends, yet. Which means, I’m not sure if I’m in a position to give out advice of my own at this point but I would love to someday.
So let’s switch gears a bit and go into the Clinic To You story. Tell us more about the business.
Clinic To You is an exciting concept of bringing the services to the patients. In line with Amazon, Delivery Dudes, grocery and pharmacy delivery services, we are allowing our buyers to customize their treatment options and have services delivered to them. Our idea is prevention, so we educate clients about healthy diet, lifestyle choices and try to avoid medications when possible. We are highly skilled practitioners trained in assessing, diagnosing and treating illness and have seen the effects of medications good and bad. We have the expertise to know when prevention is an option and when it is time to treat with medication. Alternative approaches include vitamin cocktails infused into the veins, weight management, smoking cessation and coaching to maintain health and wellness and these require a lot of education.
Part of maintaining health is feeling well and looking your best. We have anti-aging techniques that we have been perfecting with training to improve our skills and become certified in aesthetics. Living in South Florida, it is hard to protect yourself and your skin from the sun. So, we have made that an integral part of Clinic To You. We offer ultimate facial care for anti-aging where we provide packages and we do it in the comfort and privacy of the home. We understand that facials may not sound like something in our scope but because we have advanced training, this allows our practitioners to assess the individual needs of each person’s skin and recommend or prescribe the most appropriate treatment plan at an advanced level. This also allows us to work with injectables.
Finally, one of our favorite new integrative treatments is platelet rich plasma (PRP). It’s exciting because you can apply PRP to anti-aging, wound healing, muscle pain, scar minimizing and hair loss. It is using people’s own blood and spinning it down. Then, micro nutrients are injected or topically applied to the area of concern whether it is wrinkle reduction, hair loss or pain and we can combine this modality with any other treatment option to enhance outcomes.
Has luck played a meaningful role in your life and business?
Having the good luck with timing. With my lucky timing, I graduated nursing school in a period where jobs were plentiful and before all the healthcare changes. I was able to learn in an environment that had happy people who wanted me to do well. My parents raised me to look at the bright side and I married a man who taught me to always find a solution. I have been blessed with wonderful mentors along my journey and I am grateful for all the support I have been lucky to have.
Contact Info:
- Website: www.clinic2u.com
- Phone: 1888-524-1119
- Email: [email protected]
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