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Built by nurses who've been there.


NextShift Nursing grew out of a simple truth:
Nurses need career coaches who have actually worn the scrubs, worked the floor, navigated the politics, and made the hard calls.

We're a family — literally — and we bring that warmth, honesty, and candor to every coaching relationship.

Four nurses. One mission. For Nurses.

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Bryanna Baptiste
DNP, APRN, PMHNP-BC

Founder & Chief Executive Officer

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Jenn Rocha, MSN, RNC-OB 

 Chief Education Officer​

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Gretchen Gundburg, BSN, RN

Chief Operating Officer

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Emma Gairing, BSN, RN

Chief Connections Officer

Our Philosophy

Here's what we know about you.

You didn't get into nursing for the long shifts, the charting, or the recognition.

You got into it because something in you said, "This is what I'm supposed to do."

THAT part of you hasn't gone anywhere — but somewhere between the short-staffed shifts, the impossible expectations, and the feeling that the system asks everything and gives back very little, it can get hard to hear.

We've been there. All four of us.

NextShift Nursing started with a simple, frustrating observation: nurses are some of the most skilled, most compassionate professionals in any room — and they are routinely the last people anyone thinks to support.

Career coaching exists for executives, for entrepreneurs, for athletes. But for the nurse who is burned out, or ready for a transition, or quietly building toward something bigger? Almost nothing that actually understands the culture.

So, we built it.

Our approach is personal because nursing is personal.

We're not going to hand you a generic five-step framework and call it coaching.

We're going to sit with you as a person, learn about your experiences, your goals, your limits — and help you build a path that's actually yours.

Whether you need to reflect, transition, lead, or launch something entirely new, there's a place for you here.

This is what it looks like when nurses take care of each other. 
 
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