Our June 2010 Roundtable featured Denise Burnett, the President of O.R. Nurses, Inc. and her amazing entrepreneurial story. Denise is President of O.R. Nurses, Inc. which is consistently ranked as the Largest Women Owned Business and was recently awarded second in the Large Company category for “Best Places to Work” by the Memphis Business Journal. Denise has been recognized as one of the Top 10 Women in Business by Memphis Woman Magazine and has been an active member of the Society of Entrepreneurs sponsored Insights Group, since 2002.
In 1988, Denise Burnett, RN, BSN joined her friend Carol Paterson, who had an idea to start a specialized nurse staffing company. During the first year they worked to build their client base and nurse base, but were taken off course when Carol was diagnosed with cancer. In 1990, Carol passed away and Denise became President and owner. Denise has been widely recognized for her success in achieving the vision for O.R. Nurses, Inc., which is “to assist our client with uncompromising quality patient care, by providing medical professionals who demonstrate excellence in temporary staffing, and doing so in the most cost-effective manner that benefits both the client and the patient”. Today O.R. Nurses, Inc. demonstrates the core values of Integrity, Clinical Excellence and Professionalism in providing temporary healthcare staffing locally, regionally and nationally.
