About Amy
I still love being a nurse. I just didn’t want to work that way anymore.
I’m Amy Anne Felix, a nurse practitioner with 20+ years in nursing. I write and make videos about the parts of a nursing career nobody puts in the brochure.
Chapter one
The office with no windows
Another day at my desk, another Zoom call, head already throbbing before a busy summer shift. I’d grab my green tea and head to the nurses’ station, and the same question kept coming back: is this the life I worked so hard for?
Everyone around me seemed to be pushing through like it was normal. I’d been a nurse for 17 years and an NP for 13 of them. Clinical, leadership, a doctorate. Every option felt more exhausting, not less. What I really wanted was a break.
This is not about quitting everything. It’s about redesigning intentionally.
Chapter two
The sabbatical
At the end of 2021 I left a successful clinical and leadership role to take three months off. It turned into six. I slept, traveled the Caribbean, spent unhurried time with family, and worked on an app I’d been building for nurses.
Mostly, I got honest about what I wanted life to feel like when it was over. Because let’s be real, I still had bills to pay.
Chapter three
What came after
I came back per diem at a vaccine clinic, kept building TrackCE, the app I co-founded, and started consulting with companies on nurse burnout. Since then I’ve worked in startups, managed NPs, and in 2026 moved into clinical informatics.
None of it was a straight line. That’s kind of the point. This is where I share it as it happens, including the in-between seasons when nothing feels settled yet.
Then & now
What I believe
Rewriting the rules
Nursing is not a cage.
Productivity norms deserve questioning.
You can evolve without detonating your life.
Seasons are valid.
Rest is strategic.
There’s more than one route to alignment.
Background
University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing, BSN & MSN · Pediatric Nurse Practitioner · AONL Young Voices, Class of 2022
Random fact
I’ve visited [##] countries, [#] of them solo. I’m always hunting for the best beach.