Build a financial life
that gives you more choice.
NurseMoneyDate® helps nurses build a relationship with money they can actually come back to for life. We help you understand what’s really happening and make decisions you trust. Then we help you use your money to create more choice around nursing, work, and the life you want outside of it.
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Financial coaching for nurses.
Built around your life.
Founded by former pediatric nurse April Waddell, NurseMoneyDate® brings financial coaching and education to nurses.
Understand your money, decide what matters, and take your next step with confidence. We help you build a plan that supports your goals, your nursing career, and life outside of work.
Your shifts, income, benefits, and goals guide the plan.
Start where you are, without judgment.
Know what to focus on and what to do next.
Your financial life is connected.
Your coaching should be too.
We look at how the pieces fit together, then focus on the priorities that matter to you.
Select a topic to explore what we can work on.
Everyday Money & Habits
Cash Flow & Day-to-Day Money
Build a system that works with shift work, overtime, differentials, irregular income, and the way you actually spend.
Money Mindset & Habits
Work through avoidance, guilt, perfectionism, and old money patterns while building a more supportive relationship with your finances.
Debt & Student Loans
Credit Card Debt
Understand your options and create a personalized payoff strategy that fits alongside the rest of your financial priorities.
Student Loans
Make sense of repayment, forgiveness, and payoff choices in the context of your income, goals, and career plans.
Debt Strategy
Organize multiple debts into one clear picture and decide how repayment fits with saving, investing, and everything else you care about.
Investing & Retirement
Retirement & Investing
Understand workplace plans, IRAs, investments, and long-term wealth building so you can participate in your plan with confidence.
Life Goals & Transitions
Travel & Lifestyle Goals
Plan for travel and the things you enjoy without treating your life as something that has to wait until every financial goal is finished.
Life Transitions
Prepare for marriage, family planning, combining finances, career changes, divorce, relocation, and other major life decisions.
Big Purchases
Think through homes, cars, and other major purchases with a clear view of affordability, tradeoffs, and the life you want around them.
Savings & Financial Safety
Financial Safety Net
Build the cash reserves, sinking funds, and protection that help your financial life feel resilient instead of fragile.
Credit & Financial Products
Credit
Understand what affects your score, what actually matters, and the actions that can support stronger credit over time.
Financial Product Clarity
Understand what you own, how it works, the fees and tradeoffs, and the questions to ask before making your next decision.
Collaborative. Unbiased.
Built for financial self-trust.
We work with your numbers, talk through your options, and help you make decisions you trust.
Our signature NurseMoneyDate® method helps you build the habits and confidence to care for your finances as life changes.
Your money is more than math.
We look at the numbers, but we also pay attention to the habits, questions, fears, priorities, and real-life circumstances shaping the decisions you make with them.
Client stories reflect individual experiences and are shared for educational and illustrative purposes. They are not promises or guarantees of specific financial results. Outcomes vary based on each person's circumstances, decisions, participation, and implementation.
Meet the nurse behind
NurseMoneyDate®.
April comes from a family of nurses, from her big sister in the OR to her mom working on an LTAC unit. As a Filipino, nursing isn't just a career. It's part of the culture and the language at home.
She grew up in Chicago and spent seven years working in healthcare, with the majority of that time as a pediatric nurse. After stepping away from the bedside, she took everything she had learned about money and built something specifically for the nurses around her. NurseMoneyDate® launched in 2021 and has been growing ever since.
Read April's story
She grew up in Chicago and spent seven years working in healthcare, with the majority of that time as a pediatric nurse. After stepping away from the bedside, she took everything she had learned about money and built something specifically for the nurses around her. NurseMoneyDate® launched in 2021 and has been growing ever since.
NurseMoneyDate® was built to be nurse-specific, because traditional financial advice often doesn't reflect the realities of this profession. The schedules, the income patterns, the emotional demands, the family dynamics; all of it shapes how nurses experience money.
April teaches both the strategy and the behavior because a financial plan only matters if you understand it, trust yourself enough to use it, and can keep returning to it as your life changes.
NurseMoneyDate® was built to be nurse-specific, because traditional financial advice often doesn't reflect the realities of this profession. The schedules, the income patterns, the emotional demands, the family dynamics; all of it shapes how nurses experience money.
April teaches both the strategy and the behavior because a financial plan only matters if you understand it, trust yourself enough to use it, and can keep returning to it as your life changes.
Invite April to your next
nursing event.
April speaks at nursing conferences, hospitals, universities, and professional events about financial wellness, wealth building, and creating more choice through money.
Available for in-person and virtual events.
Conferences & Conventions
Custom presentations for nursing conferences and professional organizations.
Hospital Staff Development
Practical financial wellness education for nursing teams.
Nursing Schools & Programs
Money, career, student loan, and wealth-building education for nurses early in their careers.
Ready to work on your money?
The NurseMoneyDate® Signature Mentorship is where we apply this work to your financial life with personalized coaching, education, and support.
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