Nurse Advocate initiative

A Clear Path Forward for Nurses

The Nurse Advocate Initiative was created with one clear purpose:

To guide nurses into meaningful careers as Nurse Patient Advocates through real-world mentorship, training, and support.

As the healthcare system becomes increasingly complex, patients and families need more than clinical care—they need guidance.

They need professionals who can:

  • Navigate the system
  • Coordinate care
  • Ask the right questions
  • Advocate for better outcomes

This is where nurses come in.

Nurses are uniquely positioned to step into the role of a Nurse Patient Advocate—bringing both clinical expertise and human connection to those who need it most.

This initiative is designed to help you do exactly that—with structure, mentorship, training, and real-world insight built from the work we do every day at Stepping Stone Advocacy Services.

Choose Your Path

Path 1: Step Into an Advocacy Role

You want a clear, supported transition into patient advocacy.

✔ Learn the role ✔ Build real-world skills ✔ Gain confidence and direction

Path 2: Build Your Own Advocacy Practice

You want independence, flexibility, and to create something of your own.

✔ Learn advocacy + real-world application ✔ Work directly with clients ✔ Build your own path over time

Not Sure? Start Here

  • Prefer structure and guidance → Path 1
  • Want independence and flexibility → Path 2

You don’t need all the answers—just a starting point.

What You’ll Gain

✔ Real-world patient advocacy training ✔ Personalized mentorship based on your experience ✔ Direct insight from active advocacy work ✔ Support in applying what you learn—not just understanding it

A Personalized Experience—By Design

We work with a small number of nurses at a time.

This allows for:

  • Individualized support
  • Meaningful mentorship
  • A path built around you

This is not a course.
This is real-world guidance and growth.

What Either Path Can Lead To

Advocacy Work (You work for someone else):

Day to day:

  • Supporting patients and families
  • Navigating care and insurance
  • Coordinating across healthcare systems

Nurse Patient Advocate Entrepreneur (You own your own business)

Day to day:

  • Introductory calls with clients
  • Onboarding and care planning
  • Creating resources and materials
  • Managing workflow and business decisions
  • Collaborating with a team of advocates

Next Step

Once you choose your path from the contact form below, we connect directly.

We will:

  • Talk through your goals
  • Customize the mentorship to you
  • Review pricing and next steps

Let's Start the Conversation

If you’re a nurse interested in learning more about our Nurse Advocate Initiative, we’re here to support and mentor you as you explore your next career step.

Every question matters. Every voice deserves to be heard.

Let’s take the next step—together.

Phone

(301) 325-8208

Email

lorischellenbergrn@gmail.com

Ask Us Anything

The Nurse Advocate Initiative was created with one clear purpose:

To guide nurses into meaningful careers as Nurse Patient Advocates through real-world mentorship, training, and support.

Choose Your Path
Not Sure? Start Here

• Prefer structure and guidance → choose Path 1 above
• Want independence and flexibility → Choose Path 2 above

You don’t need all the answers—just a starting point.

Serving a Community Near You

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LORI IS EXTREMELY TALENTED!

What a great use of Lori’s talents!

I worked with Lori for several years during my career as an orthopedic surgeon. I know her to be not only compassionate and understanding but also a tireless advocate for what is right.

In difficult situations she was unwavering in her quest to enable me to provide the best possible care for my patients. She knows the system and how to work through it (and around it whenever necessary

LORI JUMPED RIGHT IN

If you are in need of a patient advocate, I would highly recommend Lori Schellenberg. She is extremely knowledgeable, effective, and professional. Knows when to be strong and forceful yet loving and caring with your loved one and your family. I was concerned about an elderly family member who had several severe falls, was forgetting to take medication, not eating healthy and not keeping up with housekeeping yet insistent she was fine and staying in her home. Even though Lori lived out of state she made phone calls on our behalf, made several recommendations to help us provide what our loved one needed and was an intermediary when it was necessary. Lori’s knowledge of geriatrics, continuous care/assisted living facilities, the health care system, long term care insurance and hospice is invaluable. She helped us put together a plan that provided the best and continuous care necessary for our loved one and our family. We are extremely thankful for her help and look forward to continuing to work with her as our loved one moves through the next phases of her life’s journey, thus enabling us to create loving memories.

LORI JUMPED RIGHT IN

My husband underwent nasal surgery 6 months ago, after he had a negative sleep study test and was referred to an ENT doctor due to continued fatigue and snoring.

Unfortunately, he developed two different serious infections, and we were concerned about his ongoing treatment with the ENT. In fact, we were very anxious because he wasn’t getting better but the surgeon was not clear with us as to what to do next.

When describing what was going on, Lori jumped right in, when she found out my husband was actually at the surgeon’s office at that time, and still did not understand the situation. She recommended that my husband ask to have the surgeon come back into the room, and to call her so that she could speak to the surgeon with my husband in the room. Lori was very professional and knowledgeable in her approach with his surgeon. She established a treatment plan, in a way that my husband could understand, and why this was the plan. She also discussed the “what ifs” the current treatment plan did not work. He ordered further tests to be completed prior to his next appointment, if he did not improve.

She followed up with my husband and I to make sure we understood the plan.

By advocating for my husband, Lori relieved a lot of anxiety and stress that this current medical concern was causing, and they felt more confident in the surgeon’s care.

We highly recommend Lori and Stepping Stone Advocacy Services, if you are experiencing a medical condition, and don’t know where to turn for answers. She is experienced and professional, yet able to discuss medical terms in a way that we understood.