MyNursePal
Portrait of Sylvia Abbeyquaye, founder and CEO of MyNursePal, smiling warmly.

SylviaAbbeyquaye

PhD, MPA, RN · Author of 3 books on nursing workforce and long-term care

I'm a Nurse.

Like many nurses, I learned healthcare at the bedside and in the day-to-day work of care.

I saw how often care teams had to work around the very tools meant to support them.

Coordination was harder than it needed to be. Information was often difficult to find when people needed it.

Documentation took time and attention away from the care happening in front of us.

Sylvia during her years of bedside nursing care.
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What I kept seeing

Care teams were doing complex work with tools that often added friction instead of reducing it.

Nurses are often the constant across shifts, handoffs, follow-ups, and transitions.

They see where the gaps are, what slows care down, and what makes the work harder.

Care teams needed tools that supported them during the work itself, not after the fact.

The moment of clarity — recognising healthcare's systemic gaps.
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What shaped
MyNursepal

The idea was simple: start with the people delivering care

If technology began with the care team's workflow, care would be easier to coordinator.

Teams would have better visibility. Patients would be easier to support through transitions.

Documentation would stay connected to the work instead of pulling people away from it.

That became the foundation for MyNursepal: technology that works the way care is actually delivered.

The insight: nurses already run healthcare.
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What we are building

MyNursepal is a care delivery platform shaped around two ideas: the people delivering care need better support, and care should stay connected as patients move between visits, teams and needs.

Around those ideas, we are building tools that help care teams coordinate work, manage follow-up, and keep care moving into one connected platform, designed by people who understand care work because they have lived it.

Building the nurse-led healthcare operating system.
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Why now?

Healthcare teams are under pressure

Care teams are managing more moving parts across shifts, teams, and settings, with systems that do not work together

That is why we are building MyNursePal.

Why now: healthcare at an inflection point.
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Background

From the bedside to the boardroom.

Clinical & Leadership Experience

  • 21 years in nursing across bedside care, leadership, education, and research
  • 12 years in direct bedside care
  • Nursing leadership roles, including Director of Nursing
  • Nurse educator
  • Nurse researcher
  • Author of three books on nursing and long-term care
  • Active RN

Education & Credentials

  • PhD
  • MPA (Master of Public Administration)
  • RN
  • Author of three books on nursing workforce and long-term care.
  • Nurse retention expert and educator

Available for speaking advising, and media.

Sylvia speaks on nurse retention, healthcare workforce strategy, decentralized care, and nurse-led infrastructure. For inquiries, contact us at sabbeyquaye@mynursepal.com.