Kimberly Hoffman-Labar, RN
Speaker | Patient & Caregiver Advocate | Content Creator
“The nurse who became the patient—and now speaks for the people nobody prepared for recovery.”
About Kimberly
Kimberly Hoffman-Labar, RN brings healthcare experience from both sides of the bedrail. After years of caring for patients and families, she experienced life-changing medical trauma herself and became a bilateral amputee.
Today, through Recover Rise RN, she combines clinical knowledge, lived experience and real-world recovery insight to support patients, caregivers and families navigating life after medical trauma.
Available For
- Public Speaking
- Healthcare Conferences & Panels
- Podcast & Media Interviews
- Brand Partnerships
- Sponsored Content
- Patient & Caregiver Education
- Healthcare Collaborations
- Amputee & Prosthetic Community Events
- Accessibility & Adaptive-Living Campaigns
Speaking Topics
When the Nurse Becomes the Patient
What happens when someone who understands healthcare professionally suddenly has to navigate it personally.
Both Sides of the Bedrail
A unique look at healthcare through the eyes of both the clinician and the patient.
Nobody Prepared Me for After Discharge
The real physical, emotional and practical challenges patients and families face once they return home.
The Invisible Patient: The Caregiver
Why caregivers need support, education and resources too.
Different Doesn't Mean Less
Rebuilding independence, identity, confidence and purpose after amputation, disability or life-changing medical trauma.
Brand Partnerships
Kimberly partners with brands and organizations that genuinely want to improve the lives of patients, caregivers and people navigating recovery.
Best-fit partnerships include healthcare, recovery, accessibility, adaptive living, caregiving, prosthetics, wellness and patient-support brands.
Partnership opportunities may include:
- Sponsored social content
- Educational campaigns
- Product demonstrations
- Patient-perspective storytelling
- UGC content
- Brand ambassadorships
- Healthcare and accessibility initiatives
- Prosthetic and adaptive-product collaborations
Media + Podcasts
Looking for a guest who can talk about healthcare from both sides?
Kimberly brings clinical experience, personal experience and a candid but compassionate voice to conversations about recovery, caregiving, amputation, patient advocacy, healthcare gaps, identity, independence, prosthetics and life after medical trauma.
Let's Work Together
If you're looking for a speaker, healthcare collaborator, patient advocate or creator who brings both professional knowledge and lived experience, Kimberly would love to hear about your project.
Speaking • Media • Brand Partnerships • Collaborations
RN2ndact@yahoo.com