Medical Spa Insider

In this episode of Medical Spa Insider, host Alex Thiersch sits down with Olivia Salmen, FNP-BC, CPSN, a renowned nurse practitioner, certified plastic surgery nurse, and prominent industry speaker working alongside Cool Springs Plastic Surgery in Nashville. With 11 years dedicated to a single plastic surgery practice, Olivia shares her remarkable journey from the operating room to heading up the non-surgical side of a thriving aesthetic practice. Alex and Olivia explore the massive shift in nursing school pipelines—examining how social media has sparked a massive rush among younger nurses to enter aesthetics—and why foundational clinical experience in surgical settings remains the gold standard. They also dive into why Olivia has resisted the allure of opening her own independent shop in favor of stability, partnership, and lifestyle design, how she developed her commanding stage presence as a national speaker, and what she is most excited about in the future of aesthetic medicine, including the growing excitement around peptide therapies.