For Mandy Bradley, healing became personal long before it became professional. A Memphis native and nurse of seven years, Mandy spent much of her career working in some of healthcare’s most emotionally demanding environments, including COVID ICUs, transplant intensive care, and hospice care. Day after day, she witnessed people and families at their hardest moments, which profoundly shaped how she viewed both healthcare and herself.
“I felt like I was living on autopilot,” Mandy says. “Healthcare changed me. Seeing people suffer constantly changed me.”
After years of working as a contract nurse, Mandy became burned out and started questioning her purpose. The fast-paced hospital system no longer aligned with the compassionate care she wanted to provide. At the same time, she was facing personal struggles of her own. Hitting what she describes as “rock bottom” was the turning point that led her down a new path.
In June of last year, Mandy made the life-changing decision to get sober. Shortly after, she left hospital nursing behind and launched her own mobile IV hydration business, The IV Nurse 901, in August.
“I wanted a sign that there was still purpose in my life,” she says. “I knew I wanted to help people feel better, but in a more supportive and personal way.”
Today, Mandy brings wellness directly to her clients’ homes through mobile IV therapy services designed to help people recover comfortably and conveniently. Whether someone is battling a stomach virus, recovering after a wedding weekend, managing migraines, or depleted from intense exercise, Mandy provides customized IV hydration treatments tailored to their needs.
Each appointment begins with a full head-to-toe assessment, including vitals and symptom evaluation. Clients can then build their own IV package, starting at $150, which may include fluids with electrolytes, vitamins, minerals, anti-inflammatory medications, and nausea relief. “What makes me different is that I genuinely want to help people,” Mandy says. “A lot of places focus heavily on weight loss or peptides, but my goal is really about helping people feel better.”
The convenience factor is another major part of her mission. Mandy understands that when someone is sick, dehydrated, or exhausted, the last thing they want to do is sit in an urgent care or emergency waiting room for basic hydration treatment. “When you don’t have insurance, you can spend hundreds or thousands of dollars at the ER just for fluids,” she says.
As her business grows, Mandy hopes to expand to serve larger groups and events, including athletes recovering from marathons and wedding parties needing hydration support. She says many clients simply aren’t getting enough electrolytes or nutrients to meet the demands of daily life. “I wanted to create an option where people can stay comfortable in their own home.”
To learn more, visit @theIVnurse901 on Instagram.
By Zoe Harrison
