101 Careers in Nursing

by Novotny, Jeanne M., Ph.D.; Lippman, Doris T.; Sanders, Nicole K.; Fitzpatrick, Joyce J.

• ISBN13: 9780826102713
• ISBN10: 0826102719
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2006-06-14
• Publisher: Springer Pub Co

Summary

Fairfield Univ., Connecticut. Reprint of hardcover c2003 edition, listed AP week 2003-42. Provides an overview of what's possible in a nursing career. Profiles 101 different types of nursing careers, including basic descriptions, education requirements, skills needed, related websites, and more. For nurses. Softcover. DNLM: Career Choice.

Table of Contents

Contributor	xi
Introduction	xiii
Jeanne M. Novotny
Joyce J. Fitzpatrick
Doris T. Lippman
Acute Care Nurse Practitioner	1	(1)
Addictions Counselor	2	(1)
Administrator/Manager	3	(6)
An Interview with Lorna Green, Nurse Manager, Gero-Psychiatric Unit	5	(4)
Adult Nurse Practitioner	9	(1)
Ambulatory Care/Health Center Nurse	10	(1)
Armed Services Nurse	11	(8)
An Interview with Ella Bradshaw, Armed Services Nurse	13	(6)
Attorney	19	(1)
Author/Writer	20	(5)
An Interview with Eleanor Sullivan, Nurse Author	21	(4)
Burn Nurse	25	(1)
Camp Nurse	26	(1)
Cardiovascular Nurse	27	(1)
Case Manager	28	(1)
Childbirth Educator	29	(1)
Child Psychiatric Nurse	30	(1)
Clinical Nurse Specialist	31	(1)
Consultant	32	(1)
Correctional Facility Nurse	33	(1)
Critical Care Nurse	34	(2)
Cruise Ship/Resort Nurse	36	(1)
Diabetes Educator	37	(1)
Disaster/Bioterrorism Nurse	38	(1)
Editor	39	(1)
Educator in Academia	40	(2)
Emergency Room Nurse	42	(1)
Entrepreneur	43	(1)
Epidemiology Nurse	44	(1)
Ethicist	45	(1)
Family Nurse Practitioner	46	(5)
An Interview with Nancy Hamlin, Family Nurse Practitioner	48	(3)
Flight Nurse/Critical Care Transport	51	(6)
An Interview with Christopher Manacci, Flight Nurse Specialist	53	(4)
Forensic Nurse	57	(1)
Fraud and Abuse Investigator	58	(1)
Gastroenterology Nurse	59	(1)
Genetics Counselor	60	(2)
Geriatric Nurse Practitioner	62	(4)
An Interview with Annie Siu-Lin, Geriatric Nurse Practitioner	63	(3)
Health Coach	66	(1)
Health Policy Analyst/Lobbyist	67	(1)
Historian	68	(1)
HIV/AIDS Specialist	69	(5)
An Interview with Ingrid Hansen, HIV Specialist Nurse	71	(3)
Holistic Health Nurse/Massage Therapist	74	(1)
Home Health Nurse	75	(1)
Hospice and Palliative Care Nurse	76	(9)
An Interview with Rose Walls, Palliative Care and Hospice Nurse	78	(4)
An Interview with Malene Davis, Hospice Nurse	82	(3)
Infection Control Nurse	85	(1)
Informatics Specialist	86	(1)
Infusion Therapy Nurse	87	(1)
International Health Nurse	88	(2)
Inventor	90	(1)
Lactation Counselor	91	(6)
An Interview with Suzanne Hetzel Campbell, Lactation Counsultant	92	(5)
Learning/Developmental Disabilities Nurse	97	(1)
Legal Consultant	98	(5)
An Interview with Susan Comstock, Legal Nurse Consultant	100	(3)
Long-Term Care Nurse	103	(1)
Media Consultant	104	(1)
Medical Records Auditor	105	(1)
Medical-Surgical Nurse	106	(1)
Neonatal Nurse Practitioner	107	(1)
Nephrology Nurse	108	(2)
Neuroscience Nurse	110	(1)
Nurse Anesthetist	111	(5)
An Interview with Christopher Reinhart, Nurse Anesthetist	113	(3)
Nurse Midwife	116	(1)
Nurse Psychotherapist	117	(1)
Nutrition Support Nurse	118	(1)
Occupational/Industrial Nurse	119	(2)
Office Nurse	121	(1)
Ombudsman	122	(2)
Oncology Nurse	124	(1)
Ophthalmic Nurse	125	(1)
Organ Donation Counselor	126	(1)
OR Nurse/Perioperative Nurse	127	(1)
Orthopedic Nurse	128	(1)
Otolaryngology Nurse	129	(1)
Pain Management Nurse	130	(1)
Parish Nurse	131	(5)
An Interview with Cindy J. Drenning, Parish Nurse	133	(3)
Patient Education Coordinator	136	(1)
Peace Corps Volunteer	137	(1)
Pediatric Nurse Practitioner	138	(2)
Perianesthesia Nurse	140	(1)
Perinatal Nurse	141	(1)
Pharmaceutical Representative	142	(1)
Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery Nurse	143	(1)
Politician	144	(1)
Private Duty Nurse	145	(1)
Psychiatric Nurse	146	(2)
Public and Community Health Nurse	148	(1)
Pulmonary/Respiratory Nurse	149	(1)
Quality Assurance Nurse	150	(1)
Radiology Nurse	151	(1)
Recruiter	152	(1)
Rehabilitation Nurse	153	(7)
An Interview with Betty Furr, Rehabilitation Nursing Administrator	156	(4)
Researcher	160	(1)
Risk-Management Nurse	161	(1)
Rural Health Nurse	162	(6)
An Interview with Maria Humphry, Rural Health Nurse	164	(4)
School Nurse	168	(1)
Space Nurse/Astronaut	169	(2)
Spinal Cord Injury Nurse	171	(1)
Staff Development Educator	172	(1)
Telemetry Nurse	173	(1)
Telephone Triage Nurse	174	(1)
Transplant Nurse	175	(1)
Travel Nurse	176	(5)
An Interview with Lisa Hasnosi, Travel Nurse	178	(3)
University Dean/President	181	(1)
Women's Health Nurse	182	(1)
Wound/Ostomy/Continence Nurse	183	(2)
Launching Your Career Search	185	(10)
Tracey Robert
Notes from My Interview Experiences for a First Nursing Position	195	(2)
Nicole K. Sanders
Appendix: Your Guide to Certification	197	(25)
Glossary of Acronyms	222