101 careers in nursing

Introduction / Jeanne M. Novotny, Joyce J. Fitzpatrick, Doris T. Lippman Acute care nurse practitioner Addictions counselor Administrator/manager An interview with Lorna Green, nurse manager, gero-psychiatric unit Adult nurse practitioner Ambulatory care/health center nurse Armed Services nurse An interview with Ella Bradshaw, Armed Services nurse Attorney Author/writer An interview with Eleanor Sullivan, nurse author Burn nurse Camp nurse Cardiovascular nurse Case manager Childbirth educator Child psychiatric nurse Clinical nurse specialist Consultant Correctional facility nurse Critical care nurse Cruise ship/resort nurse Diabetes educator Disaster/bioterrorism Editor Educator in academia Emergency room nurse Entrepreneur Epidemiology nurse Ethicist Family nurse practitioner An interview with Nancy Hamlin, family nurse practitioner Flight nurse/critical care transport An interview with Christopher Manacci, flight nurse specialist Forensic nurse Fraud and abuse investigator Gastroenterology nurse Genetics counselor Geriatric nurse practitioner An interview with Annie Siu-Lin, geriatric nurse practitioner Health coach Health policy analyst/lobbyist Historian HIV/AIDS specialist An interview with Ingrid Hansen, HIV specialist nurse Holistic health nurse/massage therapist Home health nurse Hospice and palliative care nurse An interview with Rose Walls, palliative care and hospice nurse An interview with Malene Davis, hospice nurse Infection control nurse Informatics specialist Infusion therapy nurse International health nurse Inventor

Lactation counselor

An interview with Suzanne Hetzel Campbell, lactation consultant

Learning/developmental disabilities nurse

Legal consultant

An Interview with Susan Comstock, legal nurse consultant

Long-term care nurse

Media consultant

Medical records auditor

Medical-surgical nurse

Neonatal nurse practitioner

Nephrology nurse

Neuroscience nurse

Nurse anesthetist

An interview with Christopher Reinhart, nurse anesthetist

Nurse midwife

Nurse psychotherapist

Nutrition support nurse

Occupational/industrial nurse

Office nurse

Ombudsman

Oncology nurse

Ophthalmic nurse

Organ donation counselor

OR nurse/perioperative nurse

Orthopedic nurse

Otolaryngology nurse

Pain management nurse

Parish nurse

An interview with Cindy J. Drenning, parish nurse

Patient education coordinator

Peace Corps volunteer

Pediatric nurse practitioner

Perianesthesia nurse

Perinatal nurse

Pharmaceutical representative

Plastic and reconstructive surgery nurse

Politician

Private duty nurse

Psychiatric nurse

Public and community health nurse

Pulmonary/respiratory nurse

Quality assurance nurse

Radiology nurse

Recruiter

Rehabilitation nurse

An Interview with Betty Furr, rehabilitation nursing administrator

Researcher

Risk-management nurse

Rural health nurse

An interview with Maria Humphry, rural health nurse

School nurse

Space nurse/astronaut

Spinal cord injury nurse

Staff development educator

Telemetry nurse

Telephone triage nurse

Transplant nurse

Travel nurse

An interview with Lisa Hasnosi, travel nurse

University dean/president

Women's health nurse

Wound/ostomy/continence nurse

Launching your career search / Tracey Robert

Notes from my interview experiences for a first nursing position / Nicole K. Sanders

Appendix. You guide to certification

Glossary of acronyms.