101 Careers in Nursing

Table of contents

• 101- Careers in Nursing i
• Title Page iii
• Contents vii
• Contributor xi
• Introduction xiii
• Acute Care Nurse Practitioner 1
• Addictions Counselor 2
• Administrator/Manager 3
• An Interview with Lorna Green, Nurse Manager, Gero-Psychiatric Unit 5
• Adult Nurse Practitioner 9
• Ambulatory Care/Health Center Nurse 10
• Armed Services Nurse 11
• An Interview with Ella Bradshaw, Armed Services Nurse 13
• Attorney 19
• Author/Writer 20
• An Interview with Eleanor Sullivan, Nurse Author 21
• Burn Nurse 25
• Camp Nurse 26
• Cardiovascular Nurse 27
• Case Manager 28
• Childbirth Educator 29
• Child Psychiatric Nurse 30
• Clinical Nurse Specialist 31
• Consultant 32
• Correctional Facility Nurse 33
• Critical Care Nurse 34
• Cruise Ship/Resort Nurse 36
• Diabetes Educator 37
• Disaster/Bioterrorism Nurse 38
• Editor 39
• Educator in Academia 40
• Emergency Room Nurse 42
• Entrepreneur 43
• Epidemiology Nurse 44
• Ethicist 45
• Family Nurse Practitioner 46
• An Interview with Nancy Hamlin, Family Nurse Practitioner 48
• Flight Nurse/Critical Care Transport 51
• An Interview with Christopher Manacci, Flight Nurse Specialist 53
• Forensic Nurse 57
• Fraud and Abuse Investigator 58
• Gastroenterology Nurse 60
• Genetics Counselor 61
• Geriatric Nurse Practitioner 62
• An Interview with Annie Siu-Lin, Geriatric Nurse Practitioner 63
• Health Coach 66
• Health Policy Analyst/Lobbyist 67
• Historian 68
• HIV/AIDS Specialist 69
• An Interview with Ingrid Hansen, HIV Specialist Nurse 71
• Holistic Health Nurse/Massage Therapist 74
• Home Health Nurse 75
• Hospice and Palliative Care Nurse 76
• An Interview with Rose Walls, Palliative Care and Hospice Nurse 78
• An Interview with Malene Davis, Hospice Nurse 82
• Infection Control Nurse 85
• Informatics Specialist 86
• Infusion Therapy Nurse 87
• International Health Nurse 88
• Inventor 90
• Lactation Counselor 91
• An Interview with Suzanne Hetzel Campbell, Lactation Consultant 92
• Learning/Developmental Disabilities Nurse 97
• Legal Consultant 98
• An Interview with Susan Comstock, Legal Nurse Consultant 100
• Long-Term Care Nurse 103
• Media Consultant 104
• Medical Records Auditor 105
• Medical-Surgical Nurse 106
• Neonatal Nurse Practitioner 107
• Nephrology Nurse 108
• Neuroscience Nurse 110
• Nurse Anesthetist 111
• An Interview with Christopher Reinhart, Nurse Anesthetist 113
• Nurse Midwife 116
• Nurse Psychotherapist 117
• Nutrition Support Nurse 118
• Occupational/Industrial Nurse 119
• Office Nurse 121
• Ombudsman 122
• Oncology Nurse 124
• Ophthalmic Nurse 125
• Organ Donation Counselor 126
• Or Nurse/Perioperative Nurse 127
• Orthopedic Nurse 128
• Otolaryngology Nurse 129
• Pain Management Nurse 130
• Parish Nurse 131
• An Interview with Cindy J. Drenning, Parish Nurse 133
• Patient Education Coordinator 136
• Peace Corps Volunteer 137
• Pediatric Nurse Practitioner 138
• Perianesthesia Nurse 140
• Perinatal Nurse 141
• Pharmaceutical Representative 142
• Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery Nurse 143
• Politician 144
• Private Duty Nurse 145
• Psychiatric Nurse 146
• Public and Community Health Nurse 148
• Pulmonary/Respiratory Nurse 149
• Quality Assurance Nurse 150
• Radiology Nurse 151
• Recruiter 152
• Rehabilitation Nurse 153
• An Interview with Betty Furr, Rehabilitation Nursing Administrator 156
• Researcher 160
• Risk-Management Nurse 161
• Rural Health Nurse 162
• An Interview with Maria Humphry, Rural Health Nurse 164
• School Nurse 168
• Space Nurse/Astronaut 169
• Spinal Cord Injury Nurse 171
• Staff Development Educator 172
• Telemetry Nurse 173
• Telephone Triage Nurse 174
• Transplant Nurse 175
• Travel Nurse 176
• An Interview with Lisa Hasnosi, Travel Nurse 178
• University Dean/President 181
• Women's Health Nurse 182
• Wound/Ostomy/Continence Nurse 183
• Launching Your Career Search 185
• Notes from My Interview Experiences for a First Nursing Position 195
• Appendix- Certification Guide 197
• Glossary of Acronyms 222

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