201 Careers in Nursing

Joyce J. Fitzpatrick · Emerson E. Ea

jan. 2012 · Springer Publishing Company

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Few professions have evolved as much as nursing has, or offer as much variety, opportunity for growth, and potential for great personal and professional satisfaction. 201 Careers in Nursing, the new edition significantly expanding, updating and revising 101 Careers in Nursing, is your guide to careers in nursing practice, education, research, and so much more.

Comprehensive in scope and for nurses at all levels, each career description includes educational requirements, core competencies, and required skills. Interviews with nurses working in a variety of roles and settings bring to life the breadth of opportunities available to nurses today. Important tips within the book will help when making your career choices, along with compensation range per degree, certification requirements, and earning potential for each career. 201 Careers in Nursing is an essential resource for nurses entering the profession, nurses considering a career change, and counselors facilitating career choices.

Key Features:

• Includes 201 careers, each with career description, educational requirements, core competencies, and requisite skills
• Reformatted for ease of use
• Provides compensation range per degree, certification requirements, and earning potential for each career
• Features interviews with nurses in different careers in academia and practice settings
• Useful for students and nurses at all levels

Sample Careers:

Addictions Counselor

Military Nurse

Childbirth Educator

Clinical Research Nurse

Family Nurse Practitioner

Medical-Surgical Nurse

Telehealth Nurse

Consultant

Cruise Ship/Resort Nurse

Disaster/Bioterrorism Nurse

Fraud and Abuse Investigator

Genetics Counselor

Health Policy Analyst/Lobbyist

Media Consultant

Om forfatteren

Joyce J. Fitzpatrick, PhD, MBA, RN, FAAN, is Elizabeth Brooks Ford Professor of Nursing, Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, where she was Dean from 1982 through 1997. She is also Professor, Department of Geriatrics, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY. In 1990, Dr. Fitzpatrick received an honorary doctorate, Doctor of Humane Letters, from her alma mater, Georgetown University. In 2011 she received an honorary doctorate, Doctor of Humane Letters, from the Frontier University of Nursing. She has received numerous honors and awards; she was elected a Fellow in the American Academy of Nursing in 1981 and a Fellow in the National Academies of Practice in 1996. She received the American Journal of Nursing Book of the Year Award 18 times. Dr. Fitzpatrick is widely published in nursing and health care literature with over 300 publications. She served as co-editor of the Annual Review of Nursing Research series, vols. 1-26; she edits the journals Applied Nursing Research, Archives in Psychiatric Nursing, and Nursing Education Perspectives, the official journal of the National League for Nursing. She edited three editions of the classic Encyclopedia of Nursing Research (ENR), and a series of nursing research digests