Career Planning Guides

Career Planning

• Nursing Specialties
• Nursing Organizations

Special Features

• Nursing Informatics Linking Nursing and Information Technology 

               By Heather Zuhn and Jennifer Sheinberg

• Preparing Nurses to Support the Health and Well-Being of Older Adults

               By Kimberly R. Posey

• Wound, Ostomy and Continence Nursing

               By Holly M. Hovan

Career Planning

• Nursing Specialties
• Nursing Organizations

Special Features

• Exploring Careers in Women's Health, Obstetrics, and Neonatal Nursing

               By  Karen Crowley

• Consider Becoming an Aging Life Care Expert

                By  Anne C. Sansevero

• Promoting Nurse Well-Being through Peer and Leadership Support

                By  Erin Gilfenbaum

• Stepping into Opportunity: The Growing Role of Foot Care Nurses

                By Yvette Conyers

Career Planning

• Nursing Specialties
• Nursing Organizations

Special Features

• Need for Teaching About Advanced Practice 

               By  AnhThu Le

• Nurses Inspiring Hope: The Role of Clinical Research Nurses

                By  Melanie Mudd

• So You Want to Become a Pediatric Nurse Practitioner? 

                By  Cassandra Newell and Jessica L. Spruit

• Reflections: Losing a Patient 

                By Hillary Peralta

Career Planning

• Nursing Specialties
• Nursing Organizations

Special Features

• Nursing Research: Not as Boring as you Might Think

               By Betsy Chambers and Suzanne Prevost

• Minimizing Risk as You Advance in Your Career

                By Cynthia Saver and Georgia Reiner

• Medical Surgical Nursing: Career Springboard...or Nursing Specialty...or Both?

                By Andie V. Melendez

• Resume or Curriculum Vitae? You Need Both! 

                By Diane J. Mancino

• Reflections: A Nursing Student's Perspective of a Patient's Death

                By Erika Gotway

Career Planning

• Nursing Specialties
• Nursing Organizations

Special Features

• Advancing Nurse Practice -- Clinical Nurse Specialists, For Example 

               By Robin Koeppel and Amanda Williams

• Inspired to Specialize in Gerontological Nursing 

                By Alexis Roam

• Insta-Inspiration 

                By Everett Moss II

• Reflections: The Basics Matter 

                By Taylor Lynn Bell

• Examining Travel Nursing Benefits and Challenges 

                By Ryan Bannan and Brandi Borden

Career Planning

• Nursing Specialties
• Nursing Organizations

Special Features

• Peer Mentors Prove to be Strong Assets in Virtual Anatomy & Physiology Labs

​​​                By Catherine B. Kim-Safran, Alexandria C. Reid, and Makayla ​                M. Chatman​

• Letters of Recommendation Written by Staff Nurses
  By Daniel M. Doolan
• Resume or Curriculum Vitae? You Need Both!
  By Diane J. Mancino​
• The Discipline of Transcultural Nursing 
  By Jennie A. Gunn
• What Type of Nursing Do You Want to Do? 
  By Theresa Noyes

Career Planning

• Nursing Specialties
• Nursing Organizations

Special Features

• Helpful Hints for Embarking on an Undergraduate Nursing Research Journey
  By Catherine West
• How to Request a Strong Letter of Recommendation
  By Daniel M. Doolan
• Taking a Fresh Look at LTPAC
  By Deborah White
• Forensic Nursing for the New Graduate
  By Jennifer Pierce-Weeks
• Heartstrings, Hugs and Healing: Reflections On Becoming a Pediatric Emergency Nurse
  ​By Rebecca A. Steinmann
• Profile of a Board-Certified Pediatric Emergency Nurse
  ​By Catherine Fitt

Career Planning

• Nursing Specialties
• Nursing Organizations

Special Features

• Financial Health for a Lifetime of Caring
  By Irene Trowell-Harris and Shirley Quarles
• How to Protect Your License to Practice
  By Jennifer Flynn
• Influence on Nursing Informatics: Fascinating Career Focus for New Nurses
  By Edmund J.Y. Pajarillo
• Get Up to Speed on Transport Nursing
  By Allen C. Wolfe, Jr.
• Maddison, You’re in Postpartum. Fifth Floor, Take a Left
  ​By Maddison D. Johnston

Career Planning

• Nursing Specialties
• Nursing Organizations

Special Features

• One of the Best Kept Secrets in Nursing
  By Anne Hysong
• Specialty Certification Really Matters and a Life Could Depend on It
  By Janie Schumaker
• Practice Beyond the Hospital: Nursing Specialty, Primary, and Ambulatory Care Education
  By Kirsten Garza, Elizabeth Seiber, Eva Chau,  Samantha
  ​Noblejas, and Sarah H. Kagan
• Defining Medical-Surgical Nursing
  By Robin A. Hertel, Marisa Streelman, and Sharon Brown
• Is an Online Educational Environment for You?
  By Robin Weaver
• Why Join Another Professional Organization? Because You are Worth It
  By Cheryl Taylor, Rosemary Mortimer, and Kenya Williams
• Five-Year Plan Rocked
  By Sonja M. Schwartzbach

Career Planning

• Nursing Specialties
• Nursing Organizations
• Higher Education for Nurses — A Summary of Postgraduation Options

Special Features

• Igniting the Passion for Leadership: Faculty and Student Perspectives
  By Keri Jarvis, Adam Tebben, & Nichole Pearson MSN, RN
• Career Coaching 101 
  By Paul T. Skiem and Beth A. Brooks
• The Importance of Sleep 
  By Christopher Longo
• Risk Implications for Nurses in Today’s Social Sharing Environment 
  By David Griffith
• Discomfort vs. Danger: Is the Complaint Worthy of Further Assessment
  By Alicia A. Stone and Laura Candelaria
• Tips for the Transition form RN to NP
  By Donna Falsetti, Joyce Penrose and Jill Rodgers
• Link Up With LinkedIn: The Power of Networking
  By Katelyn Finnegan

Career Planning

• Nursing Specialties
• Nursing Organizations
• Realities of the Current Job Market

Special Features

• Forensic Nursing: Where Justice and Medicine Meet
  By Tanya Davis, NSNA director
• Identifying Diversity: Body Art and the Modern Nurse
  By Tanya Davis
• Behind the Scenes of the NSNA Career Development Center: A Unique Resource for Members
  By Lois Marshall
• Holistic Nursing: A Way of Being…A Way of Living…A Way of Practice!
  By Lucia Thornton
• Nurture Moms and Babies, Change Lives, Consider a Career with Nurse-Family Partnership
  By Dianne Gerke