Written for nurses of all education and experience levels, 301 careers in nursing highlights the exceptional array of diverse opportunities available to those interested in a career in nursing. Each of the carefully selected and researched careers described in this book embraces the core dimensions of nursing: caring, competence, and commitment to excellence in caring for others at all stages of life. If you are considering a career in nursing, if you know someone who is considering a career in nursing, if you are a guidance counselor, or if you are already a nurse but considering a change, you will benefit from this resource to the most prominent careers in nursing today.

Accreditation director -- Accreditation program appraiser -- Accreditation specialist -- Activist -- Acupuncturist nurse -- Acute care nurse practitioner -- Addictions counselor -- Administrator/manager -- Profile: Lorna Green, clinical nurse manager, geropsychiatry unit -- Adult day care director -- Adult-gerontology clinical nurse specialist -- Adult-gerontology primary care nurse practitioner -- Adult nurse practitioner -- Adult psychiatric-mental health clinical nurse specialist -- Adult psychiatric-mental health nurse practitioner -- Profile: Marianne Tarraza, adult psychiatric-mental health nurse practitioner -- Allergy-immunology nurse -- Ambulatory care nurse -- Anticoagulation nurse -- Aromatherapist nurse -- Attorney -- Profile: Carol Anne Roe, nurse attorney and city council member -- Author/writer -- Bariatric nurse -- Bariatric nurse practitioner -- Bed management coordinator -- Biofeedback nurse -- Board member -- Bone marrow transplant nurse -- Bone marrow transplant nurse practitioner -- Breast care nurse -- Burn nurse -- Burn nurse practitioner -- Business owner -- Camp nurse -- Cardiac catheterization nurse -- Cardiopulmonary resuscitation instructor -- Cardiothoracic intensive care nurse -- Cardiothoracic intensive care nurse practitioner -- Cardiothoracic nurse anesthetist -- Cardiovascular nurse -- Care coordinator -- Case manager -- Central Intelligence Agency occupational health nurse -- Certified registered nurse anesthetist -- Profile: Sonya D. Moore, nurse anesthesia program director -- Chemotherapy nurse -- Chief learning officer -- Chief nursing information officer -- Chief nursing officer -- Child-adolescent psychiatric-mental health clinical nurse specialist -- Childbirth educator -- Child psychiatric nurse -- Circulating nurse -- Clinical/drug safety associate -- Clinical educator/director -- Profile: Jenny Xiang, nurse educator, clinical setting -- Clinical nurse specialist -- Clinical project director -- Clinical research nurse -- College/student health nurse practitioner -- Community health nurse -- Compliance specialist nurse -- Concierge nurse -- Concierge nurse practitioner -- Consultant -- Continence nurse -- Continuing education director -- Coronary care nurse -- Correctional facility nurse -- Critical care nurse -- Profile: May Ling Luc, critical care nurse -- Critical care transport nurse -- Cruise ship/resort nurse -- Dean of health sciences -- Dean of nursing -- Dermatology nurse -- Dermatology nurse practitioner -- Developmental disabilities nurse practitioner -- Diabetes educator -- Dialysis nurse -- Disaster/bioterrorism nurse -- Discharge planner -- Domestic violence nurse examiner -- Doula -- Ear, nose, and throat nurse -- Ear, nose, and throat nurse practitioner -- Profile: Erin Ross, ear, nose, and throat nurse practitioner -- Editor, book -- Editor, journal -- Educator -- Profile: Celeste M. Alfes, nurse educator-university -- Electrophysiology nurse -- Emergency department nurse -- Emergency department nurse practitioner -- Profile: Theresa M. Campo, emergency nurse practitioner -- Emerging diseases manager -- Endocrinology nurse -- Endoscopy nurse -- Endoscopy nurse practitioner -- Entrepreneur -- Profile: Jean Aertker, nurse entrepreneur -- Epidemiology nurse -- Ethicist -- Evidence-based practice director -- Family nurse practitioner -- Family psychiatric-mental health nurse practitioner -- First assist nurse -- Flight nurse -- Profile: Christopher Manacci, acute care nurse practitioner and flight nurse specialist -- Forensic nurse -- Foundation executive -- Fraud and abuse investigator -- Gastroenterology nurse -- General practice nurse anesthetist -- Profile: Christopher Reinhart, nurse anesthetist -- Genetics advisor -- Genetics counselor -- Geriatric/gerontological nurse -- Geriatric nurse practitioner -- Profile: Donna E. McCabe, geriatric nurse practitioner, clinical assistant professor of nursing -- Geropsychiatric nurse -- Global health nurse -- Grant writer -- Health and safety manager -- Health care appraiser -- Health care dispute analyst -- Health care management consultant -- Health care reformer -- Health care reporter/journalist -- Health care risk manager -- Health care surveyor -- Health center nurse -- Health coach -- Health policy analyst -- Herbalist -- Historian -- HIV/AIDS specialist -- Holistic health nurse -- Home health care nurse practitioner -- Home health nurse -- Hospice and palliative care nurse -- Profile: Malene Davis, hospice nurse -- Hospital bed management director -- Hospital/health system chief executive officer -- Hospital/health system chief operating officer -- Hospital orientation educator -- Hyperbaric nurse -- Industrial nurse -- Infection control nurse -- Infection control officer -- Infectious disease nurse practitioner -- Informaticist -- Informatics specialist -- Profile: Mary Joy Garcia-Dia, informatics specialist -- Infusion therapy nurse -- Intake nurse -- International health nurse -- Interventional radiology nurse -- Interventional radiology nurse practitioner -- Inventor -- In vitro fertilization nurse -- Joint commission consultant -- Labor and delivery nurse -- Labor and delivery nurse anesthetist -- Lactation consultant nurse practitioner -- Lactation counselor -- Learning/developmental disabilities nurse -- Legal nurse consultant -- Legislator -- Life coach -- Lobbyist -- Long-term care administrator -- Long-term care nurse -- Macrobiotic nutritionist -- Magnet accreditation consultant -- Magnet program director -- Magnetic resonance imaging nurse -- Massage therapy nurse -- Media consultant -- Medical coding educator -- Medical device inventor -- Medical home coordinator -- Medical records auditor -- Medical-surgical nurse -- Military nurse -- Mindfulness coach -- Minimum data set nurse -- Missionary nurse -- Mother-baby nurse -- Motivational speaker -- Mystery writer -- Profile: Eleanor Sullivan, mystery writer -- Neonatal nurse -- Neonatal nurse practitioner -- Profile: Marie B. Francois, neonatal nurse practitioner -- Nephrology nurse -- Nephrology nurse practitioner -- Neurology/neuroscience nurse practitioner -- Neurology nurse -- Neuroscience nurse -- Nurse executive -- Nurse manager -- Profile: Laura Stark Bai, clinical nurse manager, emergency department (ED) -- Nurse-midwife -- Nurse psychotherapist -- Nursing home administrator -- Nursing services educator -- Nursing specialty coordinator -- Nursing supervisor -- Nutrition advisor -- Nutrition support nurse -- Observational medicine nurse -- Occupational health nurse -- Occupational health nurse practitioner -- Office nurse -- Ombudsman -- Oncology nurse -- Profile: Jill San Juan, oncology nurse -- Oncology nurse practitioner -- Operating room nurse -- Ophthalmic nurse -- Organ donation counselor -- Orthopedic nurse -- Otolaryngology nurse -- Pain management nurse -- Pain management nurse practitioner -- Palliative care nurse practitioner -- Parish nurse -- Patient care coordinator -- Patient education coordinator -- Patient experience director -- Patient navigator -- Patient review instrument nurse assessor -- Peace Corps volunteer -- Pediatric cardiac nurse anesthetist -- Pediatric nurse -- Pediatric nurse anesthetist -- Pediatric nurse practitioner -- Pediatric oncology nurse -- Performance improvement director -- Profile: Jason Tan, performance improvement coordinator -- Perianesthesia nurse -- Perinatal nurse -- Perioperative nurse -- Perioperative nurse practitioner -- Pharmaceutical representative -- Pharmaceutical research nurse -- Philanthropist -- Plastic and reconstructive surgery nurse -- Poison information nurse -- Politician -- Private duty nurse -- Psychiatric-mental health nurse practitioner -- Psychiatric nurse -- Public and community health nurse -- Public policy advisor -- Pulmonary-respiratory nurse -- Quality assurance nurse -- Quality data analyst -- Quality director -- Profile: Mary Anne Gallagher, quality director -- Quality improvement specialist/manager -- Radiation-oncology nurse -- Radiation-oncology nurse practitioner -- Radiology nurse -- Rapid response nurse -- Recovery room nurse -- Recruiter -- Rehabilitation nurse -- Reproductive medicine nurse practitioner -- Reproductive nurse -- Research and innovation director -- Research coordinator -- Researcher -- Profile: Mary Kerr, nurse researcher -- Respiratory nurse practitioner -- Rheumatology nurse -- Risk control coordinator -- Risk management nurse -- Rural health nurse -- School nurse -- Scientist -- Profile: Ronald Hickman, nurse scientist -- Scrub nurse -- Service line administrator/nursing director -- Simulation educational specialist -- Simulation laboratory director -- Profile: Kellie Bryant, simulation center director -- Space nurse/astronaut -- Spinal cord injury nurse -- Staff development educator -- Staff nurse -- Subacute-transition care nurse -- Surgical nurse practitioner -- Talent acquisition leader -- Telehealth nurse -- Telemetry nurse -- Telephone triage nurse -- Transcultural nurse -- Transplant nurse -- Transplant nurse practitioner -- Trauma nurse -- Travel nurse -- Triage nurse -- Underwriter nurse -- Union delegate-representative -- Union executive -- University provost/president -- University vice president (health sciences) -- Urgent care nurse practitioner -- Urology nurse -- Urology nurse practitioner -- Utilization review nurse -- Vaccination nurse -- Vascular nurse -- Veterinary nurse -- Wellness director -- Wellness officer -- Women's health nurse -- Women's health nurse practitioner -- Wound/ostomy/continence care nurse practitioner -- Wound/ostomy/continence nurse -- Writing/documentation coach -- Yoga instructor/trainer -- Profile: Christina "Krysia" Maciuszko, yoga instructor -- Appendix: Specialty certification board and contact information.