Nursing 201
Subject Guides > Health SciencesBelow are web sites that provide a certain amount of information related to careers in nursing, including many of the specialty areas. Several of the nursing association web sites will present descriptions of careers in the specialty area represented, and it is a good idea to at least check that option.
Sites With Career Information
- Nursing Spectrum - Careers in Nursing
- National Student Nurses' Association Career Center
- Nurses for a Healthier Tomorrow
- Information from "a coalition of 32 nursing and health care organizations working together to wage a communications campaign to attract people to the nursing profession."
- NursingCenter.com
- "NursingCenter.com provides nurses of all backgrounds and specialties with a forum to share ideas, access reference materials, advance their careers and education...and read about the social, ethical and political topics affecting the nursing profession." Free registration provides access to all areas of the site.
- DiscoverNursing.com
- From Johnson & Johnson. Designed to promote nursing as a career. Check the sections for profiles in nursing and nursing careers.
- Tennessee Center for Nursing
- A non-profit organization focused on the nursing work force in the state of Tennessee. See links for careers, types of nurses, and nursing career profiles.
Nursing Associations
- Specialty Nursing Organizations
- An extensive list of organizations with links provided by Sigma Theta Tau, the Honor Society of Nursing. Also, check out the "Considering Nursing as a Career" page.
- American Nurses Association's Nursing World
- Provides credentialing information, links to affiliated organizations, nursing news, political awareness information, position statements, links to nursing listserv and newgroup resources, and much more.
- National League for Nursing
- Includes information about accreditation, membership, constituent leagues, testing services and tests, and meetings and workshops."
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