This is the site map for nursecareers.com.
This site is a comprehensive career development resource for nursing students, nurses, and related healthcare professionals. From thousands of sources, information has been collected, organized, indexed and cross-referenced.
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Advanced Nursing Careers
This section includes job description overviews of Advanced Nursing Careers that commonly require an advanced nursing degree at the Master’s or Doctoral level.
This section begins with thoughts on selecting and developing an Advanced Nursing Career. The job description in this section include:
Graduate Nursing Programs
If you do not already hold an advanced nursing degree, obtaining one will likely be the single most important step in advancing your nursing career. This section includes a survey of more than 7,400+ Master’s and Doctorate degree, and Certificate offerings.
This section includes:
- 710+ Graduate Nursing Programs
- Degree and Specializations
- Instruction Formats
- Nursing Student Organizations
- Selecting a Graduate Nursing Program
- Graduate Nursing Degree is Importance
- Top Ten Nursing Degrees
This site provides you with 18 Graduate Nursing Degree Search Tools to locate Graduate Nursing Programs.
Two search tools enable you to search by geography:
These tools enable you to search by career specialty:
Finally, these three tools enable you to locate programs that offer combined degree or practice combinations:
Professional Nursing Associations
Other than completion of a graduate nursing program, Professional Nursing Associations will be the greatest of source of on-going professional development.
This section includes:
Conferences, Symposiums & Workshops
Professional events provide a venue where you can enrich your professional experience by:
- Learning about latest developments from nursing and health care experts,
- Networking with peers who possess diverse backgrounds and experiences,
- Conversing with vendors, and
- Earning Continuing Education Units (CEUs).
This section includes a survey of current and up coming events:
- 2,500+ Conferences, Seminars, and Workshops
- Local, Regional, State, National and International Events
- Hosts, Dates, Venues and Themes
- Conferences in Popular Cities
- Why Conferences are Important
- Calendar of events for the following years:
Certifications
Certifications provide an essential avenue of continuing education and specialized skills and knowledge advancement.
This section includes:
- 60+ Certification Boards,
- 300+ Nursing and Related Healthcare Certifications,
- Certifications listed by Acronym and Name,
- Certification Benefits – Why Certifications are important for career growth, and
- How to Properly Display Nursing Credentials.
Nurse Licensing
Nursing Licensing information for all 50 states, including:
- Contact Information
- APRN Licensure Compact Map
- Nursing Licensure Compact (NLC) Map
- Scope of Practice for Advanced Practice Registered Nurses.
Scope of Practice
This section includes Scope of Practice summaries for Advanced Practice Registered Nurses in all 50 states. Information includes Practice Autonomy and Prescription Authority.
These summaries are provided in color-coded map and sortable list formats.
Interviewing and Hiring
This site includes Interviewing guides for candidates and hiring organizations that may be downloaded in PDF format.
If you are interviewing for a new position make certain you are prepared.
- “Interviewing Tips for Nurse Candidates”
- “Nurse Manager and Director Resume Preparation” – Make certain your resume stands about from you competitors,
- “Nursing Interview Questions to Answer” – Be prepared to answer the tough questions,
- “Questions to Ask in a Nursing Interview” – Ask the right questions to learn about what will be expected of you, and
- “Nursing Interview Tips” – Avoid the mistakes and mishaps that can ruin an otherwise successful interview.
If you are hiring someone for your team make certain you and your interview panel are ready.
- “Interview Tips for Nurse Employers”
- “Nursing Interview Questions and Answers” – Ask the right questions to learn if the candidate is right for your organization,
- “Candidate Interview Experience” – Make certain your organization and interview team make a positive and professional impression, and
- “Nursing Panel Interview Teams” – Is your organization prepared to hire? Organize and prepare your interview panel to ensure a successful hire.
Whether you are interviewing for a new position or evaluating candidates, these behavioral questions and indicators will help you get more out of the interview.
- “Behavioral Interviewing for Nurses”
- “Nursing Behavioral Interview Questions” – Ask the right behavioral questions and understand the answers, and
- “Nursing Behavioral Leadership Examples” – Identify the key behavioral indicators in your peers and those with whom you interview.
Salary and Employment
Here are Salary and Employment data presented in list that may be sorted by Area Name, Salary and Employment. These data for States and Metropolitan Areas as reported by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics .
Observance Calendars
Professional Recognition
Dates for Healthcare and Nursing Professionals: