Nursing Career Information

Nursing Scholarships/Opportunities

Nursing Career Descriptions

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Licensing, Certification, and Grad School

Nurse Practitioners

NURSING SCHOLARSHIPS/OPPORTUNITIES National Student Nurses' Association: Scholarship Resources DiscoverNursing.com: Nursing Scholarship Search

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NURSING CAREER DESCRIPTIONS Nursing - What can I do with this major? Excellent overview of career options related to your nursing major. NOTES: This is an Acrobat Reader file. If you need the Acrobat Reader plug-in, click here. ALSO, the file may be fuzzy on-screen. A printed copy will look much better. Berkeley Career Exploration Links Descriptions of possible careers and graduate school programs. Explore Health Careers: Nursing Provides a profession overview and details regarding the various degree options

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JOB LISTINGS Nursing Specific Career Listings CampusRN.com Search jobs (of which there are many); send a question to "Ask the Nurse"; read articles. CareerNURSE The link above connects to a newsletter/job bulletin with employment opportunities for nursing students. Continental Nurses This site features online job application and links to nursing associations specializing in travel nursing, permanent placement, and local nurse staffing for health care facilities. AccessNurses.com Source for travel nursing jobs, permanent nursing jobs, per diem nursing jobs and related nursing employment information. Advance for Healthcare Careers: Nursing Search for jobs across the nursing profession HospitalWeb State-by-state links to most of the hospitals that have Web sites. Though you will have to search at each hospital site for the job listings, this is a potential gold-mine of jobs not advertised anywhere else. NursingJobsHelp.com Job listings and resources for a Nursing job. NurseDegreeHunter - Nursing Jobs Post your nursing resume and search for nursing jobs. Nursing Jobs at NurseUniverse.com Nursing jobs, free e-mail, message boards and chat rooms. Employers looking for nurses - or post your resume. Nurses123.com Source for nursing jobs across USA, research healthcare facilities, career related information and travel nursing. Nursing-Jobs.US Source for Nursing jobs throughout the US. MedHunters.com Healthcare jobs, articles on self-assessment, career strategy and healthcare professionals. RN.com General Career Listings Monster.com The more general database of  jobs, including nursing jobs. CareerBuilder Classified ads from approximately 90 major U.S. newspapers. Yahoo Newspapers A Yahoo page that links to over 4000 U.S. and 1400 international newspapers, most of which list their classified ads online. NationJob Online Jobs Database Lists nursing jobs openings, many in the Midwest. WSU Career Services

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LICENSING, CERTIFICATION & GRAD SCHOOL Although licensing allows one to practice nursing, certification is reserved for professional achievement in defined functional and clinical areas of nursing. Guide to licensing by state Offers advice and addresses, phone numbers, and valuable information to obtain a license from any state. American Nursing Association's Constituent Member Associations Index A listing of state associations of nursing for all states, commonwealths, and territories can be found here. Electronic links to these organizations are updated as they become available. Masters in Nursing Guide to Accredited Schools offering a Masters Degree in Nursing National Council of State Boards of Nursing Contains NCLEX examination information and an interactive NCLEX candidate diagnostic profile. It also includes position papers by the National Council, state nurse practice acts and nursing regulations, and resources for health care consumers. Continuing Education Requirements by State Each state's requirements for Continuing Education (CE) credits. HealthWeb Information about licensing, certification and relicensure. AllNursingSchools.com An excellent way to search for nursing programs by degree and location. NOTE: Be sure to UNCHECK the "Show Featured Schools Only" option. Graduate school of nursing rankings From U.S. News & World Report. Nursing school in-depth descriptions Provides nursing schools or departments, on a voluntary basis, the opportunity to communicate details about their programs to prospective students.

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NURSE PRACTITIONERS   American Academy of Nurse Practitioners Job listings (must be a member); publications and research; conferences; Continuing Education. Nurse Practitioner Central Provides CE listings, NP programs, and classes on how to make your practice more efficient and more successful. We offer access to resources including legislative contacts, Medicare information, press releases, and book & product reviews. American College of Nurse Practitioners A national non-profit membership organization headquartered in Washington, DC, the ACNP is focused on advocacy and keeping NPs current on legislative, regulatory and clinical practice issues that effect NPs in the rapidly changing health care arena. The College is the only membership directed organization for NPs - meaning the ACNP sets its annual agenda and policies based on the consensus of its members.

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