Professional organizations serve many meaningful purposes:
- Providing professional development
- Providing a professional network
- Listing job opportunities
- Providing professional support and advocacy
- Informing on current trends and issues in the field
Each nursing career comes with descriptions, educational requirements, & requisite skills; For each career, information is provided about certification & salaries; this book features interviews with nurses in academia & practice work settings.
Your new career -- Supervisors, getting help -- Patients, families, & doctors -- Staying connected -- Challenges -- The good stuff -- Taking your career to the next level -- Stereotypes, annoyances, & myths -- Professional practice issues -- Trends & opportunities -- More...
This guide discusses strategies for dealing with a rigorous nursing curriculum compounded by the challenges of anti-male sentiment that is sometimes present. It takes the reader from day one of nursing school through the licensing exam and also addresses the specific needs of second-degree and accelerated program students.
