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2021

Pave Your Way: Set the Building Blocks of Your Future

Career Planning

• Nursing Specialties

• Nursing Organizations

Special Features

• Peer Mentors Prove to be Strong Assets in Virtual Anatomy & Physiology Labs
  By Catherine B. Kim-Safran, Alexandria C. Reid, and Makayla ​M. Chatman​
• Letters of Recommendation Written by Staff Nurses
  By Daniel M. Doolan
• Resume or Curriculum Vitae? You Need Both!
  By Diane J. Mancino​
• The Discipline of Transcultural Nursing 
  By Jennie A. Gunn
• What Type of Nursing Do You Want to Do? 
  By Theresa Noyes

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2020

Aim HIRE: Reaching for Success!

Career Planning

• Nursing Specialties

• Nursing Organizations

Special Features

• Helpful Hints for Embarking on an Undergraduate Nursing Research Journey
  By Catherine West
• How to Request a Strong Letter of Recommendation
  By Daniel M. Doolan
• Taking a Fresh Look at LTPAC
  By Deborah White
• Forensic Nursing for the New Graduate
  By Jennifer Pierce-Weeks
• Heartstrings, Hugs and Healing: Reflections On Becoming a Pediatric Emergency Nurse
  ​By Rebecca A. Steinmann
• Profile of a Board-Certified Pediatric Emergency Nurse
  ​By Catherine Fitt

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2019

Ignite the Fire For Your Career!

Career Planning

• Nursing Specialties

• Nursing Organizations

Special Features

• Financial Health for a Lifetime of Caring
  By Irene Trowell-Harris and Shirley Quarles
• How to Protect Your License to Practice
  By Jennifer Flynn
• Influence on Nursing Informatics: Fascinating Career Focus for New Nurses
  By Edmund J.Y. Pajarillo
• Get Up to Speed on Transport Nursing
  By Allen C. Wolfe, Jr.
• Maddison, You’re in Postpartum. Fifth Floor, Take a Left
  ​By Maddison D. Johnston

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2018

Connect the Dots for Your Career!

Career Planning

• Nursing Specialties

• Nursing Organizations

Special Features

• One of the Best Kept Secrets in Nursing
  By Anne Hysong 
• Specialty Certification Really Matters and a Life Could Depend on It
  By Janie Schumaker
• Practice Beyond the Hospital: Nursing Specialty, Primary, and Ambulatory Care Education
  By Kirsten Garza, Elizabeth Seiber, Eva Chau,  Samantha
  ​Noblejas, and Sarah H. Kagan
• Defining Medical-Surgical Nursing
  By Robin A. Hertel, Marisa Streelman, and Sharon Brown
• Is an Online Educational Environment for You?
  By Robin Weaver
• Why Join Another Professional Organization? Because You are Worth It
  By Cheryl Taylor, Rosemary Mortimer, and Kenya Williams
• Five-Year Plan Rocked
  By Sonja M. Schwartzbach

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2017

Networking: Building Your Career From the Ground Up!

Career Planning

• Nursing Specialties

• Nursing Organizations
• Higher Education for Nurses — A Summary of Postgraduation Options

Special Features

• Igniting the Passion for Leadership: Faculty and Student Perspectives
  By Keri Jarvis, Adam Tebben, & Nichole Pearson MSN, RN
• Career Coaching 101 
  By Paul T. Skiem and Beth A. Brooks
• The Importance of Sleep 
  By Christopher Longo
• Risk Implications for Nurses in Today’s Social Sharing Environment 
  By David Griffith
• Discomfort vs. Danger: Is the Complaint Worthy of Further Assessment
  By Alicia A. Stone and Laura Candelaria
• Tips for the Transition form RN to NP
  By Donna Falsetti, Joyce Penrose and Jill Rodgers
• Link Up With LinkedIn: The Power of Networking
  By Katelyn Finnegan

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2016

Personal Branding and Marketing: How to Influence Your Destiny!

Career Planning

• Nursing Specialties

• Nursing Organizations
• Realities of the Current Job Market

Special Features

• Forensic Nursing: Where Justice and Medicine Meet
  By Tanya Davis, NSNA director
• Identifying Diversity: Body Art and the Modern Nurse
  By Tanya Davis
• Behind the Scenes of the NSNA Career Development Center: A Unique Resource for Members
  By Lois Marshall
• Holistic Nursing: A Way of Being…A Way of Living…A Way of Practice!
  By Lucia Thornton
• Nurture Moms and Babies, Change Lives, Consider a Career with Nurse-Family Partnership
  By Dianne Gerke

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2015

Careers in Nursing: The Possibilities RN'dless

Career Planning

• Career Planning Guide
• Nursing Specialties
• Career Center List – Nursing Positions Available
• Nursing Organizations

Special Features

• A Career in Bioethics    
  By Cynda H. Rushton
  
• Why Be a Gerontological Nurse?
  By Nanci McLeskey
  
• Nursing Informatics: A New Career Opportunity For You
  By Robin R. Austin, Bonnie L. Westra, Dorcus Kunkel, Karen Monsen, and Connie White Delaney
  
• Home Infusion: Nursing Care Beyond the Hospital Setting
  By Kathy Puglise
  
• Resume or Curriculum Vitae? Why You Need Both
  By Diane J. Mancino
  

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2014

Building the Foundation of Your Career

Career Planning

• Career Planning Guide
• Career Center Announcement
• Nursing Specialties
• Career Center List – Nursing Positions Available
• Nursing Organizations 

Special Features

• Resume or Curriculum Vitae? Why You Need Both
• By Diane J. Mancino
• The Art and Science of the Interview
  By Lois S. Marshall
• The Nurse Licensure Compact: What New Grads Need to Know
  By Jim Puente and Haley Streibich 
• Finding a Nurse Practitioner Preceptor
  By Joan Masters
• The Joy in Caring for “Grand Patients”
  By Melissa Palka
• How Can You Bear NOT Working Here?
  By Sherrie Domberger 
• Students Reflection on Undertaking Nursing Research
  By Thelesha Gray, Jessica Leandre, Valerie Miller, Kripa Patel and Katie Sanchez 
• Become a Nurse Scientist, Help Chart the Future of Health Care
  By the National Institute of Nursing Research

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2013

Find Fulfillment and Happiness Through Your Career Plan!

Career Planning

• Nursing Positions Available
• Nursing Organizations List
• More Career Planning Resources!
• Practicing Outside the (Acute Care) Box

Special Features

• Infusion Nursing: Experience, Expertise, and Exceptional Patient Care
  By Kathy Puglise
• A Presentable and Unpresentable Experience in Cambodia
  By Sharon K. Favazza
• Nurse Preceptors
  By Beth Ulrich
• Global Nursing: An Unforgettable Experience Abroad
  By Katie A. Andrews with additional contributions by Julie A. Moss
• Nursing Through Legislation
  By Nicole Marcy Bloom
• Navy Nursing: An Interview with Navy Commander Tony BaldwinVoeks
  By Mark Calogero 
• Just a School Nurse
  By Jenna Sanders

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2012

It's Not the Destiny, It's the Journey: Career Planning in the 21st Century

Career Planning

• Nursing Positions Available
• Nursing Organizations List

Special Features

• Your First Job or Your Career?
  By Jan L. Keller-Unger
• Touching Lives as a Nurse Home Visitor
  By Elly Yost 
• Public Health Nursing: Promoting Health of Populations
  By Mary Hoke and Marianne Panzini-Rosenthal
• Resume or Curriculum Vitae? What’s Best for Me?
  By Diane J. Mancino
• Your Future in School Nursing
  By Laura T. Jannone
• Navigating a Cooling Job Market for New RNs
  By Kelly Marinelli
• A Closer Look at Mission Nursing, Perspectives of an Experience Abroad
  By Connie Herron and Jane Dunnhausen
• A Closer Look at Nurse Educators
  ​By Susan Wheaton

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2011

Finding Your Compass: No Limit to Your Potential!

Career Planning

• Nursing Positions Available
• Nursing Organizations List
• Practice Outside of the (Acute Care) Box

Special Features

• Navigating a Competitive Job Market
  By Terri A. Gaffney and Deborah Rowe
• Nurse Practitioners: The Primary Care Providers of the Future
  By Raymond Zakhari 
• Forensic Nursing: A New Challenge
  By Angela Frederick Amar and Natalie McClain 
• Global Nursing: A Firsthand Experience in Rural Nepal
  By Joe Niemczura
• The “C” of Mentoring: Cultivate Your Potential and Talent for Success
  By Connie Vance
• Your Personal Career Journey: An Evolution
  By Lois S. Marshall
• Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetists (CRNAs) at a Glance
  ​Fact Sheet from the American Association of Nurse Anesthetists