According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, Registered Nursing is among the Top Ten Occupations with the Largest Job Growth. Once you are a professional nurse, you might choose to focus on a particular specialty.  There are numerous specialty options – each of which has its own education/certification requirements and related professional network or organization.  These include:

Advanced Practice Registered Nursing

Ambulatory Care Nursing

Business in Nursing

Camp Nursing

Cardiac Care Nursing

Cardiac Cath Lab Nursing

Case Management Nursing

Clinical Nurse Leader

Clinical Nurse Specialist

Community Health Nursing

Complementary Health Nursing

Correctional Facility Nursing

Critical Care Nursing

Dermatology Nursing

Developmental Disability Nursing

Diabetes Nursing

Domestic Violence Nursing

Emergency Nursing

Ethics in Nursing

Family Nurse Practitioner

Flight/Transport Nursing

Forensic Nursing

Gastroenterology Nursing

Genetics Nursing

Geriatric Nursing

Gerontological Nurse Practitioner

Gynecology/Obstetric Nursing

Health Policy Nursing

Hematology Nursing

HIV/AIDS Nursing

Holistic Nursing

Home Health Care Nursing

Hospice/Palliative Nursing

Independent Nurse Contracting

Infection Control Nursing

Informatics Nursing

Infusion Nursing

International Nursing

Labor & Delivery Nursing

Lactation Consultation

Legal Nurse Consulting

Licensed Practical Nursing (LPN)

Long-Term Care Nursing

Managed Care Nursing

Medical-Surgical Nursing

Military and Uniformed Service Nursing

Missionary Nursing

Neonatal Intensive Care Nursing

Nephrology Nursing

Neuroscience Nursing

Nurse Anesthetist

Nurse Attorney

Nurse Educator

Nurse Legislator

Nurse Life Care Planning

Nurse Midwife

Nurse Practitioner

Nurse Researcher

Nursing Advocacy

Nursing Entrepreneur

Nursing Executive and Nursing CEO

Nursing Manager and Nursing Administration

Nursing Quality Improvement

Nursing Writer, Author, or Historian

Occupational Health Nurse

Oncology Nursing (Cancer Nursing)

Operating Room Nursing (Perioperative Nursing)

Ophthalmic Nursing

Orthopedic Nursing

Otorhinolaryngology Nursing (Head and Neck Nursing)

Overseas, Development, Volunteer, Missionary or Refugee Nursing

Pain Management Nursing

Parish Nursing

Pediatric Endocrinology Nursing

Pediatric Nurse Practitioner

Pediatric Nurse

Perianesthesia Nursing (Recovery Room Nursing)

Perinatal Nursing

Plastic Surgery Nursing

Poison Information Specialist

Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner

Psychiatric Nursing

Public Health Nurse

Pulmonary Care Nursing (Respiratory Nursing)

Radiology Nursing

Registered Nurse (RN)

Rehabilitation Nursing

Reproductive Nursing

Rheumatology Nursing

School Nursing

Sub-Acute Nursing

Substance Abuse Nursing

Supplemental/Agency Nursing

Surgical Nursing

Telemetry Nursing

Telephone Triage Nursing

Toxicology Nursing

Transcultural Nursing

Transplant Nursing

Trauma Nursing

Travel Nursing

Triage Nursing

Urologic Nursing

Vocational/Licensed Practical Nurse

Wound & Ostomy Nursing

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