Publisher's Note -- Introduction to Careers in Nursing -- Education for Nursing Careers -- Profiles: EMTs and Paramedics; Home Health Aides and Personal Care Aides; Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses; Medical and Health Services Managers; Medical Assistants; Nurse Anesthetists, Nurse Midwives, and NursePractitioners; Nursing Assistants and Orderlies; Registered Nurses; Surgical Technologists -- Setting: Assisted living facilities; Case management; Clinics; Critical care; Emergency rooms; Extended care; Home care; Hospice; Intensive care unit (ICU); Internet medicine; Telehealth nursing -- Specialties: Anesthesiology; Family medicine; Geriatrics and gerontology; Gynecology and Obstetrics; Neonatology; Nephrology; Palliative medicine; Pediatrics; Preventive medicine; Primary care -- Industries: Complementary and Alternative Health Care Industry; Criminal Justice and Prison Industry; Hospital Care and Services; Insurance Industry; Public Health Services; Residential Medical Care Industry -- Appendix A: Holland Code -- Appendix B: General Bibliography -- Appendix d: Organizations and Web Resources -- Appendix D: Glossary -- Index.
