Nursing Career Articles
Last updated: December 11, 2024
Today, a degree in nursing provides a variety of opportunities and nursing career paths, such as clinical nursing, management, advanced practice, academic teaching and corporate level leadership. Lippincott® NursingCenter® is pleased to provide you with this collection of nursing career articles to inspire and support your professional goals. Discover tips for finding your first job and bridging the gap between school and practice, as well as resources related to career development and certification.
Getting Started
- Nursing Student Insights: How Clinical Experiences Shape Perceptions and Career Decisions, Nursing2024
- Fostering Early Career Nursing Faculty Support in the Academy: The Power of Academic Therapy, Nurse Educator
- Benefits and Challenges of Nursing Internships, Nursing2024
- Résumé-Writing for Success: What every nursing student and new graduate nurse needs to know, Nursing2023
- CE How to Write an Effective Résumé, American Journal of Nursing
- Preparing for an Interview, Nursing Made Incredibly Easy!
- Résumé Success, Nursing Made Incredibly Easy!
- You Passed the NCLEX! Time to Find the Right Job, Nursing made Incredibly Easy
- BLOG Did you Choose Nursing or Did Nursing Choose You?, Lippincott® NursingCenter®
- The Impact of Students Studying Abroad on the Subsequent Career of the Professional Nurse, Journal of Christian Nursing
Career Satisfaction
- Feeling Valued as a Mid-Career Nurse: A Scoping Review, Journal for Nurses in Professional Development
- Demographic Differences in Satisfaction and Work-Life Balance of Prelicensure Nursing Faculty, Nurse Educator
- Career Satisfaction and Advancement Related to Mentorship Experiences of Underrepresented Nursing Faculty, Nursing Education Perspective
- Navigating a Career in Medicine as a Woman, Critical Care Nursing Quarterly
- New Strategies to Combat Workplace Incivility and Promote Joy, Nursing2023
- The Effect of Career Plateauing as a Mediating Factor on Nurses’ Job Satisfaction and Promotability, JONA: The Journal of Nursing Administration
- The Impact of Generation on Nurse Manager Job Satisfaction, JONA: Journal of Nursing Administration
- Demographic Differences in Satisfaction and Work-Life Balance of Prelicensure Nursing Faculty, Nurse Educator
- BLOG A New Goal: Work-Life Integration, Lippincott® NursingCenter®
- Reversing the Great Resignation in Nursing: More Things to Consider, JONA: Journal of Nursing Administration
- Lived Travel Nurse and Permanent Staff Nurse Pandemic Work Experiences as Influencers of Motivation, Happiness, Stress, and Career Decisions: A Qualitative Study, Nursing Administration Quarterly
Certification and Licensure 
- Professional Licensure: Protecting Your Nursing Livelihood, Part 1, AJN, American Journal of Nursing
- Considering Certification, Journal of Christian Nursing
- Nurse Certification and Test Anxiety, JONA The Journal of Nursing Administration
- Practical Steps to CNE Certification Success, Nursing Made Incredibly Easy
- Getting Ready for Certification: The Road to Recertification, Journal of Wound, Ostomy and Continence Nursing
- CE Advanced Certification in Nursing Professional Development: An Idea Whose Time Has Come, Journal for Nurses in Professional Development
- Focus On: Specialty Certification, Lippincott® NursingCenter®
- BLOG Quick Guide to Studying for Certification Exams, Lippincott® NursingCenter®
- Credentialed and Privileged Clinical Nurse Specialists, Clinical Nurse Specialist
- Hospital-Based Credentialing and Privileging: Overview and Implications for the Clinical Nurse Specialist, Clinical Nurse Specialist
- Preceptor & Certification Opportunities, Journal for Nurses in Professional Development
- The Value of Certification, Nursing Made Incredibly Easy!
- Nursing Certification Boards By Specialty, Lippincott® NursingCenter®
- VIDEO Celebrating Certified Nurses, Lippincott® NursingCenter®
- PODCAST Reaching a Level of Excellence: A Conversation with Casey Green, BSN, RN, CCRN, CTRN, CFRN, CEN, TCRN, CPEN, Lippincott® NursingCenter®
Transitions
- Nursing Skills Boot Camp: Enhancing the Transition for New-To-Practice RNs, Nursing Made Incredibly Easy!
- Supporting the Role Transition of Interim Nurse Managers: Development of an Evidence-Based eManual, JONA The Journal of Nursing Administration
- Just Culture: Nursing Students Transition to Practice – a Longitudinal Study, Nurse Educator
- Impact of the Pandemic on Newly Licensed Nurses’ Role Transition Experiences, Nurses in Professional Development
- Journey from Nursing Cap to Academic Regalia, Nursing2023
- Reorienting After a Layoff, Nursing2023
- CE Supporting New Graduate Nurses’ Transition to Practice, Nursing2023
- Supporting Nurse Practitioner Students’ Transition to Practice, Nurse Educator
- Highlighting an Advanced Practice Fellowship for Leadership Transition, JONA The Journal of Nursing Administration
- CE Dying to Retire or Living to Work: Challenges Facing Aging Nurses, Nursing2023
- Role of nursing in telehealth, Nursing2022
- Clinical Nurse Specialist Transition to Practice, Clinical Nurse Specialist
- An Innovative Workforce Initiative to Support New Graduate Nurses: Clinical Nurse Transition Coaches, JONA: The Journal of Nursing Administration
- Pivoting Through Our Discipline, Gastrointestinal Nursing
- So you want to leave the bedside for academia: Here's what you should know, Nursing Made Incredibly Easy!
Career Advancement and Leadership
- Best Fit for Nurse Advancement: Breaking Down Barriers to Career Progression, Journal for Nurses in Professional Development
- Overcoming Career Advancement Barriers to Executive Leadership Roles of Nurses from Racial and Ethnic Minority Backgrounds, Nursing Administration Quarterly
- BLOG 5 Ways to Advance your Nursing Career, Lippincott® NursingCenter®
- Supporting Advanced Practice Nurses to Work at the Top of Their License: A Partnership with Nurse Executives, JONA: The Journal of Nursing Administration
- Use Stepping Stones to Advance Your Career, Dimensions of Critical Care Nursing
- From Project Proposal to Publication, Clinical Nurse Specialist
- Beyond a Clinical Ladder: A Career Pathway for Professional Development and Recognition of Oncology Nurses, JONA: The Journal of Nursing Administration
- An Innovative Assistant Nurse Manager Residency Program Focused on Participation, Satisfaction, Promotion, and Retention, JONA: Journal of Nursing Administration
- RN to BSN Programs, Lippincott® NursingCenter®
- Advanced Degree Nursing Programs, Lippincott® NursingCenter®
Professional Issues
- Post-COVID Nursing Workforce Crisis, Journal of Nursing Research
- The Impact of Union Membership on Nursing Turnover and Job Satisfaction, JONA, The Journal of Nursing Administration
- CE The Impaired Nurse, American Journal of Nursing
- Professional Success: Utilizing Simulation to Remediate and Retain Nursing Staff, Journal for Nurses in Professional Development
- Risks of Practicing without Professional Liability Insurance, Nursing2023
- Protecting Your Professional Practice, Professional Case Management
- PODCAST The Ins & Outs of Professional Liability Insurance for Nurses, Lippincott® NursingCenter®
- VIDEO The Nursing Workforce: An Interview with Dr. Peter Buerhaus, Lippincott® NursingCenter®
- PODCAST COVID-19 2022 Update: The Nursing Workforce, Lippincott® NursingCenter®
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