Nursing Career Information
This is general information regarding licensure, certification, and career resources which may prove helpful in your search.
Services and Resources
Licensing
- How to Get a License
This site, from the American Journal of Nursing Career Guide Online contains information on obtaining licenses from each state board of nursing. - National Council of State Boards of Nursing
This site contains NCLEX examination information and an interactive NCLEX candidate diagnostic profile. It also includes position papers by the National Council, searchable databases of National Council publications, state nurse practice acts and nursing regulations, and resources for health care consumers.
Certification
Although licensing allows one to practice nursing, certification is reserved for professional achievement in defined clinical specialties. The following sites offer credentialing information
- Your Guide to Certification
This is part of the American Journal of Nursing Career Guide Online and contains certification information for each area of nursing. - American Nurses Credentialing Center
This site provides information about the ANA Certification Program and catalog information and applications for board certification in specialized fields of nursing.
Career Resources
There are many career resources on the Web. Use a search engine of your choice (e.g. Altavista, WebCrawler, Yahoo, Excite, AOL). Please keep in mind that this is a general list and cannot be guaranteed by Columbia University School of Nursing. It is, however, a good place to start the process and access job requirements, salaries and regional particulars.
- AdvancedPracticeJobs.com
- Hospital Web
This site provides links to hospitals all over the world and is organized by state and country. It is a very thorough listing.> - Medical/Health Care Jobs
Nation Job is an job search service that lets you search by employer, location, position type, salary, key-word, and more. - MEDWEB
This site maintained by Emory University is very complete, both for employment sources and general nursing information. - The Monster Board
This is the largest general employment site on the web. The HealthCare section is also huge and contains job listings as well as resume help, health news, and other resources. - Nightingale
From the School at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, this site offers nursing positions and pointers to more information. - NP Central Employment Opportunities
This is a site specifically for nurse practitioners and is organized by specific area of practice and location. - Springhouse Career information
This is a searchable classified ads site for nursing jobs worldwide. It also provides career articles and information about travel nursing. - National Association of Colleges and Employers
This site contains relocation resources and links to JOBWEB. - Career Builder
Good general resume and interview tips. Articles about hiring policies, financial aid. Also contains multiple job search engines. - MEDNETS
International research site with proprietary search engine for every medical specialty. Excellent resources. - National Institutes of Health
Employment opportunities at the NIH. - Columbia University Human Resources
- CollegeGrad.com
General career information. - HealthCareer Web
Career opportunities in all health fields. - New York State Department of Health
Information about job opportunities in the NYS DOH. Also lots of links to other sites. - Nurse Degree Hunter
Associations
These are direct links to professional organizations and associations.
- American Academy of Nursing
- American Academy of Nurse Practitioners
- American Association of College of Nursing
- American Association of Critical Care Nurses
- American Association of Nurse Anesthetists
- American Association of Occupational Health Nurses
- American College of Nurse Midwives
- American College of Nurse Practitioners
- American Nursing Informatics Association
- American Psychiatric Nurses Association
- Association of Operating Room Nurses
- Association of Rehabilitation Nurses
- Case Management Society of America
- National Association of Pediatric Nurse Practitioners and Practitioners, NAPNAP
- National Association of Neonatal Nurses
- National Association of Orthopedic Nurses
- National Association of School Nurses, Inc
- National Black Nurses Association
- National Certification Board of Pediatric Nurse Practitioners and Nurses, Inc
- National Council of State Boards of Nursing
- Wound, Ostomy, and Continence Nurses Society
- World Health Organization
General Nursing Sites
- American Association of Colleges of Nursing
This is the organization that represents schools of nursing. - National League for Nursing
This is the NLN site and provides insite into the politics of nursing and future trends. There are also abstracts of articles presented at NLN conferences. - The New York-Presbyterian Hospital
This is the web site for the NYP Hospital - a fun site for alumni to visit. - Nursing Spectrum Magazine
This site is published by Nursing Spectrum magazine and is basically a summary of the written magazine. There are articles about careers, chat rooms and links to other career sites. - University of Buffalo Health Sciences Library
Nursing sites on the World Wide Web from the Health Sciences Library at the University of Buffalo Libraries contains general, useful information and links to other sites.
Continuing Education
Sites that contain on-line courses for continuing education credits.
- World Wide Learn
Contains a large directory of online education. - NursingCenter.com
General site with links to all nursing journals and large selection of CE offerings. Part of Lippincott, Williams, Inc.