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| job openings | on-line registration | manpower database | candidate profile |   SPECIALIZATION OF NURSES Information source: http:// www.nursesource.org   A.   CRITICAL-CARE NURSE – deals specifically with human responses to life-threatening problems.  They are licensed professional nurses who are responsible for ensuring that all critically ill patients and their families receive optimal care. They specialize on adult, pediatric, and neonatal nursing practice. B.   EMERGENCY NURSE – specializes in rapid assessment and treatment when every second counts, particularly during the initial phase of acute illness and trauma.  They are registered nurse with specialized education and experience in caring for emergency patients They must tackle diverse tasks with professionalism, efficiency, caring.  They must possess both general and specific knowledge about health to provide quality patient care for people of all ages. C.   HOSPICE /PALLIATIVE CARE NURSES – provides comprehensive physical, psychosocial, emotional and spiritual care to terminally ill persons and their families.  They provided care  for those patients who wants to die in their homes and their families and friends at their side.  They also provides help their patients to achieve the best possible quality of life through relief of suffering, control of symptoms, and restoration of functional capacity, while remaining sensitive to personal, cultural and religious values, believes and practices. D.   LABOR AND DELIVERY STAFF NURSE – are registered nurses who cares for women who are laboring, having complications of pregnancy or having recently delivered.  They use professional judgment, critical thinking and fast decision making skills.  They work closely with patients, families and other health care professionals. E.  NEONATAL NURSE– Neonatal nursing is a relatively new specialty by comparison to adult health, midwifery or other areas of nursing.  Neonatal refers to the first 28 days of life. F.  NURSE ANESTHETIST – these are Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetists (CRNAs) are licensed profession registered nurses who have obtained, through additional education and successful completion of a national examination, certification as anesthesia nursing specialists. G.  NURSE PRACTITIONER – is a registered nurse who has advanced education and clinical training in a health care specialty.  Recognized as expert health care providers, nurse practitioners deliver basic health care for infants, children, adults and families in a wide range of outpatient and inpatient settings.  They provide information people need to make informed decisions about their health care and lifestyle choices. H. NURSE EXECUTIVE – The elements that guide executive practice included      a.      Networks of wellness, acute care, ambulatory and long term care providers. b.      Collaboration among health professionals in interdependent functions c.      Partnerships with consumers d.      Advocate for those who cannot advocate for themselves e.      Leadership in cost effective patient care I.  ONCOLOGY NURSE – The practice of encology nursing encompasses the roles of direct caregiver, educator, consultant, administrator, and researcher.  Oncology nursing extends to all care delivery settings where clients experiencing or at risk for developing cancer receive health care, education, and counseling for cancer prevention, screening and detection. J.  ORTHOPAEDIC NURSE – these are nurses who care for patients with musculoskeletal injuries and conditions need to have the appropriate knowledge and skills specific to the orthopaedic specialty. K.   PERIOPERATIVE (O.R.) NURSE – O.R. nurses are now referred to as Perioperative Registered Nurses to more accurately reflect their duties immediately before, during and after surgery.  They are registered nurses are relied upon for their professional judgment and critical thinking skills.  They may work closely with the surgical patient family members, and other health care professionals.  They help plan, implement, and evaluate treatment of the patient. L.    PSYCHIATRIC-MENTAL HEALTH NURSE – are a rich resource as providers of psychiatric-mental services and patient care partners for the consumers of those services. M.  SCHOOL NURSE –  School nursing is a specialized practice of professional nursing that advances the well being, academic success, and life-long achievement of students.  To that end, school nurses facilitate positive student responses to normal development; promote health and safety; intervene with actual and potential health problems; provide case management services; and actively collaborate with others to build student and family capacity for adaptation, self management, self advocacy, and learning. N.  STAFF NURSE – have the opportunity to work as generalists or specialists.  For example, they can choose to practice in fast-paced, high-tech areas like cardiac intensive care units or newborn intensive care units, or they can work in general medical-surgical units, where they provide care to patients who have just undergone surgery or who are suffering from any number of complex medical conditions.  They can also choose to work with any age group, from newborns to the elderly. O.  WOMEN’S HEALTH NURSE PRACTITIONER – is a registered nurse who has advanced education and clinical experience in women’s health care.  They are experts in woman-focused health promotion and disease prevention, as well as managing chronic health condition affecting women.