Nursing Roles
Education & Leadership
Specialized Care
Unique Nursing Role
100

They’re the healthcare pros who know how to calm a crying toddler, explain treatments to anxious parents, and still get accurate vital signs

What is Pediatric Nursing

100

An on-shift leader who keeps a nursing unit running smoothly — balancing patient care, staff coordination, and real‑time decision‑making. They act as the operational anchor of the unit, ensuring safety, workflow, and communication all stay on track.

What is a Charge Nurse

100

Nurse who assesses, monitors, and manage care of cancer patients. Their role often includes administration of chemotherapy or immunotherapy medications and managing side effects associated with these medications. 

What is Oncology nurse

100

A nurse in the middle of the ocean, blending clinical expertise with adaptability, calm, and a spirit of exploration.

What is Cruise Ship Nurse

200

Nurse plays a central, highly skilled role in guiding patients through labor, birth, and the immediate postpartum period. 

What is Labor and Delivery Nurse

200

A dynamic mix of teaching, mentoring, and inspiring the next generation of nurses. Your play a key role in shaping confident, compassionate nurses.

What is Nurse Educator

200

You travel from home to home like a friendly medical GPS, guiding patients through meds, wounds, and life’s curveballs while keeping them on the road to recovery. 

What is Home Health Nursing

200

Works with crime victims to gather medical evidence

What is Forensic Nursing

300

All things operating room; setting up sterile instruments, organizing trays with surgical precision, and anticipating every move the surgeon might make. You are handing off tools like scalpels and sutures with accuracy, keeping the sterile field intact, and helping the team stay focused and efficient

What is Scrub Nurse

300

Oversees a specific unit’s staff, schedules, budgets, and daily operations, ensuring smooth workflow and high‑quality care

What is Nurse Manager

300

Provides compassionate, end-of-life care to terminally ill patients, focusing on comfort, dignity, and support for both patients and their families

Hospice Nurse 

300

A nurse who serves in one of the branches of the U.S. Armed Forces — Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, or Coast Guard. They provide healthcare to active-duty members, veterans, and their families

What is a Military Nurse
400

Provides patient care aboard helicopters or fixed-wing aircraft responding to trauma scenes, remote rescues, or critical patient transfers. In the air, you provide advanced care in tight quarters, managing everything from intubations to IVs while communicating with hospitals and coordinating with paramedics and pilots.

What is a Flight Nurse

400

Senior leader overseeing nursing operations, staffing, policy development, and financial planning

What is Nurse Executive

400

Role is to prevent, detect, and control the spread of infectious diseases in healthcare settings

What is Infectious Prevention Nursing

400

This nurse coordinates and manages clinical trials and advanced studies. They work closely with healthcare providers, and patients to ensure the data collected is accurate and reliable. 

What is Research nurse

500

You work side-by-side with radiologists in a hybrid of surgery and imaging, helping guide catheters, wires, and tiny tools through blood vessels and organs using real-time X-rays, CT scans, or ultrasounds. 

What is Interventional Radiology

500

An experienced nurse who provides structured clinical teaching, mentorship, and supervision to nursing students or newly hired nurses

What is Nurse Preceptor

500

Provides care to patients with kidney failure, administering treatments, monitoring patient and educating patients and families

Dialysis Nurse

500

This role combines clinical nursing with computer science to manage and improve electronic health record and digital tools, optimizing patient-centered care through data and technology  

What is Nursing Informatics