Nursing Jobs in Arizona: Specializations Those looking for nursing jobs in Arizona (Click here) may want to consider pursuing one of the many specialties available in this occupation.

There is a strong need for people to fill the RN jobs Arizona has to offer, and an even stronger need for nurses who specialize in one of many areas. Nurses can specialize in everything from the type of treatment they provide to the part of body they treat to the population they work with.

Setting or type of treatment:

• Ambulatory care - Provide preventive care and treat patients with a variety of illnesses and injuries in physicians' offices or clinics.
• Telehealth - Offer advice and care through various technologies, including videoconferences, the Internet, or telephone.
• Critical care - Treat patients with serious conditions that require close monitoring and extensive medication and therapies in critical or intensive care hospital units.
• Emergency and trauma - Diagnose and treat patients who have life-threatening conditions at hopsitals or stand-alone emergency departments.
• Holistic - Help patients achieve mental and spiritual health through acupuncture, massage and aroma therapy, and biofeedback.
• Home healthcare - Provide nursing care for patients in their home.
• Hospice and palliative care - Help terminally ill patients maintain quality of life in their home or a hospice setting.
• Infusion - Administer medications, fluids, and blood to patients through injections.
• Long-term care - Treat patients with chronic physical or mental disorders in long-term care of skilled nursing facilities.
• Medical-surgical - Provide basic medical care to patients with various medical and surgical diagnoses.
• Occupational health - Help patients prevent and treat job-related injuries and illnesses and help employers implement health and safety standards.
• Perianesthesia - Provide pre and post operative care to patients who undergo anesthesia during surgery or other procedures.
• Perioperative - Help surgeons before and during surgery by prepping patients and picking out the right tools.
• Psychiatric-mental health - Diagnose and treat patients with personality and mood disorders.
• Radiology - Provide care to patients undergoing diagnostic radiation for ultrasounds, magnetic resonance imaging, and radiation therapy.
• Rehabilitation - Help patients with temporary or permanent disabilities recover and achieve a better quality of life.
• Transplant - Care for transplant recipients and living donors.

Particular disease or condition:

• Addictions
• Intellectual and developmental disabilities
• Diabetes
• Genetics
• HIV/AIDS
• Oncology
• Wound, ostomy, and continence

Particular organ or body system:

• Cardiovascular
• Dermatology
• Gastroenterology
• Gynecology
• Nephrology
• Neuroscience
• Ophthamlic
• Orthopedic
• Otorhinolaryngology
• Respiratory
• Urology

Specific populations:

• Neonatology - Newborns
• Pediatrics - Children and adolescents
• Gerontology or geriatrics - Adults and the elderly

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