Take Charge of Your Nursing Career! "How can I prevent myself from being downsized?" "How can I feel more in control of my professional destiny?" "What's the ideal nursing job for me, and how can I get it?" "What impact will the sweeping changes of managed healthcare have on my future?" These are the questions being asked by today's nurses as their jobs -- and their lives -- are permanently transformed by the turmoil of change. Drawing on the advice and strategies she developed as an educator and career counselor for nurses, Annette Vallano offers a new way of envisioning your career as an entrepreneurial enterprise. By following Vallano's plan for creating and marketing your own nursing "product," job security and career mobility will be yours. "Careers in Nursing" will help you define the skills you offer, develop a marketing plan, research the needs of the medical marketplace, and modify your approach as the needs of today's medical centers inevitably change. Also included are profiles of real nurses facing daunting obstacles, nurses who saw the signs of change coming and found ways to both adapt their caree