title: Career planning. The nurse educator as facilitator and career counselor.
abstract: In a rapidly changing healthcare environment, nurses approaching career planning need a stable core of principles and a flexible set of guidelines from which to consider existing and emerging opportunities. A five-stage, decision-making career plan is discussed.
authors.affiliation: East Carolina University, Greenville, North Carolina, USA.
authors.forename: M K
authors.initials: MK
authors.lastname: Kirkpatrick
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Koldjeski
mesh_terms: D002321:Career Choice; D003657:Decision Making; D004509:Education, Nursing, Continuing / Q000458:organization & administration*; D005181:Faculty, Nursing; D006801:Humans; D010934:Planning Techniques; D013338:Students, Nursing / Q000523:psychology*; D014830:Vocational Guidance / Q000458:organization & administration*