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If you are interested in a particular field of nursing, you can do a lot of good and become quite proficient. Indeed, you can even choose which nursing university you attend, or what nursing program you complete, based on what sort of education is offered in your specialty.

From emergency room nurses to labor and delivery nurses to hospice nurses, it is a good idea to learn about different specialties and see if there is one profession you might prefer over another. Then you can learn the skills you need to be a good nurse in your chosen specialty. If you want to learn more about different specialties, here are 50 of the top nursing specialty blogs:

Emergency Room Nurse

You have to have a cool head for emergency situations to work in the ER. Here are some emergency room nurses that share insights into their daily lives.

1. madness: tales of an emergency room nurse: This blog addresses what goes on in the emergency room in an inner city, and how one nurse handles the pressure.
2. ER Nursey: Shares insight into life in a California ER, including policies and workplace issues.
3. ER RN: Amazing stories from the life an emergency room nurse — with a bit of irreverence (and dirty jokes).
4. Emergiblog: This blog looks at different aspects of ER nursing, and addresses the issues that many nurses face.
5. A Night in the Life of an ER Nurse: This blog looks at what goes on for emergency room nurses on the night shift.
6. Weird Nursing Tales: Crazy stuff that happens in the world of the emergency room.
7. Trauma Diva: This nurse sees a lot in the emergency room — and isn’t afraid to blog about it.
8. The Angry Nurse!: Discusses the stories of stupidity that sometimes manifest in the emergency room.
9. Call Bells Make Me Nervous: This blog is written by a brand new nurse, learning the ins and outs of the emergency room.
10. EDNurseasaurus: Learn about life in the ER trenches, from someone who lives it every day.
11. Impacted Nurse: A gritty, straightforward look at what it’s like to work in the emergency department of an Australian hospital.

ICU Nurse

The Intensive Care Unit sees a lot of interesting cases. Here are some nursing blogs that focus on the ICU:

12. code blog – tales of a nurse: This veteran of the ICU shares stories and information about what goes on in medicine.
13. Nursing Influence: Learn about life in the ICU as a cardiovascular nurse.
14. prn penguin: This ICU nurse shares stories, insights and some funny items on this blog.
15. Mama Drama: Includes different stories from different moms — including an ICU nurse who tries to balance work and family.
16. The Intensive Art: Get a firsthand look at what life is like in the ICU, from this nurse who does the job.
17. Florid Nightingale: This Ph.D. is an ICU nurse and an educator. Get her perspective on nursing and evidence based medicine.

Cancer Nurse

Nurses who work with cancer patients often have interest insights on nursing and on life. Read these great blogs by oncology nurses and others affected by cancer.

18. The Cancer Journey: A nurse shares information about cancer, life and health.
19. Academy of Oncology Nurse Navigators: This blog focuses on oncology nursing and some of the issues associated with the profession.
20. oncRN: This oncology nurse shares stories and insights into cancer, and the issues associated with treating it.
21. Oncology Nursing Society: Get news and information, and insights and hints, from this blog provided by a professional society for oncology nurses.
22. JParadisi RN’s Blog: This oncology nurse looks at nursing from an artist’s perspective.
23. The Know Cancer Blog: Get insights from a variety of sources related to oncology.
24. Oncology Nursing: HCP Live offers stories, posts and information related to cancer nurses.
25. The Assertive Cancer Patient: An inspiring look at cancer survival from a patient. Very helpful resource for oncology nurses.

Mental Health Nurse

If you are interested in mental health, you might consider reading these blogs about nursing in the mental health field.

26. Mental Nurse: This blog offers interesting posts and insights from a team of mental health nurses in the U.K.
27. A Psychiatric Nurse’s Blog: Learn what it is like to care for psychiatric patients.
28. Mental Health Nurse Lecturers’ Tea Party: A look at news and information from mental health nurses.
29. The Mental Health Minute: This blog is written by a psychiatric nurse with 20 years of experience.
30. CareNurse: This is actually a very helpful site designed to help nurses deal with stress and anxiety related to their jobs.
31. Family Mental Health: She may not be a nurse, but she is a counselor and mental health professional who has experience depression. Offers plenty of useful and worthwhile insights for the psychiatric nurse.

Labor and Delivery Nurse

Many nurses enjoy working in labor and delivery. Also included in this category are nurse midwives and certified midwives.

32. Nursing Birth: This labor and delivery nurse offers an inside look at what goes on in the world of birth.
33. 10 centimeters and beyond: A look at labor and delivery nursing.
34. At Your Cervix: A fun look at birth from this labor and delivery nurse.
35. The Aventures of a Traveling OB Nurse: This nurse is traveling the country and offering her services.
36. Baby Catcher: A labor and delivery nurse shares tales of birth.
37. Birthday Nurse: Get the lowdown on life in labor and delivery from a newbie.
38. Stork Stories: This OB neonatal nurse shares stories from 35 years on the job.
39. Adventures in Juggling: This NICU nurse shares stories about babies, and about life.
40. A Midwife’s Tale: Get firsthand knowledge of birth from a nurse midwife.
41. Midwife Connection: This blog from the American College of Nurse-Midwives focuses on birth from a nurse midwife point of view.
42. A Midwife’s Muse: A look at life as a midwife, mother and wife.
43. Birth Change: This blog is written by a traditional midwife looking at the way birth happens today.

End of Life and Pain Management Nurse

Here are some blogs about end of life care, hospice and palliative care. Not all of these blogs are written by nurses, but they provide some helpful insight into this often difficult nursing specialty.

44. Dethmama Chronicles: This hospice care nurse shares her stories about care and end of life.
45. Risa’s Pieces: This blog is written by a palliative care nurse practitioner, and full of interesting stories.
46. Pallimed: Addresses issues related to end of life care, and palliative care.
47. Hospice and Nursing Homes Blog: Learn more about hospice care and dealing with end of life issues.
48. Hospice Blog: Keep up with news and information surrounding hospice care.
49. The Good Death: Addresses death with dignity and other issues related to end of life care.
50. Midwife for the End-of-Life: It has been a while since this blog was updated, but it has a great collection of archives.