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Top Ten Highest Paying Nursing Specialties
After nurses finish nursing school, choosing the right nursing specialty becomes their chief focus. With so many specialties to choose from, many prospective nurses find it difficult to just pick one, but with nearly every specialty requiring candidates to pass a series of exams and fulfill a period of on-the-job training, time is of the essence!
Pay should not be your only considering when deciding on a specialty, but the list below of the highest paying nursing specialties provides a good primer on which types of nurses have the greatest earning potential.
1) Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist – $135,000
2) Nurse Researcher – $95,000
3) Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner – $95,000
4) Certified Nurse Midwife – $84,000
5) Pediatric Endocrinology Nurse – $81,000
6) Orthopaedic Nurse – $81,000
7) Nurse Practitioner – $78,000
8) Clinical Nurse Specialist – $76,000
9) Gerontological Nurse Practitioner – $75,000
10) Neonatal Nurse – $74,000
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justmecvc
10 months ago
2 comments
MrNewYork---Very "professional" language there!! Please keep this blog clean. Thx!!
tlittle
10 months ago
2 comments
Want to go back to finish nursing school. I have been out of school for 4 years now, I want to go back,but money is a factor, I am 32 now and was wondering about scholarships and grants.
MrNewYork
11 months ago
6 comments
In NYC the NP on my floor make 93k for starts and don't do a damn thing but place orders and chat about their kids.
Magaret
11 months ago
6 comments
lam a registered nurse as well as a registered midwife, how can l get connected for a well paid job? my name is Magaret Effiom and l reside in Nigeria.
jaspreet
11 months ago
2 comments
i like this profession.beacuse we care the sick peoples.
dswpitcher
11 months ago
2 comments
There could be much more useful information located here. It says not to make pay your chief focus but declines to say what are other important aspects of looking for your specialty. Those that are listed do not connect to an adequate description of what is really involved in that job or what a normal day may be like. There should be more info and/or links added.
caribbeangyrl
12 months ago
34 comments
I am considering nursing as a second career and wondering how long will it take...
DUKE2008
about 1 year ago
34 comments
I am taking a test for the LPN program on Monday....is the test hard and what is it basically on? I was told I would be taking the NET test and that it isbasic math and reading. I was going for RN, but I said whatever came first I would do it and LPN came first. I was debating though! I have an 8 month old and I thought that would be kind of hard for me to go back and do RN if I worked and took care of my son. Could anyone give me any advice?
atucker_nursesfinest
about 1 year ago
6 comments
It takes two to four years to get an RN license . You still need your starter classes/ prereqs. I am a LPN , it was a 10 month program and I went to a bridge program which was a additional year. I not to long ago graduated ... I need help passing the RN Nclex. Help anyone !..... I want to continue on for a bachelors and maybe a specialty.
kervin18
about 1 year ago
10 comments
how long does it take 2 get your RN
mixedlady
about 1 year ago
12 comments
wow, that's neat to know about this.
derf
about 1 year ago
4 comments
Is it a conflict of interest for a nurse if she is the nurse for her elderly mother at a nursing home( ie:charts on as her nurse, administers meds, etc...)?
olaniyan
about 1 year ago
2 comments
Give vital information about nursing job in slovakia, i mean central europe
jess_69_lover
about 1 year ago
4 comments
what are some good nursing schools in arizona
dwhowe61
about 1 year ago
14 comments
Oh come on! I am an Orthopedic Nurse and I make less than half of your quote.