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Top 10 Highest Paying Nursing Specialties
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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) Orthopedic 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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shannon_08
almost 5 years ago
2 comments
i really want to become a cna
nursingprogramwanted
almost 5 years ago
18 comments
I live in the bay area in ca and it is so hard to get into a nursing program. I was wondering should I become a LPN first and then try to get into the nursing program because Ceritfied LPN's enter the program in the 3 semester, so you are basically done within a year. Can anybody give me any advice?
hjoeljohnson
almost 5 years ago
84 comments
Good point CD.......the surveys are generally formulated by dividing an aggregate number of nurses in a particular specialty, by the total salaries as reported by HR in that same or similar
geographic area. It is my biased opinion that this methodology takes the wind out of nurses salary negotiations when faced with these supposedly accurate data. Props to the authors of articles that give advice on case by case salary negotion based on individual qualifications rather than aggregate hogwash. No disrespect intended of course.
Account Removed
almost 5 years ago
I would like to know if these figures came from a survey of nurses or if it came from an HR type person. The surveys such as the ones you see in online sites and journals are not always so true
bloodsidhe
about 5 years ago
42 comments
How do you go about becoming a Nurse Anesthesist? I am going to Kaplan for Medical Assistant to start with so I can get my foot in the door at one of the big Cleveland Hospitals to get my RN education paid for, but my dream job would be flight nurse or Nurse Anesthesist or ER Nurse or a Nurse Practitioner... as you can see I really don't have a clue yet other the I want to be in the medical field...lol
RLL78254
about 5 years ago
16 comments
BARBARA 1104 WHERE ARE YOU GOING TO SCHOOL
BARBARA1104
about 5 years ago
4 comments
how much does an O.R nurse or E.R nurse average
hezkajen
about 5 years ago
8 comments
It looks like CNM is going to be a great choice for me!!!