What is the highest paying job area for a nurse practitioner (in the ER, as a hospitalist, in women's health, etc)?

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The highest pay is offered to those who work for.... ...a nursing service, which is why my ex-sister-in-law began to work for a nursing service rather than directly for a hospital. The difficulty is that the service did not offer medical insurance (yes, it's true! ) but if you are married to someone who does have insurance through their job, the better money is worth it.

She actually worked in exactly the same hospital doing the exact same job, but got paid more than the nurses on staff. Earnings Median annual earnings of registered nurses were $52,330 in May 2004. The middle 50 percent earned between $43,370 and $63,360.

The lowest 10 percent earned less than $37,300, and the highest 10 percent earned more than $74,760. Median annual earnings in the industries employing the largest numbers of registered nurses in May 2004 were as follows: Employment services $63,170 General medical and surgical hospitals 53,450 Home health care services 48,990 Offices of physicians 48,250 Nursing care facilities 48,220 Many employers offer flexible work schedules, child care, educational benefits, and bonuses. Over the next 10 years the greatest need will be for nurses who can care for the elderly because of the "graying" of America. Also needed will be nurses who work in hospital out-patient facilities, like out-patient surgical centers, and chemotherapy, rehab or dialysis centers as managed care runs patients out of hospitals more and more quickly.

Specialties involving oncology, radiology, gerontology and surgery are booming. One other area that pays very highly is traveling nurse (about $80,000) but you are on the road a lot. ----------------------------------------------------------Employment is expected to grow more slowly in hospitals—which comprise health care’s largest industry—than in most other health care industries.

While the intensity of nursing care is likely to increase, requiring more nurses per patient, the number of inpatients (those who remain in the hospital for more than 24 hours) is not likely to grow by much. Patients are being discharged earlier, and more procedures are being done on an outpatient basis, both inside and outside hospitals. Rapid growth is expected in hospital outpatient facilities, such as those providing same-day surgery, rehabilitation, and chemotherapy.

Despite the slower employment growth in hospitals, job opportunities should still be excellent because of the relatively high turnover of hospital nurses. RNs working in hospitals frequently work overtime and night and weekend shifts and also treat seriously ill and injured patients, all of which can contribute to stress and burnout. Hospital departments in which these working conditions occur most frequently—critical care units, emergency departments, and operating rooms—generally will have more job openings than other departments.To attract and retain qualified nurses, hospitals may offer signing bonuses, family-friendly work schedules, or subsidized training.

A growing number of hospitals also are experimenting with online bidding to fill open shifts, in which nurses can volunteer to fill open shifts at premium wages. This can decrease the amount of mandatory overtime that nurses are required to work. More and more sophisticated procedures, once performed only in hospitals, are being performed in physicians’ offices and in outpatient care centers, such as freestanding ambulatory surgical and emergency centers.

Accordingly, employment is expected to grow much faster than average in these places as health care in general expands. However, RNs may face greater competition for these positions because they generally offer regular working hours and more comfortable working environments. Employment in nursing care facilities is expected to grow faster than average because of increases in the number of elderly, many of whom require long-term care.

In addition, the financial pressure on hospitals to discharge patients as soon as possible should produce more admissions to nursing care facilities. Job growth also is expected in units that provide specialized long-term rehabilitation for stroke and head injury patients, as well as units that treat Alzheimer’s victims. Employment in home health care is expected to increase rapidly in response to the growing number of older persons with functional disabilities, consumer preference for care in the home, and technological advances that make it possible to bring increasingly complex treatments into the home.

The type of care demanded will require nurses who are able to perform complex procedures. Generally, RNs with at least a bachelor’s degree will have better job prospects than those without a bachelor’s.In addition, all four advanced practice specialties—clinical nurse specialists, nurse practitioners, midwives, and anesthetists—will be in high demand, particularly in medically underserved areas such as inner cities and rural areas. Relative to physicians, these RNs increasingly serve as lower-cost primary care providers.

Sources: http://stats.bls.gov/oco/ocos083.htm .

Other than management, physical therapy seems to pay best There is a good salary survey at the following link:allied-physicians.com/salary_surveys/nur... here are the important breakdowns:Average Annual Income By Hospital Setting Setting IncomeNational Average $45,500 Acute Care $45,000 Ambulatory Care Center/HMO $44,000 Case Management $48,000 Community/ Home Health $44,600 Health Insurance Co/School $42,000 Dietician $37,000 LPN $33,500 Nurse Manager $65,000 Extended Care/ Psych $38,500 Physical Therapist $55,000 Physician's Office $36,500 Speech Pathology $44,000 Operating Room $45,000 Average Hourly Pay By Specialty Critical Care $19.45 OR $19.75 Medicine/ Surgery $18.80 Emergency $18.75 I hope that helps! Sources: http://www.allied-physicians.com/salary_surveys/nurse-salaries.htm .

See some lists below swz.salary.com/salarywizard/layoutscript... Nurse Practitioner Examines and treats patients independently and in autonomous collaboration with other health care professionals. Range $64,455 $69,771 $81,543 $86,9432 Nurse Practitioner - Specialty Care Works in collaboration with a physician to assess the physical needs of patient's medical type such as psychiatric,Range $67,247 $73,566 $89,562 $97,8073 Nurse Practitioner - Emergency Room Works in collaboration with a physician to assess the physical needs of patients admitted to the emergency roomRange $65,167 $72,564 $88,287 $95,2054 Nurse Practitioner - Nursing Home Examines and treats patients independently and in autonomous collaboration with other health care professionalsRange $60,624 $63,939 $71,032 $74,175Obviously, this is for an area of the country - I chose Louisville, KY Sources: http://swz.salary.com/salarywizard/layoutscripts/swzl_matchjob.asp?searchtextvalue=nurse+practitioner&zipcode=47129&x=25&y=4 .

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