Nurses Can Be Found In

Practice sites for nurses are becoming more varied and more community based in response to the changing health care market.

• 59% are employed in hospitals.
• 18% work in community or public health settings including health departments, visiting nurse/hospice services, home health care agencies, and substance abuse centers.
• 8% find work in ambulatory care setting such as medical offices, freestanding clinics, health maintenance organizations.
• 7% work in nursing homes, extended care facilities and residential care settings. 
• 7% work in nursing education settings, state boards of nursing, federal agencies, health planning agencies, prisons/jails, and insurance companies.

Estimate Salary With BSN

• National median salary for a registered nurse:  $57,280
• Annual median salary for registered nurses in local regions:
  MO           $51, 280                     IL             $55,180
  AR            $49, 130                     KS           $47,760 
• Larger hospitals over 500 beds tend to pay higher salaries
• VA/Military hospitals offer higher salaries than either for profit or nonprofit hospitals

     Source: Bureau of Labor Services, Occuptational Outlook Handbook, extracted April 15, 2008 http://www.bls.gov/home.htm

Advanced Practice Nurse Salaries

• Clinical Nurse Specialist   $66,899
• Nurse Practitioner               $70,614
• Nurse-Midwives                   $81,575
• Nurse Anesthetists              $112,398

 

 

      Source: Career Builder, National Average Salaries, extracted April 15, 2008 www.cbsalary.com