Registered Nurses
Assess patient health problems and needs, develop and implement nursing care plans, and maintain medical records. Administer nursing care to ill, injured, convalescent, or disabled patients.
Salary distribution (US)
Real salary data from U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. The p10–p90 spread tells you more than the median alone.
Top skills
Knowledge you'll build
- Medicine and Dentistry
- Customer and Personal Service
- English Language
- Psychology
- Biology
- Education and Training
- Administration and Management
- Chemistry
A day in the life
You begin your shift by receiving a handoff report from the outgoing nurse, reviewing patient charts, and prioritizing which patients need immediate attention based on acuity levels. Your hours are spent administering medications, monitoring vitals, updating electronic health records, and coordinating with physicians, pharmacists, and specialists to adjust care plans in real time. You are constantly on your feet, moving between patient rooms, comforting anxious families, educating patients on their conditions, and responding to call lights and emergencies that can change the pace of your entire shift in an instant. The job is profoundly rewarding when you see a patient recover and go home, but emotionally and physically demanding when you lose a patient or work back-to-back twelve-hour shifts.
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