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Also called cardiac care unit nurse, cardiac nurse specialist, ccu nurse and central supply nurse.
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Registered Nurse
Registered Nurse assessing patient health, developing and implementing care plans, and maintaining medical records while administering care to ill or disabled patients. Monitors symptoms, provides first aid, and collaborates with healthcare teams
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Recorded patients' medical information and vital signs at every patient visit, ensuring accurate documentation for ongoing care
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Maintained detailed reports and records to support effective patient management and communication with healthcare teams
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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. May advise patients on health maintenance and disease prevention or provide case management. Licensing or registration required.
What it pays
Annual pay across the United States. The middle figure is the median: half earn less than that, and half earn more.
| 25th percentile | $80,330 |
|---|---|
| Median | $97,550 |
| 75th percentile | $112,350 |
| State | 25th percentile | Median | 75th percentile |
|---|---|---|---|
| AK | $97,700 | $109,480 | $129,100 |
| AL | $63,500 | $77,080 | $83,380 |
| AR | $66,640 | $78,940 | $90,280 |
| AZ | $81,810 | $99,500 | $108,580 |
| CA | $122,440 | $140,270 | $173,170 |
| CO | $84,590 | $100,260 | $108,930 |
| CT | $86,120 | $102,740 | $121,840 |
| DC | $85,850 | $102,540 | $127,800 |
| DE | $85,900 | $99,520 | $111,720 |
| FL | $78,660 | $84,190 | $101,180 |
| GA | $79,090 | $93,550 | $106,330 |
| HI | $101,200 | $136,320 | $144,140 |
| IA | $68,290 | $78,630 | $85,940 |
| ID | $80,900 | $92,460 | $102,320 |
| IL | $80,020 | $95,990 | $105,960 |
| IN | $78,750 | $83,500 | $100,410 |
| KS | $73,300 | $79,320 | $94,700 |
| KY | $75,670 | $81,040 | $97,200 |
| LA | $69,040 | $80,230 | $93,600 |
| MA | $87,460 | $104,550 | $136,110 |
| MD | $83,740 | $99,790 | $107,340 |
| ME | $79,890 | $86,990 | $101,460 |
| MI | $82,080 | $94,300 | $103,450 |
| MN | $88,940 | $101,510 | $114,760 |
| MO | $76,050 | $81,780 | $98,560 |
| MS | $64,930 | $77,090 | $84,500 |
| MT | $80,210 | $85,280 | $100,800 |
| NC | $78,770 | $84,350 | $102,040 |
| ND | $69,620 | $80,730 | $93,080 |
| NE | $79,240 | $84,730 | $99,640 |
| NH | $82,880 | $99,700 | $108,400 |
| NJ | $99,710 | $106,500 | $127,730 |
| NM | $80,960 | $94,340 | $102,750 |
| NV | $86,850 | $103,670 | $120,270 |
| NY | $94,840 | $109,440 | $129,660 |
| OH | $79,200 | $82,510 | $99,030 |
| OK | $77,350 | $82,920 | $98,910 |
| OR | $107,220 | $129,010 | $134,420 |
| PA | $80,610 | $96,430 | $104,730 |
| PR | $38,170 | $39,880 | $49,340 |
| RI | $81,840 | $100,640 | $107,100 |
| SC | $77,320 | $82,360 | $97,230 |
| SD | $65,070 | $78,060 | $84,280 |
| TN | $75,460 | $81,500 | $95,250 |
| TX | $79,170 | $95,970 | $105,100 |
| UT | $80,050 | $84,600 | $105,130 |
| VA | $80,090 | $93,600 | $103,030 |
| VT | $82,210 | $97,460 | $105,210 |
| WA | $103,100 | $124,200 | $134,240 |
| WI | $81,920 | $95,530 | $102,610 |
| WV | $68,160 | $80,130 | $99,770 |
| WY | $77,890 | $83,760 | $101,100 |
Other names
cardiac care unit nurse, cardiac nurse specialist, ccu nurse, central supply nurse, certified operating room nurse, charge nurse, circulating nurse, community health nurse, consultant nurse, consulting nurse, coronary care unit nurse, county nurse.
delivery nurse, dialysis nurse, dialysis registered nurse, emergency department registered nurse, emergency room nurse, emergency room registered nurse, endoscopy registered nurse, er nurse, field nurse, flight nurse, forensic nurse, general duty nurse, genetics nurse, geriatric nurse, home health registered nurse, hospice registered nurse, industrial nurse, industrial registered nurse, industrial staff nurse, infection control nurse, labor and delivery nurse, labor and delivery registered nurse, legal nurse consultant, LNC, maternity nurse, medical registered nurse, medical surgical registered nurse, medical surgical telemetry registered nurse, medical surgical travel registered nurse, neonatal intensive care registered nurse, neonatal nurse, nephrology nurse, nurse, nurse clinician, nurse consultant, nurse receptionist, ob gyn nurse, ob nurse, ob scrub nurse, obstetrical nurse, obstetrics gynecology nurse, obstetrics nurse, obstetrics scrub nurse, occupational health nurse, occupational nurse, oncology nurse, oncology registered nurse, operating room nurse.
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Registered Nurse
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