By Mariah Taylor
Postpartum care nurses were ranked the least stressful job that paid the best, according to an independent education website, that used factors such as staffing levels, administrative demand, support and safety conditions to determine some of the nursing jobs with the least stress. They then used job sites to determine the average salary for those positions.
Here are the 30 least stressful nursing jobs and their average pay:
1. Postpartum care: $148,604
2. Wound care nurse: $127,569
3. Occupational health nurse: $115,441
4. Nurse educator: $104,347
5. Pre/post-op nurse: $103,422
6. Informatics nurse: $100,000
7. Nurse entrepreneur: $100,000
8. Vaccine nurse: $96,000
9. Medical supply or device educator: $95,208
10. Clinical educator: $92,394
11. Laser hair removal nurse: $88,341
12. Nurse recruiter: $85,992
13. Case management: $83,475
14. Infusion nurse: $82,581
15. Stress test lab nurse: $80,673
16. Hospice house nurse: $80,290
17. Legal nurse consultant: $78,317
18. Virtual helpline nurse: $77,285
19. Research nurse: $76,408
20. Private duty nurse: $74,828
21. College health clinic nurse: $74,616
22. Community health nurse: $71,231
23. Clinic nurse: $68,442
24. Office nurse: $67,499
25. IV team nurse: $65,925
26. Health coach: $64,340
27. Parenteral or enteral nurse: $61,651
28. School nurse: $61,430
29. Nurse writer: $56,472
30. Resort or cruise nurse: $54,000
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