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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. May advise patients on health maintenance and disease prevention or provide case management. Licensing or registration required.
What a registered nurse does
Become a registered nurse
If you enjoy doing these activities, you might make a good registered nurse
- Listening to others, not interrupting, and asking good questions.
- Talking to others.
- Noticing a problem and figuring out the best way to solve it.
- Understanding people's reactions.
- Changing what is done based on other people's actions.
Discover what you could earn in Washington
- Average hourly rate is $49 per hour with an average salary of $101,700 per year.
- Half of workers earn between $40 and $57 per hour.
- Half of workers earn an annual salary between $82,800 and $118,600 per year.
Registered Nurse job outlook
- There are 64,923 workers in this occupation in Washington.
- There are 5,505 openings per year in this occupation in Washington.