Pediatric Nurse Practitioner Salary

As said before, nursing is one of the noblest professions which involves selfless service to sick or unhealthy patients. Many people want to pursue their career in nursing but after thinking that it is not much of a rewarding job in terms of money, they opt out. But the truth is there are so many different types of nursing careers nowadays, which apart from giving an inner contentment, also offer quite a decent salary. So anyone who has a zest of doing some humanitarian work, pediatric nurse practitioner is one of the best job profile they can opt for. Well, holding on to this though, here in this article, we will discuss the salary range, but before that, let's first have a brief idea about this job profile.

Job Description

Nurse Practitioners (NP) are basically registered nurses who have completed master's level education in nursing and clinical training in a specific health care domain like acute care, oncology, community health, prenatal care, pediatrics or psychiatric health. A pediatric nurse practitioner is a nurse who has received a master's degree and clinical training in pediatrics (a branch of medicine related with the treatment of infants and children). A pediatric nurse primarily provides nursing care to his/her patients but under a physician's supervision.

The main role of the nurse is to observe and monitor the patient's condition and maintain a record of the condition and reactions of the drugs or medications on the patient. Apart from these duties, a pediatric nurse performs physical examinations and preventive health care measures but only under his/her physician's recommendations. The role of a pediatric nurse practitioner does not end here, hence, he/she also has to arrange referrals, references, therapeutic services, and consult with other specialists on course of care and treatment. However, in future, a pediatric nurse practitioner can also consider starting an independent practice but only if the State law permits.

To become a full-time pediatrics nurse practitioner, one has to first complete a master's degree in nursing. He/she has to attend a nursing school to attain a Baccalaureate degree in nursing. In order to become a certified pediatric nurse, the candidate first has to be a registered nurse which requires a degree of nursing and some experience of treating patients. After this, to certify as a pediatric nurse, he/she has to enroll for an NP program which usually takes 3 to 4 years to complete.

Salary

Though according to the 2008 data from an AANP, nurse practitioners concerning all specialties earn on an average a base salary of $84,250 and an average full-time income somewhere around $92,100 per annum. However, for a clear idea, check out the tables below.

Pediatric Nurse Practitioner Salary in Different Cities
City	Salary (per annum)
Miami, FL	$100,572
Chicago, IL	$98,379
Houston, TX	$95,577
Phoenix, AZ	$95,359
Dallas, TX	$94,967
Atlanta, GA	$89,709
Indianapolis, IN	$89,361
Orlando, FL	$83,269
Cincinnati, OH	$87,469
Charlotte, NC	$78,964

Pediatric Nurse Practitioner Salaries
Job Title	Salary (per annum)
Nurse Practitioner Correctional Facility	$121,000
Hospitalist Nurse Practitioner	$116,000
Nurse Practitioner Cardiology	$109,000
Nurse Practitioner (NP)	$106,000
Pediatric Nurse Practitioner	$105,000
Neonatal Nurse Practitioner	$101,000
Physician Assistant Nurse Practitioner	$91,000
Nurse Practitioner Psychiatric	$83,000
Nurse Practitioners Physician Assistant	$81,000
Family Nurse Practitioner	$78,000
Dental Hygienist Assistant Training	$54,000

This job is not a 9 to 5 one, hence it is an extremely demanding work wherein one has to take care of his/her patients even after normal working hours and may require to do rotating shifts during anytime of the day in order to serve the patients in the hospital. To sum up, we can say that it a diverse, demanding and challenging job that holds a huge responsibility on the person doing it. However, whatever may be the stress or anxiety level, after serving and curing sick patients the amount of satisfaction one gets is unbeatable.