30 least stressful nursing jobs that pay well

Postpartum care nurses were ranked the least stressful job that paid the best, according to Nursing Process.

Nursing Process, an independent education website, 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 like ZipRecruiter 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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