The list ranked professions on a scale of 1 to 100 on stress tolerance and how important “accepting criticism and dealing calmly and effectively with high-stress situations” was to the job.
Here are the nine nursing professions ranked for stress tolerance with their scores:
- Acute care nurses: 97
- Nurse anesthetists: 96
- Nurse midwives: 96
- Advanced practice psychiatric nurses: 94
- Critical care nurses: 93
- Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses: 87
- Nurse practitioners: 87
- Registered nurses: 87
- Clinical nurse specialists: 85
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