How Much Does a Geriatric Nurse Make a Year?
Geriatric nurses evaluate patients and develop and implement a care plan. They provide information and guidance to the patients, their families and any caregivers in regard to the patient's condition and nursing care needs. These registered nurses may coordinate nursing care within a department or a home health care agency that focuses on elderly patients. Most geriatric nurses earn at least $56,000 per year as of 2011.
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Salary Range
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The median annual salary for a registered nurse specializing in geriatrics was $60,470 as of March 2011, reports Salary.com. Those in the middle 50 percent of the earnings scale made $56,121 to $65,721 per year. The top 10 percent had salaries over $70,500 per year, and only the bottom 10 percent earned $52,162 and less.
Geography
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Salaries for geriatric nurses vary significantly with geography. Geriatric nurses in Muskogee, Oklahoma, for instance, had a median annual salary of $51,106, while those in Seattle, Washington, earned a median salary of $67,273 per year. Geriatric nurses in Jackson, Michigan, had a median annual salary of $57,929; in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, $59,623; in Middlebury, Vermont, $59,920; in Atlanta, Georgia, $60,533; in Denver, Colorado, $63,195; in San Bernardino, California, 64,419; and in Anchorage, Alaska, $68,906.
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Job Openings
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Geriatric nurses are needed throughout the country in hospitals and medical centers; geriatric clinics and general outpatient clinics; geriatric fracture centers; wound care treatment centers; geriatric psychiatric units; senior behavioral health centers; senior living centers; and home health care, as illustrated by job listings at Indeed.com. Posted pay rates have a very wide range, from about $18.80 to $45 per hour, translating to about $39,100 to $93,600 per year.
Benefits
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The Indeed.com job listings show that geriatric nurses receive substantial benefit packages. Examples of benefits from some organizations include health, dental, vision, life and disability insurance in a variety of plan options, along with a company-matched savings plan or a paid pension plan, paid vacations, paid holidays, paid personal days, professional development stipends, tuition assistance, scholarship funds and free fitness center memberships.
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