What is the job outlook for MSN prepared nurses?
See AACN’s article- Your Nursing Career: A Look at the Facts Master’s-degree-prepared nurses can earn approximately $60,000 to $90,000 per year, depending on their field. The need for nurses at many levels is great and promises to increase over the next generation (U.S. Dept of Labor).Today’s employers seek: Nurses prepared at the bachelor’s and graduate-degree levels who can deliver the higher complexity of care required across a variety of acute-care, primary-care, and community health settings, and to provide other needed services such as case management, health promotion, and disease prevention. Though hiring of RNs is accelerating in more cities, today’s demand varies region by region, market by market. Of particular note is the already pressing shortage of masters and doctorally-prepared nursing faculty. This shortage is already impacting schools of nursing across the country, and promises to become more urgent in coming years (for more information, read the AACN fact sheet on fa