The percentage of uninsured U.S. adults has dropped from 18 percent in 2013 to 13.4 percent, as of midway 2014, according to a survey by the Gallup-Healthways Well-Being Index. Thatâs the lowest quarterly rate in more than six years of tracking the uninsured.
The salary prospects for clinical nurse leaders are very good, with a national median annual wage of $84,000. However, the role is reasonably new and currently focuses on the improvement of patient outcomes.
According to PayScale.com, the average nurse salary today is somewhere between $38,000 and $78,000 per year ($20- $37 per hour with $26 being the average). There can be huge differences in pay from place to place. There are several things that will affect this base rate of pay in your nurse salary.