- Based on 292 Jobtrees users who were a Registered Nurse in their career, on average, they have 3.72 years of experience and 3 jobs prior to this one. They have spent a significant amount of time in this job before moving on 5.5 years on average and earn $87K per year on average in this less senior role.
- 33% of Jobtrees users moved to another job with this same title in their next career step. The most common career steps after Registered Nurse are Nurse Practitioner, Nursing Instructor and Nursing Director. All of the most common career paths from this job are from the same job family, Medical - Nurse, which shows that your mostly likely path is within this discipline.
- If you are looking for more ideas on potential career paths from this job, you should also consider Nurse and Nurse Manager as they commonly lead to Registered Nurse as well. Find more insights below about this specific career path based on our Jobtrees users' experience.
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- The most common career steps to get to Registered Nurse are Nurse Practitioner, Nursing Instructor and Nursing Director based on actual career paths reported to Jobtrees.
- Nurse Practitioner, the most common step before Registered Nurse, is a more senior role which is common to see in career paths. This is a natural and common career progression as titles aren't synonymous across companies so a more senior title doesn't always mean higher pay and larger scope. For Registered Nurse, this is an indication that you should focus more on the scope of the role than the specific title when thinking about building a path to Registered Nurse.
- While Nurse Practitioner is the most common, there is no specific role leading to Registered Nurse that is an overwhelmingly common path.
- This shows there are many potential paths to becoming a Registered Nurse so focusing on translatable skills is likely more important than a specific role.
- All of the most common roles leading to Registered Nurse are from the job family, Medical - Nurse, which shows that in order to get this role you also likely need to have experience in this field first.
- If you are looking for more potential career paths to Registered Nurse, you should also consider Nurse, Staff Nurse and Nurse Manager as they commonly lead to Registered Nurse as well.
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- The most common degrees or certifications earned by Jobtrees users on the path to become Registered Nurse are Bachelor Degree In Registered Nurse, Bachelor Of Science (b.sc.) In Nursing, and Bachelor Of Science (b.sc.) In Registered Nurse. There may be other specific certification requirements to land a job with this role, so please make sure to check local regulations as well.
- Career paths aren't linear with people often returning to a prior role which is what you see with Nurse Practitioner being on the path to and from Registered Nurse. This is common when people move companies where the title is the same as a past one but the scope may be different but also is commonly driven by them choosing to return to a function they fit well with.
- Registered Nurse is part of the Medical - Nurse job family which has a limited number of unique role types (26) within that discipline. Choosing to pursue a role within this family likely will mean that you will need to look outside of your discipline to find new roles and so should focus on related skills as part of that search.
- Other common titles that have similar job requirements and career paths as Registered Nurse are Critical Care Registered Nurse, Emergency Room Registered Nurse, Registered Nurse Certification, Registered Nurse Ii, Rn.