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Registered Nurses
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Registered Nurses

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Assess patient health problems and needs, develop and implement nursing care plans, and maintain medical records. Administer nursing care to ill, injured, convalescent, or disabled patients. May advise patients on health maintenance and disease prevention or provide case management. Licensing or registration required.

What a registered nurse does

Become a registered nurse

If you enjoy doing these activities, you might make a good registered nurse

  • Listening to others, not interrupting, and asking good questions.
  • Talking to others.
  • Noticing a problem and figuring out the best way to solve it.
  • Understanding people's reactions.
  • Changing what is done based on other people's actions.

Discover what you could earn in Washington

  • Wage information is not available. Average annual earnings data is currently unavailable.

Registered Nurse job outlook

  • There are 64,923 workers in this occupation in Washington.
  • There are 5,505 openings per year in this occupation in Washington.

Growth rate by year

Education needed

These occupations require training in vocational schools, an associate's degree, or a bachelor's degree.

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Where this information came from

  • Annual labor market information provided by Washington's Employment Security Department
  • Career information and video provided by U.S. Department of Labor
  • Notes on occupational data methodology