Nurses make up the largest profession within the healthcare industry. On the frontlines of providing essential care, they support the health of entire communities. With this great responsibility comes job security, professionalism, and endless career paths. At The University of Tulsa School of Nursing, graduates are not simply seeking jobs – they’re building powerful careers.
Beyond the hospital
Nursing careers are not limited to acute care hospital settings. Graduates of UTulsa’s School of Nursing may find their paths leading them towards nontraditional, invigorating roles.
Military nurses provide care for active-duty members, veterans, and their families in a variety of settings, from base hospitals to combat zones. Flight nurses deliver advanced life support during emergency air transport, requiring a high level of adaptability and autonomy.
Nurse executives are key stakeholders in corporate settings that directly impact the health and wellness culture. Nurse practitioners are serving as primary care providers in rural settings and changing the trajectory of healthcare within their communities and states. Nurse anesthesiologists administer anesthesia in hospitals, surgical settings, and rural areas. Often working independently, this high-responsibility role can offer salaries between $200,000 and $300,000 annually.
Nurses in academia are molding the future of the profession and healthcare. Ph.D.-prepared nurses are forging the path of scholarship and professional advancement by authoring legislative bills, professional articles, and scholarly presentations at the state and national levels.
Healthcare leaders
For individuals with leadership aspirations, nursing can lead to executive roles that shape policy and derive organizational success. For example, chief nursing officers (CNOs) oversee all nursing care within a healthcare system, requiring influential and strategic decisions. This powerful role can offer salaries of $150,000-$200,000 or more.
“At the School of Nursing, our graduates are trained to lead and not follow. We do not simply identify healthcare challenges, we implement solutions,” said Executive Director of Nursing Cassy Abbot Eng.
The UTulsa School of Nursing effect
Alumni are finding success as nurse entrepreneurs, DNP-trained primary care providers, oncology nurses, nursing legislators, and more.
“Our graduates are highly impactful in their roles,” said Eng. “A BSN from UTulsa emphasizes top-tier professionalism, proactive leadership, and intentional public health initiatives, setting our graduates up for executive opportunities, graduate studies, advanced practice roles and thriving academic positions.”
Whether alumni decide to take their career at the bedside, across the country, in the boardroom, or beyond, UTulsa School of Nursing graduates lead with purpose and heart, turning passion into impactful, life-saving careers.
Check out what a flight nurse career looks like
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For alum Madison Jacobson, BSN ’20, her passion for healthcare and aviation came together into her dream job as a flight nurse.