Popular Careers in Healthcare Innovation
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Chief Nursing Officer
Median Salary: $134,719
Chief nursing officers (CNOs) are responsible for directing nursing activities according to existing hospital procedures. They follow strict safety policies to ensure adequate patient care and collaborate with hospital leadership to design innovative patient care strategies.
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Public Health Director
Median Salary: $79,101
Public health directors are responsible for leading public health programs for their employer. Tasks performed by these directors include managing a budget, planning programming and services, and ensuring that all programming and services meet constituents’ needs.
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Long Term Care Nursing Director
Median Salary: $85,475
Long term care nursing directors are generally employed by nursing homes and larger facilities, such as CCRCs (continuing care retirement communities). In many cases, the long term care nursing director is second-in-command to the facility administrator, and, as such, assumes all of the administrator’s duties in the event of their absence.
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