The 2018 NPWH Women’s Health Nurse Practitioner Workforce Demographics and Compensation Survey highlights several environments in which WHNPs practice, including:
- Private practice offices
- Community health centers
- Hospital-based clinics
- Academic medical centers
- Schools and colleges
- Correctional facilities
- Inpatient settings
- Patients’ homes
WHNPs may work in urban, suburban, or rural areas, and may also potentially provide telehealth services (remote care).
Learn more about becoming a women's health nurse practitioner
Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), U.S. Department of Labor, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics 2023 / Occupational Outlook Handbook 2022. BLS estimates do not represent entry-level wages and/or salaries. Multiple factors, including prior experience, age, geography market in which you want to work and degree field, will affect career outcomes and earnings. Herzing neither represents that its graduates will earn the average salaries calculated by BLS for a particular job nor guarantees that graduation from its program will result in a job, promotion, salary increase or other career growth.