Nurses seldom consider switching careers, according to a new analysis from Indeed.
For the analysis, Indeed examined resume data for thousands of individuals to assess how often people click on job postings outside of their existing job title, referred to as career-switch search rate. Researchers centered their analysis on the top 300 job titles for individuals with a bachelor's degree or higher.
Nursing roles comprised five of the top 20 career titles with the lowest career-switch search rate. For example, only 19 percent of job posting clicks from nurse practitioners were for jobs outside of healthcare. When people in nursing roles did click on job postings for careers outside of healthcare delivery, most jobs were still healthcare-related, such as case manager, administrator or educator.
Here are the top 20 job titles held by individuals least likely to consider career changes. Nurse positions are bolded.
Java developer — 8 percent
Nurse practitioner — 19 percent
Registered nurse — 23 percent
Network engineer — 25 percent
Charge nurse — 25 percent
Software engineer — 27 percent
Software developer — 28 percent
Licensed practical nurse — 29 percent
Mechanical engineer — 33 percent
Database administrator — 35 percent
Web developer — 35 percent
Design engineer — 37 percent
Speech language pathologist — 37 percent
Physical therapist — 38 percent
Pharmacist — 38 percent
Electrical engineer — 40 percent
Physician assistant — 41 percent
Occupational therapist — 42 percent
Nurse — 43 percent
Director of human resources — 43 percent