Some Nurses Land Higher Salaries Than Primary Care Doctors

Care to read some lively discussions on the WSJ health blog? This particular story has caught a lot of attention recently:

Some Nurses Land Higher Salaries Than Primary Care Doctors

In the past year, nurse anesthetists recruited through the staffing firm Merritt Hawkins & Associates landed salaries that averaged $185,000.

That beats the pay for family practice docs hired through the firm, who averaged $172,000, and internists, who averaged $176,000.