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Hampton, New Hampshire pays Intensive Care Unit Nurses the most, averaging $53 per hour, followed by Portsmouth, New Hampshire ($49) and Nashua, New Hampshire ($46). Nashua, New Hampshire has the highest ceiling, with max hourly pay reaching $71. For comparison, the Salem, NH average for Registered Nurses is $46 per hour — Hampton, New Hampshire pays 14% more.

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Registered Nurses who provide direct patient care, administer medications, coordinate treatment plans, and monitor patient conditions across diverse healthcare settings including hospitals, clinics and outpatient centers, home health and hospice, schools and public health settings, travel nursing assignments, corrections, long-term acute care, and non-bedside roles such as case management, informatics, education, and telehealth.

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