Medical resident vs prn

The differences between medical residents and prns can be seen in a few details. Each job has different responsibilities and duties. It typically takes 1-3 months to become both a medical resident and an prn. Additionally, a medical resident has an average salary of $57,084, which is higher than the $39,642 average annual salary of an prn.

The top three skills for a medical resident include patients, patient care and residency program. The most important skills for an prn are patients, healthcare, and occupational therapy.

Medical resident vs prn overview

	Medical Resident	PRN
Yearly salary	$57,084	$39,642
Hourly rate	$27.44	$19.06
Growth rate	9%	9%
Number of jobs	51,847	72,309
Job satisfaction	-	-
Most common degree	Doctoral Degree, 35%	Associate Degree, 41%
Average age	42	42
Years of experience	3	3

Medical resident vs prn salary

Medical residents and prns have different pay scales, as shown below.

	Medical Resident	PRN
Average salary	$57,084	$39,642
Salary range	Between $49,000 And $65,000	Between $17,000 And $89,000
Highest paying City	Boston, MA	Davis, CA
Highest paying state	Maine	Hawaii
Best paying company	Staten Island Academy	Erlanger Health System
Best paying industry	Health Care	Professional

Differences between medical resident and prn education

There are a few differences between a medical resident and an prn in terms of educational background:

	Medical Resident	PRN
Most common degree	Doctoral Degree, 35%	Associate Degree, 41%
Most common major	Medicine	Nursing
Most common college	-	-

Medical resident vs prn demographics

Here are the differences between medical residents' and prns' demographics:

	Medical Resident	PRN
Average age	42	42
Gender ratio	Male, 47.2% Female, 52.8%	Male, 21.0% Female, 79.0%
Race ratio	Black or African American, 22.7% Unknown, 5.3% Hispanic or Latino, 16.5% Asian, 8.5% White, 45.9% American Indian and Alaska Native, 1.0%	Black or African American, 11.0% Unknown, 4.9% Hispanic or Latino, 13.6% Asian, 8.3% White, 61.4% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.9%
LGBT Percentage	7%	7%

Differences between medical resident and prn duties and responsibilities

Medical resident example responsibilities.

Start, equip and manage the best ICU in Syria.
Accomplish physical examinations, diagnosis, and treat diabetic and pediatric patients.
Coordinate disposition of brachytherapy sources.
Work as a brachytherapy physicist and gain ample experience in handling radioactive sources
Demonstrate professional bedside manner, patient confidentiality, inform consent procedure and effective communication skills guide by hospital and HIPAA regulations.
Maintain and restock medication in Pyxis machine.

Prn example responsibilities.

Develop discharge plans base on individual patients' medical and ADL needs to ensure safety and security issues are addressed.
Experience with ICU patients including ventilator and non-ventilator dependent patients.
Tend to the physical and emotional needs of patients recovering from critical injury or extensive orthopedic surgery.
Provide patient rehabilitation to primarily geriatric short/long term care patients of different diagnosis and document treatment sessions appropriately.
Provide PRN speech services including evaluation and treatments in acute care, inpatient rehabilitation, and outpatient settings with adult populations
Incorporate invasive monitoring and CPR skills as needed.

Medical resident vs prn skills

Common medical resident skills

Patients, 26%
Patient Care, 11%
Residency Program, 10%
Rehabilitation, 5%
Oncology, 5%
Surgery, 4%

Common prn skills

Patients, 29%
Healthcare, 9%
Occupational Therapy, 7%
CPR, 5%
Rehabilitation, 5%
Customer Service, 4%