If your nursing license is at risk for any reason, arrange as quickly as possible to consult with nursing license defense attorney Robert Chelle.

How much will losing your nursing license cost you in Arizona? 

According to PayScale.com, the average annual income in the state of Arizona is $61,000, and the average annual income in the Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale metropolitan area is just over $53,500.

The average annual statewide salary for a Registered Nurse in Arizona is $75,110. 

Thus, if you lose your nursing license as an RN in Arizona, and assuming that you get another job at the average annual Arizona wage, expect an average annual loss of $14,110.

The average annual salary for an RN in the greater Phoenix metropolitan area is $76,140. 

If you lose your nursing license as an RN in the Phoenix area, and assuming that you get another job at the average annual Phoenix-area wage, expect an average annual loss of $22,640.

An Arizona RN in his or her mid-forties will likely work for another twenty years, so losing your nursing license as an RN in Arizona can mean the loss of more than $280,000 in a twenty-year period, and here in the Phoenix area, it can mean losing more than $445,000 over twenty years.

The average annual salary for an LPN in the greater Phoenix metropolitan area is $54,550. 

If you lose your nursing license as a Phoenix-area LPN, and if you get another job at the average annual Phoenix-area wage, your average annual loss is $1,050 (or $21,000 over a twenty-year period).

If you are a CRNA or a Nurse Practitioner in Arizona, losing your nursing license means losing a six-figure income. 

Losing your license can also mean losing your good professional reputation – as well as losing the years of education and training it took to earn that license and reputation.

The revocation of your nursing license is the harshest penalty that can be imposed on a nurse by the Arizona State Board of Nursing. 

When a nurse loses his or her license, the remaining options for working in healthcare will be limited.

If an ex-nurse seeks work as a nursing assistant, a license revocation will probably be discovered in a background check. 

Unlicensed nurses may, however, be able to transfer their computer skills and knowledge of medical terminology into a job as a medical secretary or transcriptionist.

A nurse whose license is revoked or suspended may have to explore employment options outside of the medical field. 

However, according to the American Journal of Nursing, if you’ve lost a nursing license, you’ll probably be unable to work in other professions that require licensing.

And no matter what vocational path you choose if your nursing license is revoked or suspended, a background check which discovers that revocation or suspension may negatively impact your ability to find a new job.