Tulsa Health Department

You also help orient new staff, residents, and students when they rotate through. Nurses who have worked here tend to talk about the benefits package first: health, vision, and dental coverage, paid legal holidays, vacation time, and continuing education. Pay has been called non-competitive next to that package; Glassdoor submissions for Public Health Nurse land roughly in the $68K–$87K range from a small sample. Tulsa’s lower cost of living can soften that math if you are relocating. One hard note: the central clinic has been described as sitting in a high-crime area, with occasional client threats and slow security response. Advancement has also been called limited. If steady community work and solid benefits matter more to you than a steep clinical ladder or top-of-market base pay, this is worth a closer look.

Community-facing public health nursing—immunizations, family planning, screenings, education, and outreach to diverse local clients.