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  1. What is your take home pay as Nurse Practitioner?

    Where do you work? Sounds like a regular day in Phoenix Psych.
  2. Inpatient NPs - what is your patient load?

    Lovemyplants, I'm a PsychNP but work at a crisis stabilization unit. We have a 16bed inpt unit along with our intake area. Just wonder what kind of unit you work on (geri, adult, dual diagnosis) and how do you like it. I havent done inpt as an NP an...
  3. Meely-Mouthed Recruiters

    Can you pm the company's name? I get phone calls daily from one company but then when I told them the pay rate I was looking for (locum tenens) they hung up on me! Just wondering.
  4. What is your take home pay as Nurse Practitioner?

    Madglee, Where exactly do you work? PM if you can. Wouldnt mind moving if I could make numbers like that only working 40hrs/week.
  5. Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner Salary

    Contractor here. Looks like Im going to make 225k by the end of the year. Of course I work like a mad woman but I have no kids and will probably slow it down. Looking for a raise so hopefully wont be doing 56hr/week like Im doing now. And yes I take...
  6. Orientation for new grad Psych Nurse Practitioners

    Agree with the above posters. I think I had a week or so of orientation but that was just because it took a while to get me credentialed for their insurers, mental health system. My second job was more like here's the office and theres the bathroom. ...
  7. RN or NP: which role was more stressful?

    Less stressed as NP. I do have to worry about getting sued and negative outcomes. Still I feel like I have more control of my career and day to day work and therefore less overall stress.
  8. NP: Still a nurse?

    Yikes! Talk about hostile work environment. Where do you work that you have 30 NP's? Just curious.
  9. "Why didn't you go to medical school?"

    Hey, it's my honest answer. Maybe if I came from a more wealthy, more educated family I would have gone to med school . As it was I knew I had to pay my own way through school and life. I think my patients appreciate my candor and honesty. Most of th...
  10. NP: Still a nurse?

    "It's my straight cred" oops "street"
  11. NP: Still a nurse?

    Oh wow! That is odd. Maybe she didnt have much RN time prior to her NP? Don't know but something's up because I think most of us are proud of our nursing experience. It's my straight cred.
  12. "Why didn't you go to medical school?"

    When patients ask, I answer with "I had to work for a living." Kind of like when enlisted personnel are referred to as "sir" and they say "Im not an officer I work for a living!"
  13. NP: Still a nurse?

    I still consider myself a nurse. I think I use "when I worked inpt" or "bedside" to differentiate the two roles. Now granted I wouldnt wanted to go back to RN bedside nursing but I am proud of my RN time and experiences. I wonder if that person from ...
  14. For those who relocated for first FNP job (long post)

    Moved 3k miles away from all I know as well. From NY to AZ and love it! I had always planned on moving out to AZ. Not because I knew anyone or anything about AZ but just because I knew it was warmer and the pay was better. It was a pain in the buttoc...
  15. Stories of people who have gone straight from BSN to NP?

    I'm a PsychNP and completely agree with what you are talking about. I also realize that this may not be the case with non-psych NP's. Part of being a PsychNP is med mgt but the bigger part is gathering accurate, truthful information. There's no blood...