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| No. 10 | 
Jul 04, 2008, 01:04 PM
 Re: NP Salaries Realistically and grades!
In south Florida I'm seeing jobs for new grads starting in the low $80k. That would be M-F in an office setting with no hospital calls. However, the cost of living here is very high. If your looking to make the big $$ CRNA's make 6 figures as do Nursing Informatics (computer programmers who are nurses). I think some of the executive/business positions also pay very well. As an FNP I think it's going to be real hard to make 6 figures without working 2 jobs. The job market in Texas seems awesome, great pay and low cost of living. I would move there if it were not for family here.
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Jul 05, 2008, 07:04 PM
Re: NP Salaries Realistically and grades! Originally Posted by DaisyRN, ACNP 
Yes, the 6 month period is time for me to become productive, yet I am still tracking my charges during this time to assess how I am doing.
Actually, you would want some productivity factored into it. It's a way to be rewarded for the hard work that you do. Granted, I don't think I would want to be productivity only, but having a decent salary on top of quarterly productivity bonuses, will be nice.
Good points! When you say "How is the practice office/hospital," what do you mean?
Do you work only in the office or do you get to make rounds?
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Jul 06, 2008, 11:27 AM
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Jul 06, 2008 at 11:30 AM by DaisyRN, ACNP
Re: NP Salaries Realistically and grades! Originally Posted by JDCitizen Do you work only in the office or do you get to make rounds?
Heya,
Yea... I work both. My schedule is M-Th 7:30-10 in the hospital supervising inpatient/outpt stress testing, then clinic from 10-2ish. Sometimes I go back to the hospital to help my supervising doc with consults/rounds if he is post-call. And if he is on call, I am generally just in the hospital helping him with the consults and determining whether or not the patients need immediate caths of if they can wait. On Fridays, I go to the hospital for stress testing from 7:30-10, then help whoever is on call with consults. I personally like the variety of being able to do both in- and outpatient.
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Jul 06, 2008, 03:13 PM
Re: NP Salaries Realistically and grades! Originally Posted by DaisyRN, ACNP
Heya,
Yea... I work both. My schedule is M-Th 7:30-10 in the hospital supervising inpatient/outpt stress testing, then clinic from 10-2ish. Sometimes I go back to the hospital to help my supervising doc with consults/rounds if he is post-call. And if he is on call, I am generally just in the hospital helping him with the consults and determining whether or not the patients need immediate caths of if they can wait. On Fridays, I go to the hospital for stress testing from 7:30-10, then help whoever is on call with consults. I personally like the variety of being able to do both in- and outpatient.
Thanks...
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Wow, sounds like a way cool work environment.
Oops did I date myself with the way cool.......
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Jul 07, 2008, 01:13 PM
Re: NP Salaries Realistically and grades! Originally Posted by JDCitizen
Oops did I date myself with the way cool.......
Yeah, but I, too, have said that on occasion and think, oh my God! I'm so old!
Kris
| | No. 19 |
Jul 26, 2008, 01:29 PM
Re: NP Salaries Realistically and grades! Originally Posted by SarasotaRN2b I hate to say it but you are looking at just the $$$ of being a nurse. Are you an RN yet? In nursing school? Nursing is tough.
I think that as a nurse you have the ability to make a comfortable living, and being a career in demand you have the opportunity to increase your income by working overtime or per diem in other facilities. But more important (to me, anyway) is the working environment and doing what you enjoy. If you are going to be spending a major portion of your days working, let it be in an area where you are happy.
Im not in nursing school yet, I just applied. I don't expect it to be especially easy, nor do I expect it to be the hardest thing I have ever done. I already have 90 some credits in college. I have no doubt in my mind that im capeable of getting through an RN program.
I should be able to get through the BSN pretty quick becuase I should only have to take nursing classes. Money is important. I didn't decide nursing because of the money alone. I feel it leaves me with good options towards graduate school. I could have graduated with an exercise science degree with 7 more classes, but I was discurraged with stories of people not getting into graduate school. I didn't really want to work in that field. I really enjoyed my biology classes. Im sure ill probably change my mind sometimes through. I don't think any program with intentions to get into grad school is easy. You see the kinda people in college a lot dont go to class and have like 2.3 averages. It becomes a lot more challanging if you want to throw in grad school. Im about to turn 23 I really want to have a plan set so i can get throgh everything as fast as possible.
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