ACNP Salaries

Also, I do rounding for the other physician. I am paid $45/pt. However, he would also like me to do procedures prn on these patients....placing central lines, PICC line, quinton dialysis catheters, arterial lines, chest tubes. Any idea of what you would charge for such procedures? Clearly more than $45.

I work with an ICU service where we do those things already. We don't get paid per procedure, rather, we get a salary as employees of the hospital. It's way more than $45 an hour but I'm in San Francisco where most everything cost way more as well.

Juan de la cruz, may I ask what an average ACNP new grad would make in the bay area? I've been accepted into a program but on the fence about it lately... and one factor is if it's worth the tuition investment vs working as a staff RN in the bay area.

Couple things to say...

It depends on where you will be working. The SF/Bay Area is always going to be a goldmine for RN's working in hospitals. The unions are strong and RN's do command the highest salary in the entire country. That said, don't be surprised to hear some anecdotal accounts of NP's making similar or less than RN pay.

ACNP's work in many settings from hospitals to private practice with physicians. I have always worked as a hospital employee. In the Bay Area, the major hospitals have NP's - UCSF, Stanford, CPMC, SFGH, Kaiser, and the VA's, all have NP's as employees. UCSF's pay scale is online and searchable. NP's are either hired as Nurse Practitioner II (union) or Clinical Nurse VI (non-union). I am a union employee and my salary is predetermined based on the union contract. I am happy with my pay and it is more than many of the RN pay mainly because I also have many years of total nursing experience (RN and NP combined).

Kaiser NP's make a ton more than any other hospital (maybe with the exception of SFGH) - I know this because I've seen their union contract and know a few NP's who work there. It's hard to get in unless you already work for them as a bedside nurse. CPMC and VA are both on the lower end. SFGH's pay scale is great and also searchable online. VA's post the pay on the job posting itself. I have no figures as far as private practice goes - I think that's where there are a lot of low-balling and/or surprisingly sweet deals.