Any nurse practitioners wish they had be physical therapists?

[Ashtimus Prime]

I was wondering do any nurse practitioners wish they had been physical therapists? Also have any Nurse practitioners on here ever been sued? I want to be a nurse practitioner, but I later on in life was hoping to get married, and I don't want to get the family I have into a mess if I get sued. I would like to own a house one day also, but I think that becomes very impossible after you get sued. I mean I study hard, so chances are I wouldn't because I know what I am doing. If anyone knows what yearly malpractice is for a NP and physical therapist please let me know.

[missdeevah, NP]

NP and PT and two totally different jobs. That's like asking an astronaut if he/she regrets not becoming an accountant.

This!!

[Collor]

If you are named and sued, you have malpractice that will pay. However, if the plaintiff gets more $$ than you are covered for, than you have to pay the difference.

[Marzipan8]

What an interesting question because I actually think about that all the time. I wouldn't mind the pay cut. I like the idea of focusing on helping the patient in that one way and not having to deal w/ the mess of being an NP (pleasing the patients, pleasing the docs, pleasing management, balancing my gaps in education/training with the expectation of autonomy). I'm realizing it doesn't quite fit who I am. I met some great NP's before I chose this profession and wish I had a better understanding of what would've been a better fit for me. Oh well, you may have just caught me on a Monday.

[reggaemuffin, MSN, NP, CNS]

What an interesting question because I actually think about that all the time. I wouldn't mind the pay cut. I like the idea of focusing on helping the patient in that one way and not having to deal w/ the mess of being an NP (pleasing the patients, pleasing the docs, pleasing management, balancing my gaps in education/training with the expectation of autonomy). I'm realizing it doesn't quite fit who I am. I met some great NP's before I chose this profession and wish I had a better understanding of what would've been a better fit for me. Oh well, you may have just caught me on a Monday.

You think about being a physical therapist all the time? Why wouldn't they have those same worries that you listed? They still have to please patients, physicians. Plus I'm sure they have their own host of unique obstacles. They have a difficult job plus it's very physically demanding. I just can't imagine daydreaming about being a physical therapist for less pay as an NP.