Are you satisfied?

Is this for personal use, project for school, if for school has it been IRB approved? You may get more information if you explain why you are requesting personal information such as salary on an open forum.

There are tons of forums on allnurses.com that request salaries, if people are uncomfortable posting salary then they don't have to respond :). It is because a bunch of us students were wondering how many NPs work in the field that they are certified in. There has been a lot of confusion regarding scope of practice, especially when comparing ACNP and FNP. It has also been noticed that ACNPs are usually paid more according to job postings that we looked at but we don't know if that is because of the ACNP certification or due to working in acute care. It was also noticed that DOE for pay can be confusing, some employers care about prior nursing experience while others do not and pay/hire based on NP experience only. I'm sure there are a lot of NP students and practicing NPs who have wondered what others' experiences have been like. I am also very curious regarding job satisfaction by practice and also by state, I'm wondering if there is more satisfaction in states with a more expanded scope than others. Also, general satisfaction based on practice, are midwives more satisfied than ICU nps? Stuff like that.

There are tons of forums on allnurses.com that request salaries if people are uncomfortable posting salary then they don't have to respond :). It is because a bunch of us students were wondering how many NPs work in the field that they are certified in. There has been a lot of confusion regarding scope of practice, especially when comparing ACNP and FNP. It has also been noticed that ACNPs are usually paid more according to job postings that we looked at but we don't know if that is because of the ACNP certification or due to working in acute care. It was also noticed that DOE for pay can be confusing, some employers care about prior nursing experience while others do not and pay/hire based on NP experience only. I'm sure there are a lot of NP students and practicing NPs who have wondered what others' experiences have been like. I am also very curious regarding job satisfaction by practice and also by state, I'm wondering if there is more satisfaction in states with a more expanded scope than others. Also, general satisfaction based on practice, are midwives more satisfied than ICU nps? Stuff like that.[/quote']

Cool. Just wondering. Sometimes people try to gather information for other than honorable means.