Do FNP's really make 80k to 90k a year?

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Hi everyone,

I was talking to my aunt who is an FNP, but she mostly teaches and does research. She was telling me that FNP's make 80k-90k a year and that FNP's are going to be really in demand when health care reform kicks in. I told her I wanted to be a PNP, NNP, or a midwife. She told me that PNP's don't make as much money, that is hard to break into the neonatal specialty, and that midwifes are only really needed in Kentucky. I really want to work with babies and/or children because I just LOVE them. So I was just curious about how hard it is to break into these specialties and I'm curious about general salary ranges. I'm not expecting to make a ton of money as a nurse I just want to love the work I do. Thanks in advance!

Managed care.

Forgive my ignorance, what's that?

I have that same question.

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Managed care.

That isn't a specialty, that's an insurance scheme, like Kaiser or Humana

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Specializes in FNP.
Forgive my ignorance, what's that?

WellMed Medical Group

It's an awesome place to work with excellent pay and benefits. The patients love us. The providers who work here have been her for years. New ones who come from all over the country tell me that this is the best job they've had. I have yet to find a better job.

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I have that same question.

Think of it in terms of a company like Kaiser--- that owns and runs a medical facility: very much oriented around processes that streamline everything to optimize cost control and maximize profit. Some of them are run by very greedy people who care only about $$$, but I have worked in some that were very well organized, the patients were treated well, the staff were treated fairly, and they were very good about minimizing waste. Unfortunately, the good ones rarely needed locum workers for long or at all because their positions fill relatively quickly and the people who work for them rarely leave.

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Specializes in burn ICU, SICU, ER, Trauma Rapid Response.
WellMed Medical Group

It's an awesome place to work with excellent pay and benefits. The patients love us. The providers who work here have been her for years. New ones who come from all over the country tell me that this is the best job they've had. I have yet to find a better job.

Thanks for splaining.

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Specializes in burn ICU, SICU, ER, Trauma Rapid Response.
Think of it in terms of a company like Kaiser--- that owns and runs a medical facility: very much oriented around processes that streamline everything to optimize cost control and maximize profit. Some of them are run by very greedy people who care only about $$$, but I have worked in some that were very well organized, the patients were treated well, the staff were treated fairly, and they were very good about minimizing waste. Unfortunately, the good ones rarely needed locum workers for long or at all because their positions fill relatively quickly and the people who work for them rarely leave.

I used to work as a nurse in New Zealand. What you described sounds exactly like thier national health care system. NZ Health has the lowest rate of medication usage among the developed world, spends the least per citizen, an has amazing outcomes.

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Specializes in Family Nurse Practitioner.
NZ Health has the lowest rate of medication usage among the developed world, spends the least per citizen, an has amazing outcomes.

Whoa wait a minute bite your tongue! On this side of the pond we have magic pills for every ailment negating the need for therapy, coping skills, exercise, moderation or maturity. :D Said in jest as this is the patient mentality I struggle with on a daily basis.

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Specializes in Neonatal Nurse Practitioner.

I'm an NNP student so I can speak to that a little. As far as I know, there aren't any NNP schools that don't require experience as an RN in a level III NICU or higher. One school stated 1 year, but every other school requires 2. It's required because you don't learn anything about the NICU in RN school. Our orientation as RNs takes 4-5 months.

I live in the southeast and new grad FNPs are making $80-90k unless they go rural. New grad NNPs are averaging about $105-115k. While it's possible, that you may have to move for a job, there are plenty to go around offering loan repayment, relocation, and sign on bonuses.

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Specializes in Family Nurse Practitioner.
I'm an NNP student so I can speak to that a little. As far as I know, there aren't any NNP schools that don't require experience as an RN in a level III NICU or higher. One school stated 1 year, but every other school requires 2. It's required because you don't learn anything about the NICU in RN school. Our orientation as RNs takes 4-5 months.

I live in the southeast and new grad FNPs are making $80-90k unless they go rural. New grad NNPs are averaging about $105-115k. While it's possible, that you may have to move for a job, there are plenty to go around offering loan repayment, relocation, and sign on bonuses.

I love that your specialty still requires actual experience and acknowledges you can't learn everything necessary in our brief programs. What a shame the NP wages are so low in such a complicated and high stakes specialty.

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