FNP salary?? Productivity stipend?

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  1. FNP monthly income? after taxes please!

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      6000/month
    • 1
      7000/month
    • 1
      8000/month
    • 4
      under 6000
    • 2
      over 8000

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Hi guys! I'm really thinking about becoming a FNP. There's just one thing tho- the pay! Every website I look at says the salary is anywhere between 75 and 95k. Surely, this is not the actual pay of a FNP. I've heard a little about productivity stipends, but could someone explain them. Do you get it as a bonus at the end of the year or as extra monthly income? If anyone doesn't mind sharing your salary, please feel free too. If you guys could just tell me whether I would bring in a guaranteed 7000 per month, I'd be satisfied. 8000? 9000? I'd just like a ballpark. Thank you!

Start nursing school, work a few years and THEN ask. The world could be a whole different place by then

Thats def a great idea! I almost can't help myself though. I'm a planner and not being able to decide on what I'm going to do with my life is killing me! Thank you for replying.

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75-85000 is the starting range around my area. Some jobs have no bonus structure while others have a very generous one.

So when you say bonus you mean an end of the year bonus? Not add that to your monthly pay bonus?

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Thanks to everyone that replied! NPs should def be paid more! I honestly can't believe it. It just seems so silly that you guys are pretty much doing a physicians job and aren't even making 100k per year. I could live with that! I know it's due to the amount of education but still it's practically the same job.

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Specializes in L&D.

I'm pretty surprised as well actually. I'm an RN and earn about 5000 a month pre tax(36 hours a week) and about 4000 a month post tax/insurance. Add in my PRN job and I earn about 2k more a month. I hope that the world will catch up and our APRN will be paid what they are worth because I know they sure put the hours in.

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Specializes in Cardiac, Home Health, Primary Care.

I would want to compare the cost of living in each area before you start feeling sorry for lowly 80k a year. As a RN I made 45-50k. Where I'm at I can get a nice 3 bedroom 2 bath house for 120k-ish.

That's not bad all things considered. I'm not in a city where a studio apartment cost 1000 a month. My current mortgage is half that every month and I live very comfortably.

With my 80k a year I'm going to have all debt but my mortgage paid off by the end of the year and should easily be able to save 30k (at least) the year after that as a down payment for my dream house.

So I may not make 6 figures (but can once I get my RVU's up) but I am still living very nicely for the area I live.

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Specializes in Med/Surg, Ortho, ASC.

This whole thread is cracking me up! A pre-nursing student is posting "gee, you guys should make more money" and y'all are actually jumping to respond defensibly. So strange.

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I'm pretty surprised as well actually. I'm an RN and earn about 5000 a month pre tax(36 hours a week) and about 4000 a month post tax/insurance. Add in my PRN job and I earn about 2k more a month. I hope that the world will catch up and our APRN will be paid what they are worth because I know they sure put the hours in.

It doesn't seem like there's much incentive for a BSN to take the additional steps to become a NP, which is really sad to me. How many days do you typically work per week?

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This whole thread is cracking me up! A pre-nursing student is posting "gee, you guys should make more money" and y'all are actually responding!!

It's no problem

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Specializes in Cardiac, Home Health, Primary Care.
This whole thread is cracking me up! A pre-nursing student is posting "gee, you guys should make more money" and y'all are actually jumping to respond defensibly. So strange.

I just wanna know where some of these other people live to make so much dang money! There are several posts all asking questions like this and there are always some who jump in and make over 100k. If it's around my area I'll happily commute lol.

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Specializes in Family Nurse Practitioner.

Also, take into account the floor RN making 4-5,000/month is working a lot. The NP is working 40 hours/week for that. I have no desire to work OT or multiple jobs. Therefore, NP looks great to me. Take into account many NPs don't work weekends and holidays it's even better.

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It doesn't seem like there's much incentive for a BSN to take the additional steps to become a NP, which is really sad to me. How many days do you typically work per week?

You have to take a lot more things into consideration and I don't know how from a pre nursing student perspective you can realistically do that.

But for starters, a NP can typically work days, avoid major holidays and can likely physically handle the work up until retirement. All 3 of those things are currency.

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You have to take a lot more things into consideration and I don't know how from a pre nursing student perspective you can realistically do that.

But for starters, a NP can typically work days, avoid major holidays and can likely physically handle the work up until retirement. All 3 of those things are currency.

Point taken! Those are all great incentives.

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