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
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      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!

Specializes in Long Term Acute Care, TCU.
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.

(This rant is not aimed at the person I quoted)

Almost $6000 per month pre-tax ($72,000/yr full time Floor RN). Minimal overtime

Health Insurance and taxes take half of my income

My Nurse practitioner certificate, to be obtained after I get my MSN in administration, will be to offer a higher level of care for my patients. If it was all about the money then I would take my skills and work $50-$70/hr assignments in Cali (ICU/Tele) like I did ten years ago, with housing and per-diems as extras.

People who do not ever want to work a staff (floor) position make me want to :barf01:

If all a person cares about is money, then they should get an MBA or go to medical school

Real nurses work the floor and then move on.

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Specializes in Family Nurse Practitioner.

I see that wasn't directed at me. FYI I have been a floor nurse. Know what else? I hated every single moment of it. I went back to school for new opportunities. I have really enjoyed my FNP clinicals and am looking forward to being a nurse in that capacity but never again as a floor nurse.

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Specializes in Long Term Acute Care, TCU.
I see that wasn't directed at me. FYI I have been a floor nurse. Know what else? I hated every single moment of it. I went back to school for new opportunities. I have really enjoyed my FNP clinicals and am looking forward to being a nurse in that capacity but never again as a floor nurse.

Nothing wrong with hating the floor.

Good luck to you.

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Specializes in RN-BC, CURN.

Come to houston, as a staff nurse I make over $100,000, but I have 7 years of experience lol

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I was surprised as well! I'm a staff RN and at my very first job I worked in a subacute rehab hospital and made 69k pretax....but I was averaging 45-50 hours a week.....I also just left that job for my dream hospital job!

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I am somewhat confused about the NP salaries. Where I am an RN can work their 3 12's and pick up an extra 12 and make around 80k pre tax. Why in the world would we go 50k in debt and spend 3 years working our butt off to become a NP with no pay raise?

Seems NP's should be making at least 100k.

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Specializes in Adult Internal Medicine.
I am somewhat confused about the NP salaries. Where I am an RN can work their 3 12's and pick up an extra 12 and make around 80k pre tax. Why in the world would we go 50k in debt and spend 3 years working our butt off to become a NP with no pay raise?

Seems NP's should be making at least 100k.

I make way more than that without overtime. I think that's the big factor financially. But being an NP is way more than the money.

Sent from my iPhone.

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Specializes in CVICU.
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.

Yeah, i am a a 2nd year nurse and make 4k a month working 3 days. The salary is not impressive, and the liability is great…..but I still want to be a DNP or CRNA.

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

Around here it is mostly an end of the year bonus. I negotiated to have a very heavy bonus but have friends who don't have any.

Find a physician that understands your worth but make sure you keep up with the numbers to prove your worth if it ever comes into question.

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Specializes in Cardiac (adult), CC, Peds, MH/Substance.
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.

...move to Texas.

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This is a classic case of supply vs demand.

One study (here) predicts the number of NP's who work in patient care (rather than administrative roles) will increase by 130% by 2025. The supply is going to outpace the demand for the near future, which will continue the surprisingly "low" salary figures.

For the record, I am a BSN, in a specialty unit, geographic South, small city (pop

You'll find this to be about 90% true across the country.

A co-worker just finished her FNP, she stated she did it for the non-monetary perks: clinical setting, 8-5 workweek, no nights, more autonomy. She also stated she did it for her long-term health; at 40ish years old, she is sure she can't continue to do bedside care until she retires in 20ish years.

For the near to mid future, it seems like the FNP isn't a financial upgrade in any fashion, but can possibly be a lifestyle and professional upgrade for many folks.

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