NP VS. PA salary

[Lovanurse]

hello, i am a 4th year fnp/ dnp student. three more semesters to go!!! yay:lol2: i originally applied to another school to be a physician's assistant. this was before i obtained my rn. i was not accepted into the school because my 3.8 gpa was not good enough. unfortunately, there were 3 slots left and there were a couple of people with higher gpa's then me. anyway, i just read this article about np vs. pa salary and was wondering if any of the np's are working alongside a pa that is making more money than them? why do you think that is? here's the link that shows a study that pa's make a lot more that np's.

http://www.advanceweb.com/eblasts/2011/2/noinsertion/792nppa2010salarysurvey_1177_2.html

[GucciBeaR143, BSN]

Most of the time there is no difference......

But

I am aware of institutions that the NP's are forced in the RN nursing union and paid on a much lower pay scale as a result, rather than the PA's who are under the MD contract. Group Health and the University of Washington are two that come to mind, however the UW is now hiring NP's as faculty under school of medicine which improves pay scale.

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That is good information regarding WA NP's. Would you be able to forward/pm me literature or a more current website with some info? I am debating myself whether NP or PA. Thank you.

[the VEGAN Professor]

On 2/9/2011 at 8:45 PM, Lovanurse said:

hello, i am a 4th year fnp/ dnp student. three more semesters to go!!! yay:lol2: i originally applied to another school to be a physician's assistant. this was before i obtained my rn. i was not accepted into the school because my 3.8 gpa was not good enough. unfortunately, there were 3 slots left and there were a couple of people with higher gpa's then me. anyway, i just read this article about np vs. pa salary and was wondering if any of the np's are working alongside a pa that is making more money than them? why do you think that is? here's the link that shows a study that pa's make a lot more that np's.

http://www.advanceweb.com/eblasts/2011/2/noinsertion/792nppa2010salarysurvey_1177_2.html

wow

[allennp]

My experience after 10 yrs, no difference. Reimbursements based on position, place of employment and experience.

[allennp]

Where I am we/us prefer NP’s for billing and independent licensure.