Highest Paid NP for 2015, According to AANP, Are NNPs

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Neonatal nurse Practioners were the highest paid with psych coming in second. Becoming a NNP is my ultimate goal. In junior high I wanted to become a neonatologist but quickly learned that being an MD was not my thing but when I find out about NICU RNs and NNPs I realized how this was a specialty that I was molded for. I could careless if it was 70k, I'd be doing what I love and that's what matters.:).

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Thanks for sharing. I was under the impression that Emergency NP's made much more than what is listed here.

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Thanks for sharing. I was under the impression that Emergency NP's made much more than what is listed here.

no problem! But emergency/dermatology/orthopedic NPs weren't included due to it being a low overall "n".

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Specializes in Family Nurse Practitioner.
I could careless if it was 70k, I'd be doing what I love and that's what matters.:).

Sigh that is why we aren't taken seriously and companies take advantage of unsavvy NPs both regarding our compensation as well as the menial duties they will expect NPs to perform. While I understand making top dollar doesn't mean as much to others as it might to me working for wages less than we should command is foolish and not only hurts our pocketbooks but also makes us look unprofessional.

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I was stating that for dramatic emphasis of my passion for working with a team of medical professionals to save a baby's life. Why would I go to school for 7+ years to only make 70k? My aunt is a RN and is making that much.

Sigh that is why we aren't taken seriously and companies take advantage of unsavvy NPs both regarding our compensation as well as the menial duties they will expect NPs to perform. While I understand making top dollar doesn't mean as much to others as it might to me working for wages less than we should command is foolish and not only hurts our pocketbooks but also makes us look unprofessional.
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Specializes in Healthcare risk management and liability.

I did not realize that the VA paid so well.

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This is excellent information. Very useful. Thank you

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Specializes in Outpatient Psychiatry.

Interesting about the neonatal folks. My state doesn't even recognize that credential.

The total income looks higher for family psych NPs. Sad that the amount is that low, however. I've already made more than that this year.

Why don't NPs expect more? Why don't they see a higher volume?

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Specializes in Outpatient Psychiatry.
I did not realize that the VA paid so well.

They don't.

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Specializes in Family Nurse Practitioner.
They don't.

I was thinking the same thing but then had to consider maybe they just didn't want to pay me that much, lol. In any event my base salary is $100,000 a year more than VA offered me as a new grad. Looking back I think $129,000 was the highest NP rate and you had to have trained with Flo to have the years required to be at that grade. :D

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They don't.

That sheds some light. The chief risk officer at the Seattle VA changes out every 18 months or so, and they just can't seem to keep anyone long term. They have tried to headhunt me several times over the years. When I told them my salary requirements, it turns out that they were about $ 30,000 short; and they said that to meet my requirements, they would have to put the position at a Senior Executive Service level, and they were not able to do it. That, plus the turnover there in the position steered me away from it.

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Specializes in Outpatient Psychiatry.
That sheds some light. The chief risk officer at the Seattle VA changes out every 18 months or so, and they just can't seem to keep anyone long term. They have tried to headhunt me several times over the years. When I told them my salary requirements, it turns out that they were about $ 30,000 short; and they said that to meet my requirements, they would have to put the position at a Senior Executive Service level, and they were not able to do it. That, plus the turnover there in the position steered me away from it.

I'd like to work for them. I'm not sure about local attrition, but the pay has no parity with private practice. Nurses and nurse practitioners are lumped together whole NPs have many of the same job reqs of a RN. It takes a committee to decide what salary NPs receive which seems like subpar treatment for clinical staff.

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