What is the average hourly pay for a FNP

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I live in NJ and work as an RN in a specialtyunit. I'm considering going for the FNP program this fall. I would like to know what is the average pay i could make as a FNP. Also how easy would it be to get a job as a FNP? Would i be able to work in acute care or would i end up in a family clinic?

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Specializes in ACNP-BC, Adult Critical Care, Cardiology.

Kb12345, productivity is a measure of mid-level provider performance. It is usually employer defined and depends on the nature of the particular practice you are in. More common examples of productivity include number of patients seen at a high E&M Code each month. Some NP's receive a monetary amount or a bonus after a mutually agreed target goal is reached between the employer and the NP. This is brought up in the initial contract negotiation but can also be broached during annual evaluations.

I don't know the day to day activities you have as a Psych NP but all NP's are strongly advised to assess their own practice and come up with performance measures to validate their worth in the practice. This is a must for job security whether you receive a bonus for it or not.

Should you ask for a productivity bonus? I think it depends on you and the kind of pratice you are engaged in. Many NP's who work in private practice tend to receive productivity bonuses. I work for a hospital where mid-level practitioners do not receive a separate productivity bonus. However, the hospital as a whole awards annual bonuses for all employees if we reach our target revenue for the previous year. The amount is very little. For our part as NP's, we negotiate for annual salary increases based on measures of our productivity independent of the annual salary increase that is mandated by the hospital. Hope this helps.

P.S. Mvanz, love the avatar!

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Specializes in ICU.

Some people have mentioned that east coast NPs appear to be offered higher salaries, including one in Georgia. I've only found job listings around $60-85K if any salary is posted at all. I'd be very appreciative of a direction to go in to find the better paying positions as right now I'm only looking at online listings including ones at hospitals. Basically, where are the best places to look for well-paying jobs? :)

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Hi all,

I work in an out patient setting, I am the only prescriber in the practice. The MD is at another location so I handle everything concerning meds, refills, MD calls, etc. I make my annual salary of 90,000, the facility maintains (pays) for my lic renewal and all CEU's, I make my own schedule, I have 3 weeks paid vacation per year, I don't do any on-call, nor do I wear a beeper, the facility pays tuition for any classes I take that relate to my job, raises are assessed yearly, and it's 20 minutes from my house.

It has been my experience after searching around that the Eastcoast pays well, and the Westcoast pays well, even Arizona pays well. The southern states don,t pay all that great but I also noticed that the internet is not quite as accurate as one may think. It is a blanket statement to say that the average pay for an NP is capped at about 85,000 (from what the internet says). What the internet doesn't say is that experience, specialty, rural area versus subs/city area, patient population, and one's negotiating skills are are key in salary.

For example, before I started working for my current employer, a private out patient counseling service run by a PhD was looking for a prescriber and offered me 50,000 to start with a raise to 60,000 within 6 months. Of course he was out of his mind and I told him so. Point....alot depends on what type of business you work for. Now, I work for a large (nationwide) out patient provider, they have offices in Arizona, Goergia, Tennessee, and Rhode Island. They get the majority of DOC contracts in the states listed above. This other facility that I interviewed with way back when was privately owned by a practicing PhD, it was a small business with few LICSW's and MHC's, so he was not able to offer as much as my current employer, though he could have offered more.

You can also consider going into private practice. Go to the website npcentral.org or .com and take a look around, that site is strictly for NP's and it gives all kinds of info on going into private practice. Right now, i contract my services privately to lawyers who need mental health assessments of their clients in child custody cases, criminal matters, and other legal issues. What I really want to do is go into private practice with an FNP. Since I am a psych NP, I think it would be both lucrative for the NP's and offer more continuity of care for clients if their mental health provider and their PCP were in the same office, same practice, kill two birds with one stone so to speak. The practice could bill insurance for everything right there in the office such as lab work, routine or non-complicated x-rays (with the equiptment and maybe a medical assistant or x-ray tech), casting, eye exams (unless ref is needed for a specialist).....anyway, you get my point?

Sorry, I went off on a tangent, thanks for bearing with me......

APRN

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Just posting to make sure this inspirational thread stays on top! Once I have a year of experiance I'll take a stab at the job market again.

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Specializes in ER, Med-Surg, Recovery, OR, ICU.

I am an FNP in Texas making $50/hr with benefits. I work in a minor care of an ER. I just switched to this job from a pvt. practice clinic where I earned $70K + bonus and benefits.

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Hey TRAUMA! Maybe we should consider relocating to TEXAS? :idea:

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I live in SW Missouri and am starting an FNP program next month. I already know that nursing wages, in general, suck in Missouri, but I was VERY upset when I found out what NPs are making in my area.

One of the major hospitals in Springfield, MO, starts new NPs at $24/hr. That isn't a typo...it really does say $24/hr. :angryfire

When I met with my advisor earlier this month, she told me that a great thing to do is get my FNP schooling done and then move to another state to practice. I am quite dismayed by the fact that I am spending yet more money to further my education and skills and am going to make an insulting wage when done. Grrrrrr

Jaimee

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I live in SW Missouri and am starting an FNP program next month. I already know that nursing wages, in general, suck in Missouri, but I was VERY upset when I found out what NPs are making in my area.

One of the major hospitals in Springfield, MO, starts new NPs at $24/hr. That isn't a typo...it really does say $24/hr. :angryfire

When I met with my advisor earlier this month, she told me that a great thing to do is get my FNP schooling done and then move to another state to practice. I am quite dismayed by the fact that I am spending yet more money to further my education and skills and am going to make an insulting wage when done. Grrrrrr

Jaimee

That is PATHETIC. Get the degree and get the heck out !

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Hey guys (first post ever), I am a PA in south GA ( I know this is for NP only so don't shoot, I am a friend)... I started out at 60K per annum with a productivity of 10% of what I billed. It works out well and I work hard to keep my Doc happy and my patients happy. THe productivity definitely keeps me WORKING hard. I think (and am pretty sure) that PA/NP make very comparable salaries here. The ED make $50 /hr with benifits and stuff for full time employees. DEFINITELY GET PRODUCTivITY OF SOME KIND...

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Right now, i contract my services privately to lawyers who need mental health assessments of their clients in child custody cases, criminal matters, and other legal issues.

Can you talk more about this...I'm curious what kind of assessments this entails. The reason I ask is that I was talking to a PhD who does this, and from what she described it was a good amount of psych assessment, sometimes a bit of neuro, in addition to your typical clinical interview, write-up, etc.

-t

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