blixkanaan MSN, APRN

blixkanaan has 17 years experience as a MSN, APRN and specializes in Family Medicine & psychiatry.

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1. New NP pay

   blixkanaan replied to Guest1059175's topic in Advanced

   @ Elysia11 and Rock nurse, makes me happy to see that new grads like you guys are coming out of school making bank. We shouldn’t accept less than 100k out of schill. So your teacher was absolutely right! lol. Congrats to the both of you on securing s...

2. Direct entry Master of Science in Nursing programs

   blixkanaan replied to BABYJADE06's topic in General Nursing

   @LoveAnatomy, because passing NCLEX board exam is one thing, but passing board exam + RN experience is another. Just because you passed the boards doesn’t make you a competent nurse. As I mentioned in my previous many posts on this thread, It makes a...

3. Direct entry Master of Science in Nursing programs

   blixkanaan replied to BABYJADE06's topic in General Nursing

   Hi, can I just be honest? It's commendable that you are going back to school in the middle of your life but frankly, no one will care about that or what your story is. You just aren't going to have the respect of your peers if they know that you did ...

4. New NP pay

   blixkanaan replied to Guest1059175's topic in Advanced

   First year in family practice made base salary of $54 dollars per hour which if you do the math, is $112, 320 per year. However I only worked ~ 30 hour per week so I made base rate of ~$84,000 per year. With bonus, I made just over $90K. In second ye...

5. Do FNP's really make 80k to 90k a year?

   blixkanaan replied to mariposabella's topic in NP

   I'm a new graduate FNP (started less than a year ago) and earn 90K working 30 hours per week on average. As an RN working full time in an ICU, and with about 6 years of experience, I was earning maybe 66K annually...The earning potential for a floor ...

6. Do FNP's really make 80k to 90k a year?

   blixkanaan replied to mariposabella's topic in NP

   gmorrisFNP, exactly.

7. Why do some practices prefer PAs to NPs?

   blixkanaan replied to mep7296's topic in NP

   I believe we do get trained well (assuming you go to a brick and mortar school & have strong RN experience; and BSN or bachelors in other related field). I would also like to point out that as independent practitioners, I dont necessarily agree t...

8. Is it necessary to get experience as a Rn before NP?

   blixkanaan replied to nurse2bnoob101's topic in NP Students

   This topic has been beaten to death but I feel obligated to comment where I can on this. First, a question. Do you honestly think that any RN experience could not be useful in primary care or psych? I think many would beg to differ and for me, most o...

9. Discouraged FNP student

   blixkanaan replied to Missybaby36's topic in NP Students

   I am a big proponent of brick and mortar schools. I know someone that went to South University as well and she came out feeling very unprepared and eventually wen't back to floor nursing. As was mentioned before, school choice is very important. This...

10. Regret Becoming an NP

    blixkanaan replied to psych.nurse's topic in Advanced

    Hey Psych.Nurse, I just stumbled on this page because I was surprised by the title and to see why one would say that they regret becoming an NP. I am sorry for the experience you've had so far. I must say that I agree with the some of the comments ma...

11. Is Becoming A NP Worth It?

    blixkanaan replied to 8mpg's topic in NP

    I work an average of 31 hours per week and make $90K per year. Additionally, I don't have a charge nurse, nurse educator, clinical nurse specialist, nurse management, or physicians telling me what to do or constantly watching over my shoulder. As an ...

12. Direct entry Master of Science in Nursing programs

    blixkanaan replied to BABYJADE06's topic in General Nursing

    To me it does make sense. If you want to get, really, any graduate degree in nursing, you just gotta have the nursing experience. Plus you won't be as marketable without the experience. Maybe in your case you won't have any issues since you other deg...

13. Direct entry Master of Science in Nursing programs

    blixkanaan replied to BABYJADE06's topic in General Nursing

    You're 100% correct when you say that you will be less marketable if you have no RN experience and did a direct entry to practice program. There are some exceptional schools that do this, and those students have a better shot (i.e., Columbia, Vanderb...

14. Direct entry Master of Science in Nursing programs

    blixkanaan replied to BABYJADE06's topic in General Nursing

    Please just go the traditional route people. Don't just go straight through. Get RN experience first.

15. Going to take that leap

    blixkanaan replied to LovegelatoRN's topic in School

    Let us know how it goes. My sister is a nurse (as am I) and she is in a similar predicament. I thought about recommending this to her (that is to apply for school nursing) especially because my mom is a public school teacher, so she would have the co...