PsychMD

No doubt there are a lot of really incompetent and dangerous doctors out there. It's harder for the bad ones to sneak their way into prestigious teaching hospital gigs. Luckily, most of doctors I've worked with have been top notch, and some really...

You're missing the point. I'm not saying NPs don't practice independently in some states or that it's the norm for NPs to staff all their patients. What I'm saying is 1. academic hospitals seem to inherently have a framework in place for ongoing ed...

Peds, internal medicine, and family medicine are 3 year residencies after medical school. Some would also include obgyn and psychiatry (both 4 years) in this list. I obviously don't know about everywhere and every different specialty, but at the tw...

I don't know what an "NP residency" is, but it looks like a few months of extra supervision. I would be careful who you are getting this supervision from. Regarding a new grad not needing a supervising MD, I guess that depends what state you live i...

This is going to depend a lot on location. The local community mental health salaries here top out at about $130k for NPs, which is about what RNs make on average here, too. Crazy, right? I have one nurse acquaintance who works 1/2 time as a psych ...

Same with lipids and blood pressure. Weight is typically monitored more frequently, and some recommend getting waist circumference annually, but I feel this recommendation probably isn't as often followed.

Large academic teaching hospitals likely will best fit what you're looking for. They usually have really good benefits, the prestige is there, and it's the safest bet for finding competent physicians to work with. Doctor quality varies greatly. It...

It's really insane when you think about it. I assume a lot of NPs take this 500 hours of experience, go to work, and try to learn as they go. This is not the best recipe for success. The most competent NPs I've worked with have been in academic set...

Not happening. I know a few RNs in the Bay Area making over $200k and know that some are making over $300k, but they all do a lot of overtime.