MentalKlarity BSN, NP

Yep!! I've seen the writing ability of people at these schools. Barely middle school level in some cases, certainly not doctorate or masters.

To all NPs reading this, just ignore the noise and push for the highest salary you can. If we all refuse to settle for peanuts and getting taken advantage of, salaries will go up for everyone. Everytime an NP "settles" for low pay, crappy PTO, no ben...

"Those rich people would rather pay a doctor for that.” You seem to have a chip on your shoulder being an NP. You tell NPs to accept less money and now you just assume "rich people will always prefer a doctor.” I have plenty of rich patients who...

Thank you for the detailed response. Again, I will give you two scenarios: 1. Susan is offered $100K with no vacation and a 50 hour work week. She declines - the clinic says fine and hires a Walden grad willing to work that job with no negotiati...

FullGlass -as a hiring manager I think you're a little biased. You keep saying "an NP who demands $200K will not be hired" - why is that? I will tell you why - because there is an NP willing to do it for less. The only reason NP salaries are not high...

There were women in the 50s who advocated that women should not be paid the same as men because men are inherently better, have a family to provide for etc etc. The arguments were similar to what we're seeing here for why it's "ridiculous" that anyon...

Sounds like a private practice but losing a cut in exchange for staff. Likely a decent job!

Depends. Did they share with you what they are reimbursed for each patient? Is it 65% of the actual amount or of some amount they make up? Do you get other benefits like a secretary and scheduling and someone to do your insurance claims etc? Feel fre...

Have you ever stop to realize that if new grads accept peanuts for pay it will suppress ALL OF OUR SALARIES? You can say what you want about productivity, and learning, etc, but I would be MORE THAN HAPPY if every NP demanded $100+ an hour because th...

Why are you on here trying to suppress NP pay? many NP salaries are pitiful. Using job boards to set your pay expectation means letting low salaries stay. Why are you so against letting NPs force a better market wage? For every NP that acce...

Well that I agree with, and the unfortunate truth is that within the next 10-20 years nurse practitioners will likely make less than they do now as lack of regulation by the nursing organizations has allowed poor quality programs to flourish that lac...

You're very welcome! I agree, there is more to the picture than pay - flexibility and work-life balance are so important! In my case, I made it clear to my employer I needed generous paid and unpaid vacation as I want to have vacation time - I actual...

Well we do agree on this. Close the for profit programs and beef up admissions standards!

Of course! And yet my employer is still making a profit off of my services. Think about that when saying NP salaries should be close to the norm. The norm exists because so many people are bad negotiators. The only benefit of seeing all t...

Psychiatry, a 75-25 split with my employer, which works out to be about $250-$300 per hour on average. 6 weeks paid vacation (paid at $200 an hour) and additional 4 weeks unpaid vacation.

Depends on how many patients you see per hour. If it's one, great. If it's 2+, you'd make more getting a share of the collections. It's not about what other NPs make, it's about are you making a fair share of what you bring in.

M-F AND every other weekend? Did you ever figure out your hourly pay, because it sounds like it would be very, very low. 40 patients a day, I cannot even imagine what you are pulling in revenue-wise.

They are already paying you a very low hourly rate, I would require pay for the call.

Let me pop that bubble: Anyone who wanted to do the DNP route would just go the MD route. With those difficult classes added, nursing school could not make as much money as they do on the fluff DNP programs that don't require lab space, so they'...

Seems low for California unless you're seeing only 1 patient per hour or it's a community health clinic?

Every VA residency makes up their own rules! It's not standardized.

AANP is more clinical based while ANCC has more fluff and theory. As more NPs go the for profit online route it's not surprising. considering how easy the AANP exam was, it's terrifying that 1 in 4 new NPs fail it.

Oh okay, so I assume you're still in the general medicine rotations? A PMHNP sees everything a psychiatrist sees.

Did you not learn in school what your scope would be?

Everyone pretty much gets accepted so no, but these schools are hurting our reputation and also are responsible for the massive saturation of the field. They are cashing in on the NP boom.