chazmike

I Don't Know About Any Other State But My Np Friends Here In Kentucky Seem To Do Alright. They Can Open Their Own Clinics, Write Prescriptions And Beginning In June They Will Be Able To Write Prescriptions For Narc, Get Their Own Dea Numbers Etc. I Only Like 33 Hours And I Am Thinking About Returning To School. My Friends Make A Lot More Money Than I Do As A Nurse Educator. One Of My Friends Makes Over 100,000/year, Pretty Good Money For Me.

I DON'T KNOW ABOUT ANY OTHER STATE BUT NP IN KENTUCKY SEEM TO DO ALRIGHT. I HAVE SEVERAL FRIENDS THAT ARE NP AND THEY SEEM TO ENJOY IT. THEY CAN WRITE PRESCRIPTIONS AND EVEN HAVE THEIR OWN CLINICS. THEY HAVE TO HAVE AN AGREEMENT WITH MD IN ORDER TO ADMIT PT. RECENTLY THE LEGISLATURE PASSED LAW THAT NP COULD NOW WRITE PRESCRIPTIONS FOR NARCS. THEY HAVE TO APPLY FOR DEA NUMBER, MEDICARE NUMBER ETC. THIS LAW GOES INTO EFFECT JUNE I THINK. BUT MY FRIEND MAKE A LOT MORE MONEY THAN I DO AS A NURSE EDUCATOR AND HAVE MORE AUTONOMY THAN I DO:uhoh3:

I don't know what state you are in. But in Kentucky the board has changed the guidelines. Beginning Jan 01, 2006, the graduates will be issued a provisional license. Then they must complete 120 hours of "internship" before they can take the nclex. The internship and the nclex must be completed within 6 months of graduation.