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I was curious to get someone's take. I'm an emergency nurse practitioner which I don't particularly love the job. I have done a few months of primary care which was more something I felt like I was good at. I want to be able to make some money on the...

I think you're reading to much into the vocab. It just means income. Money for service. It's not passive income. There are disadvantages and advantages. You have a minor issue and cant see a provider for 5 months vs today, today might prevent some...

She has had 2 inpatient positions and a few telemed np positions and claims she works 4 times as hard doing telemedicine as a psych NP.

My friend that does it says it is way harder than hospital work though. I don't know if its worth getting thr psych degree. I think it takes a year roughly 30k

There are plenty of places rns make 22 an hr as well. California taxes are super high so is cost of living. Youd be better off making 85k in ohio than 120k in the bay area. I have heard in California though a lot of places it may not be worthwhile...

Guess I had a job and they went up $20 an hour like it was nothing when I said I won't work for what they offered I probably could have went up higher. The director at the last site I was working at as it MD was offered double when he quit. Sure loca...

There's definitely a myth that RN make more than NPs. I make 4 times as much as I did as an RN base rate maybe 2.5 if you factor in weekend differentials and what not. NPs have a lot more negotiating power. I have a side job now I told the employe...

Personally I think you're going to find your first job very stressful. I wouldn't want to take on two at the same time. I looked at my first job as something I absolutely hated but it was a great learning experience. You will be much more valuable in...

I am leaving my first job in about a month that I hated in an ER that I was in for about a year. I picked up a locum contract for part of April. I am considering moving. The problem with my last job is everyone stayed after hours. In the company ...

I am going to disagree with some of these responses. I wouldn't say purely do it for the money, but I find NPs have a larger diversity of platforms to work in. One of the most appealing choices if you no longer have to work for a large healthcare s...

I am graduating as an FNP in Pittsburgh in a few months. I have heard of people getting starting jobs around 60 an hour in Ohio. I have also heard of some very impressive Locum rates as high as 170 an hour for neonatal NPs. I have a decent amount ...

I live in pittsburgh which doesn't have a great market for nursing due to the fact there are two hospital systems and the one is buying up everything and putting the other out of business. I hear rumors of being able to make 8-10$ more for similar j...

I think it sure can be. I work in an ER and the majority of patients with fibromyalgia have a psych history and I find it interesting some psych/anxiety drugs treat it. I think perception and history plays a large part. We all know people that are...

I dislike nursing more after years than I did initially, the first few months were hard. At some point I stopped giving patients the benefit of the doubt and realized how many people take advantage of the system and are just there for drugs. That h...

I am an ER nurse, have been for over 3 years. I still don't feel completely comfortable in a code. I feel a lot more comfortable than I did. I realize what things need to be done for the most part. I am uncomfortable with anything I don't do on a...

I have been an ER nurse for a few years now a little experience beyond that. I am starting to realize clinical nursing isn't where I want to take my career long term. I noticed my friends in computers really seem to enjoy their job which makes info...

I am accepted to NP school and just the salaries for NP's aren't great I was thinking informatics from what I am reading would be lower stress regular hours and maybe even pay better. NP starts in the fall trying to make a decision soon. It just do...

Well there isn't much debate they have more loans, but there school is indeed more intense. I don't necessarily buy into they work harder but maybe have more responsibility in most cases. Pay shouldn't be equal but when everyone is talking about NP...

How was the salary compared to what you were doing before?

Nursing school blows. I thought it was a cool experience though, almost like a study on human behavior seeing crack addicted family having a kid one week to a loving one the next. People dying with cancer, the crazy, the kind hearted. Anyway I am ...

I remember in school in the ER how the nurses seem so cold. I don't really get bothered by it anymore. Most of the patients are dead in the door but I had a high functioning 80ish yo die from a broken arm who was in the process of being sent home w...

ICU is probably great experience for the ED though I had little experience going in but I didn't have a full assignment until probbaly 4 weeks in. It is very different than what they teach in school. I almost didn't make it through orientation but ...

Well some people just aren't reasonable. I try to justify things as a lot of the patients in the ER are there because they are not good decision makers. Which is why I am looking to make my exit from the ER.

The CCNE certifies their masters program. Id be a bit concerened about FNP online but I am thinking about informatics. I see some negative reviews but I can't decide I know it takes a really positive experience to go out and post about it but 1 bad...

We get travel nurses where I work. In the ER you can't really get a worse assignment than anyone else. It's dumb luck. For some reason we are just always short staffed. They do the same job as me and make almost twice as much. I am considering t...