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1. Reading in advance before NP program?

   drfitness replied to brokebacknurse64's topic in NP

   Hi! Great question! I am also starting next fall and wanted a leg up as well. May I ask what is an APA manual??

2. An Average Day for a Psychiatric NP

   drfitness replied to luckylady5's topic in NP

   Thanks for being sooo helpful! Ok..one more question...what are the salary ranges for the new ones? Is it true they make more initially than Fnp's? THis is helping me make my decision:)

3. An Average Day for a Psychiatric NP

   drfitness replied to luckylady5's topic in NP

   Smitty, Thanks for the info! Also are there alot of jobs out there for Psych NP's? I have gotten on career builder and only see jobs for FNP posted. It is a big step for me to go back to school after being out so long and I would like to know...

4. An Average Day for a Psychiatric NP

   drfitness replied to luckylady5's topic in NP

   I would also love to hear from psyNps! I got into a FNP program in boston starting next year but am seriously considering changing over to Psych because I think that is more of a field of interest for me and I have many years of psych experience as a...

5. Long time experience RN w/new NP license ready for NP role-enough financial benefit

   drfitness replied to hello101's topic in NP

   Thanks Sammy for that infor regarding the new NP salaries! Do they include benefits? If so its not so bad as I thought. Maybe the other recent grads just havent been looking as hard.

6. Long time experience RN w/new NP license ready for NP role-enough financial benefit

   drfitness replied to hello101's topic in NP

   Just curious...do those new NP's in Texas have prior RN experience?

7. Long time experience RN w/new NP license ready for NP role-enough financial benefit

   drfitness replied to hello101's topic in NP

   This thread has been very informative and yet a bit scary for me as a potential NP in three yrs. Got into an NP program . It is a " direct entry" program which means you enter directly with a bachelors only. NoRn experience needed. I am also applyin...

8. Chiropractor to FNP

   drfitness replied to Chiro's topic in NP Students

   I am another chiro going into a direct entry fnp program next fall. Looks like alot of us are on the same page:yeah:

9. FNP vs PsyNP

   drfitness replied to drfitness's topic in NP

   Thanks that is so helpful to know! Do you know if there is a different between CNS in Psy vs PysNP? Two schools i am interested in offer those two respective programs! Also.. are the salaries higher than Fnp's in the same area. Salary and lifestyle I...

10. FNP vs PsyNP

    drfitness posted a topic in NP

    I was accepted into a direct entry FNP program this fall that I decided to defer admission to for various reasons. SO now with this year off I am beginning to explore the other specialites that the direct entry program has to offer. I am currently wo...

11. Friend MD Made Me a 50/50 Offer

    drfitness replied to sonnyluv's topic in NP

    I really enjoyed reading your post. I have some more questions for you. Can you please send me a pm since I cant send you one. Thanks

12. Wages: RN vs. NP??

    drfitness replied to shannonFNP's topic in NP

    christen, rn, are you going to specialize in orthopedics with your masters? how do you like being an orthopedic nurse right now?

13. Thinking about becoming a Nurse Practitioner

    drfitness replied to lmRNstudent08's topic in NP

    I like this thread alot and all the responses are very helpful. I agree with T.Shmitt that one should not diregard salaries when considering the nursing profession. I was accepted into a direct entry program( tuition alone is 100K and it is a full ti...

14. Day in the life of psych NP/CNS

    drfitness replied to HealthyRN's topic in NP

    This thead has been soo helpful to me. I am starting NP school next year and was accepted into a FNP program but am looking into Psy now!! I wanted to ask Psychlady123 if she prefers Psy to Fnp?

15. Salaries for FNP

    drfitness replied to drfitness's topic in NP

    I actually got some answers to the " salaries for FNP" question from a recent grad and her FNP friends yesterday. So for this market, Boston, which does seem to have quite a bit of Nurse Practicioners, they all said that the starting pay for FNP is ...