nicoleANP

I work at a low fci. I enjoy the job. I'm a GS11 step 10 NP with 2 years prior experience salary 81k. Not competitive with city average 95k. One thing that you should know is that as of right now there is no GS12 Nurse Practitioner in BOP so essentially unless you change to a leadership position (non clinical) you can not advance to a higher step/grade= no raises. In theory you could spend your whole career at that salary-save for yearly cost of living increases. Washingtin DC does not seem very concerned with the obvious difference in salary with the private sector. If you are sure that this is where you want to work I strongly advise looking into the Public Health Service. It's a uniformed service with amazing benefits. You can work in a prison and still make a very good salary while enjoying military benefits such as non taxable income like housing allowances. Best of luck

Hi everyone, I'm new to this site but I have been a practicing Adult Nurse Practitioner in an acute care setting for a little under a year. I'm curious to know how inpatient call works for any NPs on the acute care setting. Here is mine I work M-F 8a-5p (sometimes 6 or 7 depending on admissions ) My call is every 5th weekend- saturday and sunday When I am on call I am usually paired with a Nurse Practitioner who works primarily in a clinic who has very little confidence, comfort, or efficiency in the hospital setting and has expressed this to my director years ago. I have been told by my director that given her discomfort I am expected to contribute more for patient safety and efficiency. We cover 2 services Palliative and Geriatric inpatient medicine which equates to about 25 patients total per day. not including any new consults or ER admits which must be done. The geriatric pager must be picked up from the night resident at 0630 am and can be passed off to night float no earlier than 2 pm. Although most weekends we usually end up clocking upwards of 10 hours each day per NP This extensive (I say extensive because this is much more demanding than a usual day with MDs and residents around for back up) call is done without any compensation such as at least one day off during the week to recooperate (in other words we are expected to work 12 days in a row.) My overall question is: Since this is my first NP position, Is this standard to expect this? I know some NPs are on call every other weekend for their practice but usually this is an outpatient setting and it is truly "Call"= taking phone calls of patients. I just want to know what inpatient NPs experience Thanx! Nicole