To be NP or not to Be......

[rn4years]

Been a nurse 30+ years, doctorate in management and 6 course away from finishing my NP.   I love what I do, case management from home 4 days a week with full benefits, retirement earning about 124K.   I have no plans in leaving my current job--until I retire in 15 years, and would only probably work part time as an NP and do mission work.  I would be paying my education mostly with savings account---would you go back and finish?

[LadyT618, MSN, APRN, NP]

If you truly want to be a nurse practitioner and do mission work that you would not otherwise be able to if you did not have the NP certification, then by all means, (I think) it is definitely worth going back to finish. To return just to work part-time, I wouldn't but once again, unless it is a personal passion and fire burning within to be a nurse practitioner, then go for it! Don't do it just because, because it's tough out here in these NP streets trying to find employment that pays your worth.  I know I love what I do thus far and couldn't imagine doing anything differently.