What does a male nurse practioner do?

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Hey everyone! After I get my BSN I plan to get my MSN to become a nurse practioner or higher. Can anyone please tell me what work in like in that area? I would also like to know a salary for a nurse practioner if anyone is willing to tell. I know this may be irrelevant but what kind of car do most high paid nurses drive? I am greatful for all the info I get! :)

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i hope to become a np also.. I don't see why their jobs would be any different than a females..

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"What does a male nurse practioner do?"

The same as a female nurse practioner.

Seriously?

Currently going to school at Wayne State University. There are over 400 NP students, and ~11 different programs. The 2 specialties there are no men in (as far as I know) are Womens Health, and Nurse Midwife. However, reading some of the postings in the in the advance practice boards, and I have seen a few men that are in these areas also. How many OB-GYN physicians are men?

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Male NP student here. To answer your question, as others have said--there is an APRN thread on here.

There are plenty of male NP students. I am in a MSN class of 50. 15/50 are men, which is a pretty nice representation. 4 are acute/ critical care, some in adult and some in family. I don't think any are in pediatrics and none in obstetrics.

Salary...it varies. I know 2 of my ACNP peers that are graduating have been offered over 100K, and I believe 1 is making 120K--this person has many years in critical care and landed a pretty sweet deal in with an ER MD/NP group. My girlfriend is a PNP student, she says they start around 80K and higher, especially if they are acute care PNP's.

Most have worked out deals where they are getting their licensing, certification and DEA licenses included in their salary package--which is expensive. Many work deals where they can have CE allowances, where they are able to travel, stay, entertain and eat on the organizations budget.

The key is to know your market, be willing to relocate to the bigger salaries and network--if that's what you are looking for. All-in-all, from a personal perspective the NP gig is pretty sweet. Not only can you make a descent salary, but you're able to be flexible, work in different areas and enjoy you're life.

Hope that helps, BTW I'm a VW guy, but would love an Audi A8--maybe soon enough...

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$30-40k? Yikes..... maybe if you take out extra to live on. My best advice would be to go right through the BSN program if you're wanting to become an RN first.

I also think if you're paying 60k for a BSN, especially out of your own pocket, you are overpaying! You can do it for far, FAR less.

30-40k for two years of school sounds more realistic. Don't expect that at Vanderbilt, though. Their NP school is projected around 40-44k for one year..... ugh.

keep in mind, friend, that you need to go thru process steps to become an NP, and you need to be top of the class, or a really hard worker.

first you need to become an RN. this means either an ADN at a community or state college, or a BSN at a traditional college. if you go ADN, you need to get to BSN eventually, anyway. (traditional BSN degrees in 4.5 years, ADN to BSN in 5-6, typically. (50-60K$ for traditional to BSN, 30-40K$ for ADN to BSN - sounds like a lot of money. in reality it is, paid back at $100 per month for 10 years for every 10K that you borrow))

then you need to have 2 years clinical experience, generally in hospital. by this time you will be making 55-70K$ per year in most places.

then you need to be accepted into an NP program (minimum GPA of 3.4-3.8, and a bunch of other qualifiers), and borrow another 30-40K$ for another 2 years of schooling.

in the end, you will be making about 100K$ per year. if you do a few years on an indian reservation or in some impoverished city the fed.gov will eat most of your loans (and you will get mugged a few times and learn to like indian food)

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As for the car question...I'm kinda wondering why so many NPs are saying they drive cheaper ones?

A single person making 100K per year could definitely drive a Mercedes or BMW. Just saying..

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I don't have a wife or kids and I drive a 2010 dodge viper. The doctors all look at me like I'm a radiologist or something whenever I pull into work.

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