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2007 Salary Survey Results
By Jill Rollet and Sarah Lebo
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Regarding MD instead of NP. Both profession brings benefits to patients. We need to stop comparing salaries. Md pay much much more to go to school, We are all free to do what we want. I love what I do and I am payed much much more then the what the survey says.
Marc CA

Marc Oliver,  NP,  HOSPITALAugust 28, 2009
Anaheim, CA

In response to John, I don't think you are a schmuck at all. How much do you owe in student loans for your medical education? How many total years have you had to spend as a "student"? What are your insurance fees?

I chose to enter nursing because it was focused on the whole person, rather than disease. I considered medical school, and even had the premedical preparation in my undergrad work to get in. But it just seemed that I would be spending around 8 years getting to a place where I could actually help people as a full time professional, and that I would eventually be spending half my "big salary" on repaying student loans or the costs of pursuing the work of being a doctor.

It was an easy decision.

Ella March 17, 2009
NM

I did my advanced clinicals in a practice where a physician friend of mine was doing her third-year residency. We had the same preceptor, we saw the same number of patients, we participated in the same meetings, and we wrote the same scripts.

After graduation, we both accepted jobs a different clinic. We see the same number of patients, we participate in the same meetings, and we write the same scripts.

She earns 150% more salary than I earn. Plus, I have additional administrative duties supervising a staff of four nurses. I passed two board certifications (NP and CNS) and she has not taken her boards. When she does, she will get a boost in her salary for passing her boards.

Was I the schmuck for not negotiating a better deal?

John March 17, 2009

I wonder if many NPs have their salary tied to the amount of $ they bring in to an institution. I am told my salary range is based on comprable salaries but my experience and abilitiies have me seeing equal numbers of patients as the hospital employed docs I work with and their sayary is at least 5 times mine. Any thoughts/

Isabel BensonMarch 07, 2009
DE

This is a very informative article. It appears that the salary for NPs continue to increase year after year. The information was appreciated.

Shaneika Lewis-Williams,  Registered Nurse,  Arkansas Children's HospitalMarch 01, 2009
Benton, AR


     

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