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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My mom is a nurse practitioner. Idk what she makes but she is well compensated. NPs can do a lot of the things physicians do (prescribe, practice as a primary care provider, etc.) especially if they specialize. My mom is a pediatric NP. It's also a good certification if you want regular hours like at a primary care doctor's office.

I'm really jealous of my mom's ability to flex her hours. She was basically a SAHM but still made decent money part time and still had all her professional credentials/wasn't penalized for a resume gap when she went back full time. Same for my sister who is a physician assistant.

There's a gulf of difference between a high school educated LPN or CNA who went into nursing because it's "what women do" vs. a nurse practitioner at Georgetown or Johns Hopkins with a master's degree.

I don't think your DH is picking up on that.

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DH classmates all went to university for nursing, like Georgia flagship.  They work at hospitals, but not JHU.  Does JHU and Georgetown pay like $150k for RNs?[/quote]

RNs? No. Major urban hospitals pay mid-level providers, like NPs and CT As, well over $100k. Likewise, management and hospital leadership are also well paid.

Has your DH considered that his classmates being low paid is (shocking) more related to the fact that they're just staff nurses in a rural southern state. I'm pretty sure most the lawyers in small town Georgia ain't making close to the average federal lawyer, let alone a big law lawyer. [/quote]

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