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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][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. [b] Does JHU and Georgetown pay like $150k for RNs?[/b][/quote]

Lol. Hopkins and Georgetown starting pay for RN is about $55K.  After 10 years and a bunch of shift differential (nights, weekends) maybe $85K.

I'm an RN in DC.  Nursing is a decent career for many reasons (flexibility, etc) but it does not pay well.  The California nurse who posted above is irrelevant because nurses in California are unionized and their salaries are almost twice what they are in the DMV. 
Most DC nurses (over the age of 30--i.e. those who want to own a home, start a family) live 1.5-2 hours outside of DC because they can't afford to live closer in.  The next time you're in a DC hospital, ask your nurse where she lives.  She will probably tell you Frederick or Leesburg or Fredericksburg.  
Almost none of my colleagues live within an hour of their job. 
Nurse practitioners make more but their schooling has become ridiculously expensive.  A master's at Hopkins or Georgetown is now $150K.  And then you make $120K when you're done.

People always, always, overestimate what nurses make.  Covid has contributed to that because now there are travel nursing jobs that pay a ridiculous amount (12 week contracts that work out to $200-300K a year).  However, the trick is, you have to be able to travel to take these jobs. 
Most RNs can't pick up an move to Phoenix for 12 weeks.  And then St. Louis for the next 12 weeks after that.  [/quote]

Anyone deciding to pay $150k for an MSN at Hopkins rather than $45k for an MSN at UVA is a fool. I know plenty of NPs who did their MSN at UVA or VCU while working and keeping their debt load quite reasonable.

Assuming the same pre-MSN nursing experience, there's absolutely no difference in job outcome for a UVA MSN versus a Hopkins or Georgetown MSN. [/quote]

well, to begin many nurses don't live in Virginia.  [/quote]

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