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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'm in my early thirties in a dead end field and going back to school for nursing next year. [b]Absolutely buzzy feeling to know my earning power will increase exponentially and predictably in this field, especially with additional education.[/b] [/quote]

What the heck are you talking about?
Nursing is a fine career for many reasons but your salary will not exponentially increase with experience or even with more education.  Many nurses take a pay cut if they go back to school for a master's degree.  
You will start around $50K in the DC area and in 3 years you may make $75K.  In 10-20 years you may make $90K.   If you become a nurse practitioner you may make $80-120K.  
That's it. 
Nursing is awesome and flexible and has a lot going for it.  But exponential income increases?  NO.

I find that people on this board ALWAYS over estimate what nurses earn.

signed, 
RN with 18 years experience in a ton of different fields including as an NP, a nurse recruiter, etc.

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- RN with 10 years experience and a MSN who works at the bedside because it's better for finances and work/life balance[/quote]

I know NPs in the DC area making 120 k with less than 10 years experience. No you aren't going to make 300k, but acting like   120  is unheard of isn't true. Perhaps the wo of you built your careers wrong.[/quote]

If you read my post, you''ll see that I agreed that NPs can make 120K.  Some do in sub-specialty medicine fields (like working in dermatology or for an orthopedic surgeon.  NPs aren't going to make that in primary care or pediatrics.   
And it's not like you're going to make $120K as an NP year one and then $200K in year 10.   Your income is going to be relatively flat over time.  Physicians don't make more year-over-year either.    These aren't fields that give EXPONENTIAL salary increases at all.

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