A Certified Nurse Anesthesiologist could make 200K working 2 days a week.
Ofcourse, it takes quite a few more years in school beyond the bachelors in nursing

Maybe PP’s friend does private duty nursing for wealthy travelers. A family we know has a great-grandmother who travels from Asia to the U.K. 2x a year. She has a nurse with her 24 hours a day for the trip.

A psychiatric nurse practitioner with his or her own practice can easily make 200,000 a year seeing patients two days that week. But as with any provider there is work that you do after hours such as calls and labs

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Anonymous wrote:I have an in-law who is a nurse and makes $200k a year working 2 days a week, without the student loan debt and insurance that a doctor needs. Anyone who looks down on that is an idiot.

What kind of job does s/he have? That sounds very unusual.

I suspect that they left out some major details or simply inflated the numbers. I know many nurses and not one would come close to 200k @ 2 days /week.

Looks like a duck, sounds like a duck ... probably a duck.

https://money.usnews.com/careers/best-jobs/registered-nurse/salary

"The BLS [U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics] reports the median salary for a registered nurse was $68,450 in 2016. The best-paid 10 percent of RNs made more than $102,990, while the bottom-paid 10 percent earned less than $47,120." And that's for full-time jobs, not less than half time work.

Anonymous wrote:I have an in-law who is a nurse and makes $200k a year working 2 days a week, without the student loan debt and insurance that a doctor needs. Anyone who looks down on that is an idiot.

Uh... no.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I have an in-law who is a nurse and makes $200k a year working 2 days a week, without the student loan debt and insurance that a doctor needs. Anyone who looks down on that is an idiot.

What kind of job does s/he have? That sounds very unusual.

I suspect that they left out some major details or simply inflated the numbers. I know many nurses and not one would come close to 200k @ 2 days /week.

Anonymous wrote:I have an in-law who is a nurse and makes $200k a year working 2 days a week, without the student loan debt and insurance that a doctor needs. Anyone who looks down on that is an idiot.

That is very atypical for a nurse.

I'm a female physician, and my nurse colleagues are the best combination of kindness, compassion, intelligence and dedication.
Anyone dating a nurse found a great catch!

Better a nurse than a teacher. Nurses don’t bring their paper work home and don’t buy basic supplies for their hospital out of their own pocket. Teachers have to buy supplies, plus bring home grading AND germs.

I married one. Best decision ever! Been together almost 40 years. She is a saint.

Anonymous wrote:I have an in-law who is a nurse and makes $200k a year working 2 days a week, without the student loan debt and insurance that a doctor needs. Anyone who looks down on that is an idiot.

What kind of job does s/he have? That sounds very unusual.

I have an in-law who is a nurse and makes $200k a year working 2 days a week, without the student loan debt and insurance that a doctor needs. Anyone who looks down on that is an idiot.

I once knew a nurse who was wild.

As an RN with a BSN who works with some of the coolest, dedicated, amazing RNs I am sorry you feel this way. Many are 2nd career RNs, and as one myself I wish I had gone straight into nursing in my 20s. The younger ones I know are pursuing NP or MSNs at this point. The career is so flexible and family friendly. Anyone would be lucky to date a nurse. They are nurturing, hard-working, FUNNY, smart, and dedicated.

I feel like many posters on this forum look down on nurses, or anyone in the healthcare field that isn’t a doctor. Would you date a nurse or someone in the healthcare field that wasn’t a doctor?