re: Daughter going to NP school. What sort a salaries these ladies make?

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Daughter is starting her first semester at NP school in August at LSU. What sort of salaries are people getting as NPs in South Louisiana these days?

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CRNA is where it is at. At on time when my daughter was in Nursing School CRNA was a NP level. They may have moved it to a PhD level but anyway it is bank.

My niece is a CRNA and is making $280K plus in Indy at a day surgery center, M-F, no weekends. OT is not too much. When your patients are gone you are done.

I never said we have the same training as an MD. There's a reason MDs are still around, but can tell you from working alongside lots of them there are some MDs that are not proficient and are scary as hell. I can also inform you from experience as an acute care NP in the ICU what the required hours are. See Louisiana State Board of Nursing Rules and Regulations - Page 46 "Curriculum Requirements."

La State Board APRN Rules & Regulations

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I make $70/hr great Insurance, 6% matching retirement - as a regular ‘ol floor RN up here in Massachusetts.

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What’s your schedule look like though? The NPs that I know did it mostly for better work/life balance due to having kids. They work weekdays only, no nights, weekends, or holidays. I have no idea how much they make, but I would assume it’s 120k+.

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The truth is that the NP field is becoming super saturated. NP mills are pumping out NPs left and right who’ve never even worked as nurses before,

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This is true. I know one personally. She’s a home health nurse from Bangladesh. Got her NP. She’s a fricking idiot and isn’t even a competent RN. Lot of foreign women from third world shitholes who are not smart at all have medical licenses they shouldn’t have.

I dont disagree with the CRNA advice but NP is about as universal a job as you could have.

Work anywhere, including telemed.

As previously said, saturation may become an issue in the coming years with how these online programs with 100% acceptance rates are pumping out grads now.
There are times where 4/5 floor RNs on my floor also have their NP. But overall, it is still one of the most feasible and solid return on investment jobs in healthcare.