Is Becoming a Nurse Practitioner Worth It? ~Cons of being an NP~
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- čas přidán 25. 07. 2024
- In this video, I talked about cons of being a nurse practitioner.
Becoming a nurse practitioner is not easy. Being a health care provider gives you more responsibilities and risks. So, is becoming a nurse practitioner REALLY worth it for YOU?
Make sure to watch the other video, in which I talk about pros of being a nurse practitioner.
【Is Becoming a Nurse Practitioner Worth it? ~Pros of being an NP~】 • Is Becoming a Nurse Pr...
Also here is the video about nurse practitioners’ compensation that I mentioned in this video.
【NP explains ~How Do Nurse Practitioners Get Paid?~】
• アメリカのナースプラクティショナーが教える〜...
I hope you’ll find your right career path!
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About ME:
Hi, I’m Miki Miura!
I am a nurse practitioner (NP) in Hawaii, USA. I was born and raised in Japan, and I came to the States when I was 25 years old after working as a registered nurse in Japan. English is my second language, but I was able to graduate my master’s program (MSN FNP program) as a valedictorian. I have a DNP degree as my final nursing degree also.
I started this CZcams channel as a part of my nursing education project (JANP Project) that connects the USA and Japan. I make different videos about NPs, nursing career, studying abroad and Japanese culture. I upload a new video every Sunday (every Monday for those who live in Japan), so don’t forget to subscribe my channel so that you won’t miss any videos!
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Disclaimer: I am not an advisor for studying abroad. Although I am a nurse practitioner by profession, I am not your health care provider, and no provider-patient relationship is established with you in anyway. This video, and the ideas presented in it, are for entertainment purposes only and should not be construed as medical advice.
I’d love to hear your experience and thoughts❤️
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Very informative! Thanks
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テネシー州で、FNPになりましたが、現在のところは、Pros & Cons を比較した結果、個人的にはRNとして働く事をえらびました。日本人のNPの方が、これからもますますのご活躍をされるのを期待しています。
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もし差し支えなければNPになるか考えてる方の役に立つと思いますので、判断した理由を教えていただけますか？NPという職業は全て人が適しているわけではないと思いますし、その時の状況によっても違うのかなと思います。
I was planning to apply to nursing school in the fall. But, lately I’ve been looking into NP vs PA. PA school is 3 years and RN (ASN & BSN) are 2/2.5 years. PA’s make double what RNs make. I thought maybe it would be cheaper to do NP as some hospitals will pay tuition to do higher education. But, that’ll be sooo many years down the line. This video is the first time I’ve heard that NPs are going to move to DNP by 2025. That makes me want to do PA even more now.
What are your thoughts about having a DNP now but for little more pay? What are your thoughts and experiences working with PAs?
@angeliquemaez5569 Hi, thank you for watching the video and your comment!
I am not a PA myself, so I cannot speak for them, but when you are deciding if you want to pursue RN vs NP vs PA, you will need to think of what’s important for you, what you love to do, the support for you to become a competent professional and job prospect.
If income is important for you (which is not something you need to be ashamed of! We need to survive, take care of ourselves and our family, and have a stable retirement life!), you should be aware that becoming an NP or PA than being an RN may or may not guarantee more income. As I said in the video, in some states like Hawaii, RNs who work in large hospitals get paid more than NPs. Some new grad NPs were shocked and disappointed when they learned about this after completing their NP school. RNs can make excellent income without going to graduate schools in many ways. So you should know if going to graduate school is worth it for you.
On the other hand, you can also consider that NPs in many states can open their own practice, so depending on how you manage your practice and business, you may be able to gain more income.
I’m glad I chose to become an RN first and then became an NP because I have a solid identity as a health care professional. My core is nursing. I cultivated my communication and assessment skills as a nurse through my nursing jobs, which helped me become a competent and effective NP. It took 10 years to become an NP, but all of my nursing experience helped me learn how the healthcare team’s dynamic works better because I’ve been in the shoes of supportive staff in the past. Diagnosing conditions and deciding on the right treatment are not simple processes, and all of my experiences working as a nurse helped me to gradually learn different aspects of becoming a competent healthcare provider, so I am glad that I chose the pathway, even though it took a while and cost a lot to go to a graduate school.
This is such a good topic, and I plan to create an episode about it. Thanks again for your support, and good luck with your career endeavors!
As someone who was an ER nurse, a nursing supervisor a, a floor nurse in the urgent care and now close to finishing my DNP I can give you some insight.
For starters PAs do not make double what RNs make atleast in PA they do not. PA or NP usually starts around $130k a year. RNs are making over $100k easy.
PA school is 2 vigorous years and also you need a batchelors degree and to get In so the schooling is 6 years technically.
NPs are not moving to DNP by 2025. Out of my class of 90 NPs only two of us are getting the DNP and there is no difference in pay scale. The difference is the ability to teach as a professor.
I would really look into what you want to do and what model you want to study behind before jumping into a program. You want the medical model you go PA, you want the nursing model you go NP.
Also I believe NP should be an RN for a minimum of 5 years before becoming an NP. NP school is off the basis of you being an RN and experience. The school is not as rigorous as PA school and jumping right into an NP program as a new RN can be daunting and ruin your career. You are not taught as well as PAs fresh out of school and may have a really hard time treating people as a provider rather then a nurse and missing a lot of diagnosis because you are just not prepared.