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So an NP (nurse practitioner) does almost the same tasks as a physician in the same field?


if so, why don't they get paid atleast a little bit like a physician?

Nurse Practitioners can get paid at 85% of the physician rate by most insurance carriers. I know of a couple of CFNPs who went to school with me who set up practices of their own and now have physicians working for their practices, because as they expanded, the physicians coming out of residency needed the position.

There is no set salary for anyone in health care. You make what you earn. If you put out the effort, a nurse practitioner can easily make well over $100,000 a year. It is a matter of effort and productivity.

I used to work and see 45 patients a day. Now I am essentially retired, except for consulting, writing and some research. I don't want to work that hard any more, but I was able to make enough to retire by 50. I guess NPs don't always do that much worse than physicians.

I guess because they don't have the credentials. I have been to the ER once because of kidney stones and the NP was very knowledgeable and doesn't get paid as nearly as much.

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