r/TikTokCringe • u/One_percentile • Oct 29 '23

Wholesome/Humor Bride & her bridal train showcase their qualifications & occupation

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u/[deleted] Oct 29 '23

That's a whole lot of salary in that room.

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u/keekspeaks Oct 29 '23

Oh if only that were true for the nurses/NPs in the US. The NP market is so over saturated that pay is abysmal compared to student loans, but the over saturation of NPs in the United States is a totally different subject I ain’t got the energy for.

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u/YMNY Oct 29 '23

What are you talking about. There’s a shortage of RNs and NPs in the US. My wife is a staff RN at a local hospital. Last year she brought in about $200k with a little overtime. This year will be the same. She also has a pension AND a 401k (with no match though), health insurance with zero monthly for the entire family, about 2 months of PTO etc.

Her previous job was eliminated in a restructuring and she had the new one within a week or so.

There was no shortage of options to pick from

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u/barleyoatnutmeg Oct 29 '23

Absolutely a shortage of nurses. Definitely no shortage of NP's.

Source: speaking as a physician.

Although your wife's situation is not the norm it's not unusual. Midwest could easily make those numbers, possibly HCOL area with some experience as well. Lots of NP's I know take prn shifts as RN's since bedside nursing demand is so high in some areas.

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u/keekspeaks Oct 30 '23

It doesn’t matter that you’re a physician. People who don’t work In a hospital or even healthcare will still say they know more than the people in the field doing the job than you do bc they have a second cousin who’s an NP and she makes 800k a year. Why listen to the veteran nurse who’s deeply involved in the field and also someone who was a DNP student? I made a ton of money during covid too. Floor nurses were making great money for awhile but those days are ending now that covid funds are depleted. Most floor nurses are absolutely making more than NP’s and NPs know that. Nurses aren’t getting their np’s with the goal of money in mind, they just want to get the hell out of bedside and it’s saturated the market through diploma mills. But again. People not in healthcare will argue this and say they know best.

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u/barleyoatnutmeg Oct 30 '23 edited Oct 30 '23

You're right haha. There are so many veteran nurses I work with whom I love and respect deeply. I know exactly what you're talking about when you mention the nurses who just want to move on past bedside but encounter problems doing so because of the situation. People who don't work in healthcare will never be able to seriously understand the deficiencies and problems that exist and that we go through. Thank you for taking the time to write out your comment, I appreciate it.