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2006 Nurse Practitioner Salary & Practice Survey
James Etta A. Newland, PhD, APRN, BC, FNP, FAANP, FNAP
Editor-in-Chief, the Nurse Practitioner
The results from the 2006 Salary and Practice Survey sponsored by The Nurse Practitioner are in. More than 500 (549 to be precise) nurse practitioners (NPs) responded to the survey, which asked about education, geographic location, practice and prescriptive patterns, and of course, current salary. Surveys were accepted between August and December of 2005. In addition to answering our survey questions, many NPs offered their own insights into the profession. ments revealed both ess and frustration in certain areas of practice, pensation. Salary questions triggered the vast majority ments, ranging from those who have seen an increase in the salary offered as well as an increase in the number of job offers, to one who claimed her hourly wage was $8 less than what she could earn as a hospital critical care nurse. A recent graduate, who was in the top of her class in the top-rated FNP program in the United States, had this to say: "It has been next to impossible for me to find an NP job in the city where I live that pays enough for me to cover my living expenses and student loans." Compensation and employment remain top concerns for many NPs.
Salary, Education, and a Gender Gap
The average annual salary for NPs working full-t