crickethunger
Regular Member
Becoming an NP seems the best alternative for those that don't go into medicine. From this week they can charge medicare, prescribe meds (including heart meds!), vaccinate and basically most things a GP can.
Their pay is around 90k but with overtime and other benefits it exceeds 100k easily. It's like becoming a GP but with only about 5 years education and 2-3 years training. So about 7 years to become an NP vs 12 years to become a GP. The pay is practically similar and you do the same stuff.
In the US NP's will be required to do a doctorate in nursing practise by 2015 so all NP's will be knows as Doctor! In Australia you can just do a PhD.
Best of all you can run your own practise. While legislation recommends a GP is overseeing things some clinics are planning on running it completely independent of GP's so you get autonomy.
"While the proposed clinics would work in collaboration with existing GP practices, other clinics such as the Revive Clinics group see themselves as operating more independently, saying there is "nothing in the [rules about] collaborative arrangements saying you have to have a signed agreement with a local GP", according to The Australian."
Awesome. Nursing for me next year.
Anyone else planning on going into the field? It's just awesome. My mum's a nurse and she's planning on studying for a Masters in Nursing practise and maybe a PhD so she will become a doctor. And I will follow suit
Their pay is around 90k but with overtime and other benefits it exceeds 100k easily. It's like becoming a GP but with only about 5 years education and 2-3 years training. So about 7 years to become an NP vs 12 years to become a GP. The pay is practically similar and you do the same stuff.
In the US NP's will be required to do a doctorate in nursing practise by 2015 so all NP's will be knows as Doctor! In Australia you can just do a PhD.
Best of all you can run your own practise. While legislation recommends a GP is overseeing things some clinics are planning on running it completely independent of GP's so you get autonomy.
"While the proposed clinics would work in collaboration with existing GP practices, other clinics such as the Revive Clinics group see themselves as operating more independently, saying there is "nothing in the [rules about] collaborative arrangements saying you have to have a signed agreement with a local GP", according to The Australian."
Awesome. Nursing for me next year.
Anyone else planning on going into the field? It's just awesome. My mum's a nurse and she's planning on studying for a Masters in Nursing practise and maybe a PhD so she will become a doctor. And I will follow suit