Please Scroll Down to See Forums Below That's what field I'm looking to go into. I figure with my background right now I could get on with someone in Neurology or something. Just trying to learn more about the field.
Anyone know any physician's assistants?
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juicedmohawk said:
highest paid "nursing" job there is..PA is a great job..what do you want to know
I think you need to go to school specifically for it, basically like a glorified nursing school.
I'm not a physician, but serveral close friends, and my granther are. They say being a PA is great for some, it depends on your personality. If you are comfortable with always being told what to do and filling a very specific roll with little patient interaction, then great. It pays well, and you'll be doing a lot of really cool shit, especially if you are a PA for surgeon!
A Nurse Practicioner though, they are a glorified RN, but can work much more independently, sometimes filling in for all duties of a physician for the basic cases. You can prescripe, you can make diagnosis, and you also get paid very well.
No thoughts of trying for med school? You know that Becoming is in med school right now? He got an undergrad, then a masters, then got accepted to med school and is gonna come out a big baller!
I'm not a physician, but serveral close friends, and my granther are. They say being a PA is great for some, it depends on your personality. If you are comfortable with always being told what to do and filling a very specific roll with little patient interaction, then great. It pays well, and you'll be doing a lot of really cool shit, especially if you are a PA for surgeon!
A Nurse Practicioner though, they are a glorified RN, but can work much more independently, sometimes filling in for all duties of a physician for the basic cases. You can prescripe, you can make diagnosis, and you also get paid very well.
No thoughts of trying for med school? You know that Becoming is in med school right now? He got an undergrad, then a masters, then got accepted to med school and is gonna come out a big baller!
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Lestat said:
dont listen to him juicedmowhawk..he's on drugs.
pervis ellison said:
Results of the 2005 AAPA Physician Assistant Census survey indicate that the mean total income from primary
employer for clinically practicing PAs working full-time (32 or more hours per week) was $81,129 (standard
deviation $21,254); the median was $77,402. The mean total income in 2004 was $78,257.
I have a BS and am registered/credentialed in sleep medicine already. I was wondering what a PA in a neuro setting would make, especially if they could read EEGs, sleep studies, and other neuro tests.
most PA schools are 2 year programs
http://www.bls.gov/oco/ocos081.htm
I dont want to be a nurse practicioner because of how un-organized the ANA is.
I dont want to be a nurse practicioner because of how un-organized the ANA is.
Lestat said:
I'm guessing that PA's who were in general practitioner settings probably brought that down.
1 standard deviation above that would be around $105k a year. I'd guess most specialized PA's require that.
For $105k a year I'd do all the little tests for a physician like sleep, EEG, evoked potentials, EKG's, nerve function testing....
Lestat said:
It's been my goal since my 2nd semester of college to become a physician. Recently I've been talked out of it for a couple reasons. Still a good career, just probably not for me.
that is a cool site, here is my job:
http://www.bls.gov/oco/ocos287.htm
http://www.bls.gov/oco/ocos287.htm
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My buddy is a PA. He does pretty well for himself....pretty damn well. He sees patients all the time. I also know a girl who is a Nurse Anesthitist (spelling). She's damn fine and makes a good living also. That's about all the info I got though hehehe. My buddy went to school for 4 yrs.
Not a lot of neurologists use PAs (SPEAKING from my experience only, the neurologists/neurosurgeons I work for) PAs generally administer the tests, the EMGs, the EEGs, they set a person up for polysomnograms, but they don't do the interpretation, they don't do the reports. So if you want something where you're in the medical field and working WITH people, outstanding choice. If you want to be INTERPRETATING the data, not so good.juicedmohawk said:
Now orthopedic PAs, they're REALLY busy little bees, especially if you get into a really busy ortho practice.
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I know quite a few, very hard schools to get into, you need lots of patient care on your application and they are very selective. Its not unusual to have 500 applications for twenty spots in a program.
I dont see much difference in a RNP and a PA, just different creditentials.
Nurses will apply to NP school, Allied health professionals apply to PA school. It just extends your medical degree that you already have and I havent met many that just got in with just a bachelor's degree but it is possible I guess but with so much competition it would be difficult.
Whoever thinks its a nursing profession is wrong.
You see patients and prescribe, order tests, manage care just like a physician in alot of cases. Alot of followup care for a physician for routine checkups and managing chronic cases.
You can make more than a General practitioner if you get into the right specialty.
I agree with MM, I dont see much of a need for a PA in neurology
I dont see much difference in a RNP and a PA, just different creditentials.
Nurses will apply to NP school, Allied health professionals apply to PA school. It just extends your medical degree that you already have and I havent met many that just got in with just a bachelor's degree but it is possible I guess but with so much competition it would be difficult.
Whoever thinks its a nursing profession is wrong.
You see patients and prescribe, order tests, manage care just like a physician in alot of cases. Alot of followup care for a physician for routine checkups and managing chronic cases.
You can make more than a General practitioner if you get into the right specialty.
I agree with MM, I dont see much of a need for a PA in neurology
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