Survey Stats for Retail Health NPs
Mentions of nurse practitioners in the popular press seems to be all retail health, all the time. Consumers could be excused for thinking that all NPs work in retail clinics.
However, less than 4% of NPs work in convenient care settings. That's according to 2,781 responses so far to the 2009 National Salary and Workplace Survey of Nurse Practitioners. (We're still collecting data, so if you haven't filled out the survey yet, go do it now!) Sure, that 4% is up a percentage point from the 2007 survey, but it's still only about the same fraction as NPs who own their own practice.
Here's how NPs in retail health compare with the population of NPs as a whole:
- The average full-time salary for NPs working in retail health is $87,667 ($86,000 median). That's up 8% from 2 years ago, and it's pretty close to the overall average full-time NP salary of $89,328 ($85,000 median).
- The average part-time retail health hourly rate is $44 ($46 median), which is close to the overall average hourly NP rate of $46 ($43 median).
- About 24% of retail health NPs work part time, and 31% of those have more than one part-time position. Overall, 15% of NPs work part time, and 36% of those have more than one part-time position.
- NPs in retail health are overwhelmingly master's prepared (93%), 2% have a doctoral degree, and 5% have a bachelor's degree as their highest credential. That's compared with 91% of NPs in general who are master's prepared, 4% with a doctorate, 3% with a bachelor's degree, and 2% still practicing with an associate's degree.
- NPs in retail health write an average of 34 prescriptions each week (30 median), compared with 70 prescriptions on average (40 median) for NPs in general.
- NPs in retail health seem a bit less satisfied with their jobs than do NPs in general: 81% are somewhat or very satisfied in retail health, while 87% are overall. About 17% in retail health say they are somewhat or very dissatisfied with their job, compared with 12% of NPs in general.