Nurse Practitioners Rock 2017!

Ten or fifteen years ago, many ordinary healthcare consumers may not have known much -- if anything -- about nurse practitioners. Moreover, only a small percentage would have received care from an NP. But in January of 2017, nurse practitioners are gaining ground like never before, so many nurses who are thinking about career mobility are likely considering the NP or APRN path.U.S. News and World Report Is On the MarkSome of you may have seen the substantive articlepublished by U.S. News and World Report in early January of this year. It was their annual job rankings for the top 100 jobs in the U.S., and nurse practitioners came in at #2, after pharmacists.U.S. News bases these rankings on many attributes of a particular career or industry, and NPs are reported as having a 0.7% unemployment rate, a decent level of upward mobility, and a median salary of $98,190. Meanwhile, job growth for nurse practitioners, nurse midwives, and nurse anesthetists is considered to be upwards of 31% between now and 2024, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics.Sure, NPs have high stress levels and what U.S. News characterizes as below average flexibility in their work and jobs, but this doesn ' t diminish the earning power and projected job growth being seen now (and predicted for the future).The BLS is No BSSpeaking of the Bureau of Labor Statistics, they also claim thatthe NP/midwife/nurse anesthetist cadre of careers will produce somewhere around 53,000 jobs between now and 2024; I perso...
Source: Digital Doorway - Category: Nursing Tags: advanced practice nurses advanced practice registered nurses APRN APRNs career career development career management NP NPs nurse practitioners nursing Source Type: blogs