Availability of Acute Care Pediatric Nurse Practitioner Education in the United States: A Challenge to Growing the Workforce

The nurse practitioner (NP) workforce in the United States is growing rapidly in size, with a concomitant impact on the health care system (American Association of Nurse Practitioners [AANP], 2019a; Auerbach, Staiger,& Buerhaus, 2018). Likewise, the number of graduate nursing education programs offering NP degrees and the number of graduates have also grown substantially (Salsberg, 2018). Starting from 2008, the nursing profession has emphasized the need for alignment of NPs ’ education, certification, licensure, and clinical practice setting (APRN Consensus Workgroup& National Council of State Boards of Nursing APRN Advisory Committee, 2008).
Source: Journal of Pediatric Health Care - Category: Pediatrics Authors: Tags: Professional Issues Source Type: research