Forbes February 3, 2020
The record number of nurse practitioners has reduced the size of the registered nurse workforce by 80,000, putting pressure on hospitals and policymakers to come up with ways to fill the RN void, according to a new study.
New research published in the February issue of the journal Health Affairs shows the number of nurse practitioners has more than doubled in the last decade, Montana State University’s David Auerbach and coauthors wrote. The number of nurse practitioners rose to 190,000 from 91,000 from 2010 to 2017, the authors said, citing the Census Bureau’s American Community Survey.
The numbers of nurse practitioners continues to grow and the American Association of Nurse Practitioners reported last year that the number of licensed nurse...
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