Becker's Healthcare February 17, 2023
Hospital beds are nearly full and waiting times in emergency departments across the U.S. are often untenable. However, April Kapu, DNP, president of the American Association of Nurse Practitioners, recently told Becker’s that nurse practitioners can provide solutions for hospitals facing clinician shortages.
That said, there are two issues getting in the way of hospitals fully employing nurse practitioners as a meaningful solution. Dr. Kapu said there is not widespread understanding among hospitals and other healthcare practitioners about the full value nurse practitioners can provide — especially in acute care settings and rural hospitals, where access to care is reaching critically low levels.
The second reason hospitals are not looking to nurse practitioners to fill provider gaps and...
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