Becker's Healthcare October 29, 2024
AMN Healthcare’s 2024 “Review of Physician and Advanced Practitioner Recruiting Incentives,” report named nurse practitioners as the most in-demand medical professionals of 2023 and 2024.
They were also named the top job of 2024 by U.S. News & World Report. Statistics project 45% growth in the number of roles available between 2022 and 2032 — an increase of 118,600 jobs — according to the report.
Among the key drivers in the demand growth for nurse practitioners is the relief they provide physicians, both in primary and specialty care settings. NPs have the ability to examine patients, create plans for maintaining or improving a patient’s health, order tests and, in some locations, prescribe medicine, filling gaps for physicians, who are...