Sharp increase expected in number of nurse practitioners
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The Florida Panhandle Nurse Practitioner Coalition
on
Panama City, FL
The growth in the profession will be especially noticeable in primary care, according to a new report.
By Victoria Stagg Elliott, amednews staff. Posted July 2, 2012.
The nurse practitioner population will nearly double by 2025, according to an analysis published in the July Medical Care, the official journal of the medical care section of the American Public Health Assn.
Nurse practitioners really are becoming a growing presence, particularly in primary care,” said David I. Auerbach, PhD, the author and a health economist at RAND Corp.
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