NP "Glut" on the market

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Hi, I'm a RN aspiring to be a ACNP w/ FNP certificate. As I read some of the posts throughout the board, I've read that there is a glut of NP's on the market... Is this true? Are you finding it difficult to get a job? Or get paid what you're worth? Or is it just certain areas of the country that is 'glutted'? I am willing to move to a different area (of course, we all would like to stay at home, ultimately) if needed to get a job. What is the prospect for future NP's? Is the insurance industry making it to where the 'excess' NP's out there will be used as the 'worth' is recognized by hospitals/physicians? If you had it to do over again, would you? I'm 38 and nursing is my 2nd career and NP would be my 3rd if you consider it different that nursing...I just don't want to educate myself into a non marketable job or one that might be that way in time...What is your opinion???

Thanks for your honest opinions...

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I'm a future NP so not necessarily the responder you're looking for but here are my thoughts. I have a graduate non-health care degree and nursing/np will be my second career. I'm applying to direct entry msn programs. Although my present employment history is not in health care I have lived through several economic cycles, and I have experienced looking for work in slow job markets and in markets with so called "gluts" more than once and I have always found jobs. Looking for work is never truly easy even in so called boom markets, hot demand, or critical shortage markets, etc., etc. Bottom line if you want the degree then go for it. As far as I'm concerned there won't be a true glut of NP's (regardless of what you read) until the planet starts running out of people and/or all diseased states are eliminated.

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Well, if you're willing to go to a "medically under-served" area, such as my rural county, you'll be snapped up in a heartbeat.

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Hi, I'm a RN aspiring to be a ACNP w/ FNP certificate. As I read some of the posts throughout the board, I've read that there is a glut of NP's on the market... Is this true? Are you finding it difficult to get a job? Or get paid what you're worth? Or is it just certain areas of the country that is 'glutted'? I am willing to move to a different area (of course, we all would like to stay at home, ultimately) if needed to get a job. What is the prospect for future NP's? Is the insurance industry making it to where the 'excess' NP's out there will be used as the 'worth' is recognized by hospitals/physicians? If you had it to do over again, would you? I'm 38 and nursing is my 2nd career and NP would be my 3rd if you consider it different that nursing...I just don't want to educate myself into a non marketable job or one that might be that way in time...What is your opinion???

Thanks for your honest opinions...

It's all due to supply and demand. online programs are certainly contributing to an oversupply of NP's and this will affect both urban and rural areas - I'm currently seeing this in my area. I do feel that states will get stricter and place restrictions on 100% online programs, then there will be fewer of us and salaries will rise. A few years ago, there were a few states that wouldn't recognize online NP degrees. I don't know if that's still the case...anyone out there know?

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Specializes in Nephrology, Cardiology, ER, ICU.

I live in central IL and here we do have a lot of mid-level providers: its not only NPs, CNSs, but also PAs. However, experienced providers are highly sought after.

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It's all due to supply and demand. Online programs are certainly contributing to an oversupply of NP's and this will affect both urban and rural areas - I'm currently seeing this in my area. I do feel that states will get stricter and place restrictions on 100% online programs, then there will be fewer of us and salaries will rise. A few years ago, there were a few states that wouldn't recognize online NP degrees. I don't know if that's still the case...anyone out there know?

Are you for real?

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Are you for real?

Of course not, I'm completely fabricated.

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Specializes in Nephrology, Cardiology, ER, ICU.

Let's be respectful of each other's views.

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Let's be respectful of each other's views.

Oh, I am, but this is not a "view," it's a false statement.

It's just when I see comments such as, "online programs are certainly contributing to an oversupply of NP's and this will affect both urban and rural areas - I'm currently seeing this in my area," I want to get a hammer and hit myself in the head till I feel better.

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Oh, I am, but this is not a "view," it's a false statement.

It's just when I see comments such as, "Online programs are certainly contributing to an oversupply of NP's and this will affect both urban and rural areas - I'm currently seeing this in my area," I want to get a hammer and hit myself in the head till I feel better.

The local online NP program in my area is graduating 60-80 FNP's a semester and I live in a city with a population of less than 300,000. Every single midlevel in town is worried about the oversupply of midlevels, because it is affecting us all.

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Specializes in ER; CCT.
Let's be respectful of each other's views.

I agree, respect is the cornerstone of effective communication. Perhaps when individuals make idiotic comments that state fact, they should have to provide some form of evidence to support besides what they saw or heard last summer at band camp.

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Specializes in ER; CCT.
A few years ago, there were a few states that wouldn't recognize online NP degrees. I don't know if that's still the case...anyone out there know?

Which states? Southern states? Western states? Please let me know of one state that does not recognize a CCNE accredited FNP program - either distance or brick and mortar that delivers NP training through distance.

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