NP Stats

guest538567 · May 20, 2015

Interesting JulesA. The rate of NP growth is a disturbing trend. I just hope that experience and academic pedigree will count for something if the market saturates.

synaptic · May 21, 2015

There's tons of lawyers and MBAs out there. The hard working and dedicated ones still make good money. I am going to say the story will be the same for nurse practitioners.

Dranger · May 21, 2015

I wonder why Acute Care has the least number of years experience. New specialty? Or it attracts young ICU nurses?

Jules A, MSN · May 21, 2015

I wonder why Acute Care has the least number of years experience. New specialty? Or it attracts young ICU nurses?

Interesting question but if the average age is 50 then 46 really isn't all that young. I would have figured more of ICU nurses become CRNAs or at least thats what many of my undergraduate students already have their eyes on. :)

synaptic · May 21, 2015

i feel young I'm only 26 lol

Lajimolala, BSN, RN, NP · May 21, 2015

The ACNP is the newest NP specialty at around ten years old.

PG2018 · May 21, 2015

There's tons of lawyers and MBAs out there. The hard working and dedicated ones still make good money. I am going to say the story will be the same for nurse practitioners.

It'll just be harder for the new ones to get jobs. I was talking to a couple of pharmacists recently who believe a similar bubble will soon pop in pharmacy.

PG2018 · May 21, 2015

i feel young I'm only 26 lol

You are!

PG2018 · May 21, 2015

I wonder why Acute Care has the least number of years experience. New specialty? Or it attracts young ICU nurses?

I think it's got your name written all over it Dranger.

Advanced Practice Columnist / Guide · May 21, 2015

Does the "years of practice" mean years of RN practice, years of RN + NP practice, or years of NP practice alone?

The first Acute Care Nurse Practitioner certification program was offered in 1996 and was developed jointly by ANCC and AACN (Assoc of Crit Care Nurses). The exam has now been split to two, one by ANCC and the other AACN.

In our group of ICU ACNP's, the youngest is 29 and the oldest is 46.

Jules A, MSN · May 22, 2015

Does the "years of practice" mean years of RN practice, years of RN + NP practice, or years of NP practice alone?
The first Acute Care Nurse Practitioner certification program was offered in 1996 and was developed jointly by ANCC and AACN (Assoc of Crit Care Nurses). The exam has now been split to two, one by ANCC and the other AACN.
In our group of ICU ACNP's, the youngest is 29 and the oldest is 46.

My assumption is years of practice refers to the years the person has been a NP.

"Nurse Practitioners have been in practice an average of 10 years"

AANP - NP Fact Sheet