Nurse Practitioner’s Nurse Practitioner’s Role in the Changing Role in the Changing

Healthcare SystemHealthcare System

M. Diane RusterucciM. Diane Rusterucci

NURS 4200 Concepts of the Nurse as NURS 4200 Concepts of the Nurse as Leader/ManagerLeader/Manager

Summer 2014Summer 2014

What is a Nurse Practitioner?• RN with advanced education

– Master’s Degree

– Doctor of Nursing Practice

Leadership Issue:• Nurse Practitioner’s role in the changing

healthcare system.• Supply and demand required to service the

growing numbers of chronic care and elderly

Challenges to Change:

• Removing barriers for APRN to be able to practice to the fullest extent

• Standardizing the process

Projecting the Supply and Demand for Primary Care Practitioners through 2020

Provider Type/Specialty 2010 2020Supply    

Nurse Practitioners 55,400  72,100 

Physician Assistants 27,700  43,900 

Demand    

Nurse Practitioners 55,400       64,700 

Physician Assistants 27,700        32,700  

Supply and Demand    

Nurse Practitioners * 7,400 

Physician Assistants * 11,200 

Conclusion

• The Nurse Practitioner will be a leader for change in the future of healthcare.

References

American Nurses Association. (2014). Advanced Practice Nursing: A New Age in

Health Care. Retrieved from www.NursingWorld.org: APRNMediaBackgrounder.pdf

Health Resources and Services Administration. (2013). Retrieved from

bhpr.hrsa.gov/healthworkforce/supplydemand/usworkforce/primarycare/

Institute of Medicine. (2010, October). Retrieved from

http://www.iom.edu/Reports/2010/The-Future-of-Nursing-Leading-Change-Advancing-

Health.aspx