1. Nurse Practitioners Role in the Changing Healthcare System
M. DIANE RUSTERUCCI NURS 4200 CONCEPTS OF THE NURSE AS
LEADER/MANAGER SUMMER 2014
2. What is a Nurse Practitioner? RN with advanced education
Masters Degree Doctor of Nursing Practice
3. Leadership Issue: Nurse Practitioners role in the changing
healthcare system. Supply and demand required to service the
growing numbers of chronic care and elderly
4. Challenges to Change: Removing barriers for APRN to be able
to practice to the fullest extent Standardizing the process
5. Projecting the Supply and Demand for Primary Care
Practitioners through 2020 Provider Type/Specialty 2010 2020 Supply
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
6. Conclusion The Nurse Practitioner will be a leader for
change in the future of healthcare.
7. References American Nurses Association. (2014). Advanced
Practice Nursing: A New Age in Health Care. Retrieved from
www.NursingWorld.org: APRNMediaBackgrounder.pdf Health Resources
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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