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The Importance of Being A Nurse Practitioner
Ayasha Thomason
Hi. I’m Ayasha, Thomason.
Heather Stallings
And I’m Heather Stallings.
Ayasha Thomason
And today we’re going to talk about the importance of being a nurse practitioner. It’s no secret that becoming a nurse practitioner is a popular career choice and becoming more and more so every day. In fact, according to the American Association of Nurse Practitioners, the number of licensed nurse practitioners has set another record grown more than 12% to more than 325,000, compared to just 290,000 in 2019.
Heather Stallings
That’s amazing. I mean, it makes sense, though. A lot of retired MPs and other healthcare professionals stepped up to the role during the pandemic, you remember, because nurse practitioners were granted larger roles by the state government as the need for primary care health professionals went up.
Ayasha Thomason
Some of those waivers are actually still in place, too, allowing full scope of practice for some nurse practitioners. It’s also the young nurses that are starting to realize that they can do more for their patients with their advanced skill set. And generally when you’re a nurse, you care about people, so it makes sense that you’d want to increase that.
Heather Stallings
Yes, absolutely. And of course, we hear it over and over in our featured NP videos. Our MPs always say that they chose this profession because they wanted to do more.
Ayasha Thomason
Well, the increase in pay and the better benefits also helps too, but that’s the role of the nurse practitioner is so vital in all types of healthcare and for lots of different reasons. But, more than that, and you can say this too, Heather. It’s just an extremely rewarding career.
Heather Stallings
Yes, it truly is. I absolutely love what I do, and I wouldn’t change it for anything.
Ayasha Thomason
Speaking of the importance of NPS – we’re hiring!
Heather Stallings
Yes. Go visit our Careers page online at www.integratedcareprofessionals.net and click on the Careers tab to see what positions we have available.
Ayasha Thomason
Absolutely. Check it out and apply today.
