Nurse Practitioner Job Analysis

The American Academy of Pediatrics conducted a survey in 2010 which established that there were only 13,000 Pediatrics Nurse Practitioners in practice at the time. It was noted in the same survey that the majority of that number work in primary care settings. In order to establish role delineation for Nurse Practitioners, The American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), a subsidiary of American Nurses Association (ANA), conducted a national level job analysis survey. The purpose of the survey was to describe practice expectations and map out performance requirements and environments that Nurse Practitioners must meet to in order to practice. It is the goal of The American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) to conduct this study every three
In a 2010 Federal Prevention Initiates report it is noted that one third (1/3) of all Primary Care doctors are likely to retire over the next decade giving rise to the need for Nurse Practitioners in all specialties to step into those shoes and continue providing care with more autonomy. This is a trend that is likely to gain momentum and with greater number of insured patients, insurance companies as stakeholders in the ACA initiatives are likely to encourage patients being seen by a Nurse Practitioner from a billing stand
If we take the focus from 'turf protection' where physicians and legislatures see Nurse Practitioners as encroaching on their territory, and put the focus on the well being of patients. In returning to school, my long term goal is to progress to a Family Nurse Practitioner (FN) and can see that day when a group of Nurse Practitioners from different specialties (Pediatrics, Sports Medicine) come together and combine our experiences and education to put together a practice just like a group of physicians do. I remember years ago when the first generic medications came on the market and the resistance they were met with by both patients and other drug