Family Nurse Practitioner – Solving Primary Care’s Problems

A family nurse practitioner sees patients of all ages and is quickly becoming (along with physician assistants) the answer to the looming primary care healthcare shortage. Many physicians are beginning to realize that a nurse practitioner can be utilized in a practice to increase billings while garnering a much lower salary than another physician would require. There have been several studies regarding the efficacy of nurse practitioners for primary care and they have all pointed toward an equal level of care compared with physicians in their field.

Many government programs, to help underserved populations, require that a practice have a nurse practitioner in order to keep the costs of the practice down. One upside to this is that the government has set up a fund to help nurse practitioners repay any loans they have accrued from their education. If you have any questions about this program, feel free to contact us via the green box at the top of this site. Considering the hiring demand for physician assistants and nurse practitioners increased by over 500% from 2006 to 2010, the utilization of these providers is becoming more commonplace across the US. That is good for the practitioners, but might not be so good for the providers who employ them as it becomes more and more difficult to attract the right candidate. To find out what this means for you, click on the green box at the top of this screen.

Advanced Practice Recruiters has been recruiting PA’s and NP’s since 2006. We assist practitioners to help them find the right opportunity, and we help practices find psychiatric nurse practitioners, pediatric nurse practitioners, neonatal nurse practitioners, CRNA’s, and physician assistants, just to name a few.

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