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Nurse Practitioner vs. Doctor: Key Differences Explained

University of St. Augustine for Health Sciences

News & World Report ranks the profession of nurse practitioner as #1 in its 2024 Best Health Care Jobs list. 10 The demand for nurse practitioners is growing at a rapid rate. Employment is projected to grow 40 percent between 2023 and 2033, with an estimated 31,900 jobs being added each year during that period.

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Advanced Nursing Degrees to Accelerate Career Growth

University of St. Augustine for Health Sciences

In 2011, the Institute of Medicine released the landmark report “The Future of Nursing: Leading Change, Advancing Health,” calling for doubling the number of U.S. nurses who have doctoral degrees by 2020. 1 The report, which is still influential today, argues that higher levels of nursing education lead to improved patient care.

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Shining a Spotlight on Orthopaedic Nurses: Celebrating Our Unsung Heroes of Healing!

Daily Nurse

Sports medicine: Although sports may not come to mind when you think of nursing, ortho nurses can work in sports medicine with athletes and other sports rehabilitation professionals. Orthopedic surgery: Orthopedic nurses can be skilled in patient care during trauma, spinal fusion, or total joint replacement surgeries in the OR.