Nurse practitioner (NP) program
The nursing school at a public university is considering increasing the size of its nurse practitioner (NP) program to address shortages in primary care capacity in certain regions of your state. They have asked you to evaluate the risks and benefits of increasing enrollment. Create few pages report documenting your findings.
In this report, address the following:
- How could you use healthcare workforce modeling to show whether increasing the enrollment within the NP program at the university will have the intended effect?
- Taking into consideration the factors that affect healthcare workforce supply, why might increasing NP class size at the university not reduce the primary care shortages within your state?
In formulating your report, think about the factors that could affect the future supply of NPs.
