Happy Nurse Practitioner Week Celebration

For more than half a century, nurse practitioners (NPs) have been providing primary, acute and specialty health care to millions of patients across the lifespan. NPs evaluate patients, order and interpret tests, make diagnoses, write prescriptions and bring a comprehensive perspective to health care in nearly 1 billion patient visits each year.

Named the #1 Best Job and Best Health Care Job by U.S. News & World Report, NPs can be found in clinics, hospitals, emergency rooms, urgent care centers, nursing homes and private practices. As clinicians who blend clinical expertise with an added emphasis on health management, NPs bring a comprehensive perspective to health care and continually rise to meet our nation’s health care challenges.

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For that reason, the American Association of Nurse Practitioners® (AANP) joins a grateful nation in recognizing the more than 385,000 NPs at the heart of health care. By offering high-quality, cost-effective, patient-centered health care, NPs provide more than 385,000 solutions to the primary care shortage facing America today. We thank you!