The Evolving Role of Nurse Practitioners in Health Centers and Considerations for Job Satisfaction
Year Developed: 2021
Resource Type: Publication.Primary Audience: Administrative Staff
Clinicians
Secondary Audience: C-Suite (CEOs, CFOs, CIO, COOs, CMOs, etc.)
PCAs
Language(s): English
Developed by: Association of Clinicians for the Underserved (See other resources developed by this organization). In collaboration with National Nurse-Led Care Consortium .
Resource Summary: The Association of Clinicians for the Underserved\'s (ACU) STAR² Center and the National Nurse-Led Care Consortium (NNCC) recently released a paper focusing on burnout prevention and workplace well-being and satisfaction for Nurse practitioners (NP). The paper is the result of focus groups ACU and NNCC conducted with NPs and health center administrators to better understand the expanding and evolving role of NPs at health centers, the drivers of burnout, and factors that contribute to provider satisfaction.
Resource Details: Nurse Practitioners (NPs) play an important role in expanding the supply of primary care workforce and access to primary health care. As the NP workforce continues to grow and evolve, focus on burnout prevention and workplace satisfaction is imperative to continue to recruit and retain health center providers. The Association of Clinicians for the Underserved (ACU) and the National Nurse-Led Care Consortium (NNCC) conducted focus groups with NPs and health center administrators to better understand the expanding and evolving role of NPs at health centers, the drivers of burnout, and factors that contribute to provider satisfaction. This paper describes these findings and offers additional insight gained from peer-reviewed literature.
Resource Topic: Emerging Issues, Workforce
Resource Subtopic: Retention, , Team-Based Care.
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