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Advanced Practice and Specialties: There is growing demand for nurse practitioners (NPs) and physician assistants (PAs). Rural facilities, in particular, have difficulty recruiting an adequate number of NPs and PAs. There is also a growing need for specialty RNs, such as those specializing in diabetic and neonatal care.

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"Those are probably the hottest positions that we're trying to recruit forEmployer: I think we are.—NPs and PAs. We grew by nearly half in the last seven years. We're at nearly five hundred NP positions. We anticipate the next year being equal as far as our hiring. Last year, we filled 140 positions. That's transfers and internal shuffles, too, but also a lot of new grads. I think we were hiring about 90, which is astronomical really. We anticipate, over the next few years, that that will be the number one thing. In regards to that, the things we're looking for are individuals who can make that jump from an RN to an advanced practitioner, and see their own patients. We struggle a bit with that piece." Southeast
"Our NP and PA populations have expanded almost exponentially over the last couple of years. We have them in every setting. They're in our ED, inpatient, senior services, home care hospice, long-term care, clinics, surgery—you know, pretty much across the board. And we've been fortunate to get a lot of really good individuals for that. I think that's the population that isn't yet—I mean it's relatively new. Everybody's going after them. The issue is really more about—because you can't get doctors—that becomes the next level. So right now, there is a lot going into those programs and we seem to be able to recruit for that from the upper-midwest part of the state." Southeast