THE FUTURE OF NURSE PRACTITIONERS; A CONFLICT ANALYSIS!

Abstract

The role of the nurse practitioner was first conceptualized in the late 1960s. Today, there are approximately 70,000 nurse practitioners in practice, they receive third-party insurance reimbursements, and they are in many specialty practices, as well as working in primary care practices promoting health and disease prevention. In the future, economics will shape our health care industry, placing a greater demand for nurse practitioners in this trillion-dollar marketplace. This article explores the evolving role of the nurse practitioner in education, practice, and research to meet the challenges of the health care needs into the 21st century. The face of primary care in the Pakistan is changing and becoming challenging. With a shortage of primary care nurses expected to increase in the coming decades, nurse practitioners; nurses who have completed a master’s or doctoral nursing degree and received advanced clinical training are expected to fill this gap. The Agha Khan University has step forwarded toward the course of Nurse Practitioner and sanctioned 2-3 seats for clinical training. Nurse practitioners are qualified to step in as primary caregivers to varying degrees in Pakistan, where they work directly with the patients, they serve and with other nurses and doctors to ensure the most successful health outcomes possible. The future of nurse practitioners is evolving, and they are taking on new and more expansive responsibilities.