Nurse practitioner has been ranked one of the top 10 “best jobs” for five of the last six years by U.S. News & World Report. Even better? It’s the Year of the Nurse and the Midwife, and nurses have been ranked the “most trusted profession” for the last 18 years. In 2020, nurse practitioner ranked:
- No. 4 in best health care jobs
- No. 5 in best 100 jobs
- No. 5 in best STEM jobs
Nurse practitioners are ranked high with good reason—their median salary is $107,000, they only have a 1.2 percent unemployment rate, and the Bureau of Labor Statistics expects 26 percent job growth by 2028. That’s much faster than the average growth rate for all occupations, about five percent.
2020 Predictions
Catherine Ling, PhD, FNP-BC, CNE, FAANP, FAAN, and family nurse practitioner (FNP) coordinator, predicts that 2020 will continue to see an evolution in primary care that can readily be met by nursing, especially nurse practitioners. “We’re including functional and integrative medicine, including social determinants of health as a routine clinical screening, and trauma-informed care is becoming the standard in primary care.”
To top it off, nurse practitioners are privileged to do work that matters. They are equipped with the knowledge, skills, and respect to power health care delivery, and touch patients with compassion and care at an important moment in their lives.
Explore nurse practitioner programs in Johns Hopkins No. 1 ranked DNP program:
- Adult-Gerontological Acute Care NP
- Adult-Gerontological Primary Care NP
- Family Primary Care NP
- Pediatric Primary Care NP
- Pediatric Dual Primary/Acute Care NP
Master’s – prepared nurse practitioners can apply to the DNP Executive Track, DNP/MBA or PhD in Nursing programs.
Read more:
- Nurse practitioner workforce doubles amid primary-care push
- 6 Reasons There’s Never Been a Better Time to Be a Nurse
- Americans Trust Nurses to Improve the Health Care System, and They are Right to Do So
- ‘Mid-Level Provider’ Is a Big Miss for Everyone
- What Nurses Need to Know: The 2020 Healthcare Forecast
- Nurses are the “Most Trusted Profession” for 18 Years in a Row
- 2020: Year of the Nurse and the Midwife
ABOUT THE AUTHOR: SYDNEE LOGAN
Sydnee Logan is the Social Media and Digital Content Coordinator for Johns Hopkins School of Nursing. She shares what’s going on here with the world.
