In-Demand Career
Family nurse practitioners, or FNPs, are registered nurses who have achieved the advanced education needed to act as family-focused primary care providers, either autonomously or in collaboration with medical physicians. With a shortage of primary care physicians in healthcare today, MSN programs are helping to close the gap.
49,300: Projected shortage of primary care physicians by 2030-Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC 2018)
36%: Projected job growth rate for nurse practitioners from 2016鈥�2026-U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, AANP National Nurse Practitioner Sample Survey 2018
$109,021: Average annual salary for nurse practitioners-U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, AANP National Nurse Practitioner Sample Survey 2018
High Job Satisfaction
Family nurse practitioner is one of the top five 鈥淏est Healthcare Jobs鈥� and in the top seven of the 鈥�100 Best Jobs鈥� according to U.S. News & World Report, 2019. FNPs enjoy a wide range of practice placements like outpatient medical clinics, hospitals and long-term care facilities.
The Carson-Newman online MSN program is available in these states:
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