title: Nurse practitioner employment, unemployment, reemployment.
abstract: An estimate for nurse practitioner unemployment is attempted, based on responses of 260 graduates of a single program and published data. Reasons for not working are examined. The activity of NPs is compared to registered nurses. Job changers are compared to those who remained in the same job since graduation. Some of the reasons for unemployment and nonparticipation in the labor force are examined. Suggestive evidence on job changing is reviewed. Finally, policy implications are discussed.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002322:Career Mobility; D004522:Educational Status; D004651:Employment; D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007182:Income; D007588:Job Satisfaction; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009722:Nurse Practitioners / Q000191:economics*; D014481:United States