12-04-2015, 07:38 PM
(12-04-2015, 06:41 PM)StLucieBengal Wrote: Possibly. Which would affect the field 15-20 years down the line. I think we would see more nurse practitioners working under a doctor. But most typical doctor visits can be handled by the NP.
I think we would see the most dedicated to medicine still enter the field.
I will admit that we may have a tough 3-6 months or so as the market adjusts.
If the prices drop like a rock doctors and their dwindling revenue aren't going to hire more NPs, they will hire less to reduce their overhead. We already have a shortage of family practice doctors because of specialization and this will encourage more doctors to specialize further exacerbating the FP shortage.
