Nursing Process, an independent, educational resource site, used data from the the American Association of Nurse Practitioners, Association of American Medical Colleges and others to create a list of the top specialties. By 2030, nurse practitioner jobs are predicted to grow 52.16 percent.
Here are the most in-demand specialties, in no particular order:
- Family practice
- Adult-gerontology primary care
- Psychiatric mental health
- Adult-gerontology acute care
- Pediatric primary care
- Pulmonology nurse practitioner
- Pediatric acute care nurse practitioner
- House call nurse practitioner
- Cardiology nurse practitioner
- Aesthetic nurse practitioner
- Pain management nurse practitioner
- Emergency department/urgent care nurse practitioner
