As The Voice of the Nurse Practitioner®, American Association of Nurse Practitioners represents the interests of the approximately 205,000 NPs around the country, advocating for the active role of NPs as providers of high-quality, cost-effective, comprehensive, and patient-centered healthcare. The mission of AANP, a full-service national professional membership organization for Nurse Practitioners (NPs) of all specialties, is to lead NPs in transforming patient centered health care. Access to reports may require membership or registration.

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