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Nurse Practitioner Numbers by Year |
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| 1982 |
| The Board of Nursing obtained a new computer, able to generate annual statistics. That year there were 1,146 Certified Nurse Practitioners (CNP). |
| 1989 |
| Licensed Nurse Practitioners (LNP) |
1,759 |
| 1999 |
| LNPs |
3,804 |
| LNPs with prescriptive authority |
1,571 |
| 2009 |
| LNPs |
5,524 |
| LNPs with prescriptive authority |
3,203 |
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