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SOAR hcp™ gratefully acknowledges support from the nccPA Health Foundation through a Mental Health Community Outreach Grant.
Worth Your Time Right Now
Handpicked content to inform, inspire, and support your next step.
Curated for PAs and NPs. Updated regularly.
New3-Minute Read
Stay, Shift, or Redefine?
A quick way to think about whether you need a change — or a completely new direction.
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Practical Tool
Career Clarity Check-In
A short exercise to help you get clear on what matters most and what your next step could look like.
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Money & Career
What Clinicians Should Be Thinking About Beyond Salary
Practical ideas on compensation, retirement, flexibility, and building options for the future you want.
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Every career has seasons. Sometimes you need space. Sometimes clarity. Sometimes a new direction.
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Question 1 of 3
Which thought has been following you around lately?
Why SOAR
Built for the parts of your career no one taught you how to navigate.
Career change. Burnout. Leadership. Money. Professional identity. Finding more balance. Figuring out what comes next.
SOAR brings practical resources, honest conversations, and a community of PAs and NPs together in one place.
The Next Chapter Lab
Whether you want more balance, more meaning, or an entirely new direction, explore your professional evolution with interactive tools and real stories.
Career Clarity Quiz
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Journey Map
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Real Stories
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Community
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The Evidence
Why supporting clinicians matters.
The pressures facing PAs and NPs affect more than individual well-being. Research shows that work environment, career sustainability, and organizational conditions matter too.
- 36%
APP Burnout
More than 1 in 3 APPs in a 2026 multicenter study demonstrated at least one dimension of burnout.
Study population: 65% APRNs · 35% PAs
Miltz D, et al. BMC Health Services Research. 2026. PMID: 42243822 - 48%
Intent to Leave
Nearly half of physicians and APPs surveyed in an academic surgery department indicated they would probably leave their organization within three years.
Single-institution study · physicians and APPs
Santen SA, et al. The American Surgeon. 2024. PMID: 38825791 - 3 points
Better Practice Support
Every 10-percentage-point increase in practice structural capabilities was associated with a 3-percentage-point decrease in NP burnout and a 3-percentage-point decrease in intent to leave.
Study of 1,110 NPs across 1,002 primary care practices in six states.
Schlak A, et al. Medical Care. 2023. PMID: 37815323 - Work environment matters
Beyond Individual Resilience
Better work environments were strongly associated with lower odds of NP burnout and job dissatisfaction.
Work environment remained an important predictor after adjustment.
Schlak AE, et al. Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved. 2022. PMID: 35574890
The takeaway
Clinicians need more than resilience. They need support, connection, resources, and room to grow.
You are not alone. SOAR was created to help you build a healthier, more sustainable career.
Explore the site, see what speaks to you, and come back often. We’re just getting started, with more resources, programs, and opportunities to come as SOAR grows.
These findings represent associations observed in the cited studies and should not be interpreted as proof that any single workplace factor causes or prevents burnout.
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Ideas worth sharing, right from SOAR
New ideas, practical information, and honest perspectives to help you grow, thrive, and soar, updated regularly for clinicians who want more than a headline.
NewThe Dip
Five years ago, I left full-time clinical practice. From the outside, it probably didn’t make much sense.
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Crazy? Maybe.
My husband asks me what is the crazy of the day? Today, I replied…ME!!!! What was I thinking when I embarked on this Soar adventure.
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3 Questions to Reconnect With Your Why
When life gets busy, it's easy to lose sight of what matters most. These questions can help you come back to center.
Read MoreThe Nest
You don't have to figure it out alone.
Come inside The Nest.
Ask questions. Share what you're navigating. Learn from other clinicians. Find people who understand the work.
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