To get that data, the Health Resources and Services Administration will conduct a national sample survey of 10,000 nurse practitioners, according to a notice published on August 8. "Despite the increasing number and role of NPs, unfortunately, there is currently only limited, inconsistent data available to policy makers and the health care community," the notice states. Accordingly, it is difficult for these leaders to quantify or fully understand the role of NPs in the current or future health care system. If fact, it is difficult to project with confidence the number of NPs practicing in the United States today."
The goal of the survey is to better understand the number of NPs, where they work, their positions and roles, activities and services being provided, specialties in which they are working, satisfaction with their work, and demographic or educational variations in practice settings, positions and patterns.
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