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HRSA to Survey 10,000 NPs

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. The survey is aimed at helping the government better understand the number of NPs there are currently, 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.  All of this is in anticipation of an accelerated need for nurse practitioners with the passage of the new health care reform initiatives.  Click to view Health Data Management’s report on this new government survey.