National Survey of Primary Care Physicians and Nurse Practitioners, 2012

The focus of this survey was the role of nurse practitioners and physicians in primary care and the likely effects on the health care system of expanding the supply of nurse practitioners and their scope of practice. Topics of the survey include satisfaction with career, daily roles and responsibilities, perceived affects of increasing the supply of NPs, attitudes toward NP scope of practice, information on clinical practice services and revenue, and respondent demographics and income.