ARPN Workforce and Practice Reimbursement Survey

Dear Colleagues,

The Alaskan APRN Alliance (APRN-A) whose members include the Alaska Affiliate of the American College of Nurse Midwives (AAACNM), the Alaska Association of Nurse Anesthetists (AKANA), the Alaska Nurse Practitioner Association (ANPA), and the Alaska Clinical Nurse Specialist Association (ACNSA), along with the Alaska Board of Nursing know the importance of Advanced Practice Registered Nurses (APRNs) to the sustainability of the Alaskan healthcare system. However, community members, inter-professional healthcare colleagues, politicians and legislators, and even some APRNs don't recognize or understand this value as one of the first APRN Full Scope of Practice states.

The Alaskan APRN Alliance and the Alaska Board of Nursing need facts to corroborate efforts to advocate for healthcare, legal, and legislative systems to support quality care of all Alaskan patients. This survey, the Alaska State APRN Workforce and Practice Reimbursement Survey, is an effort to gather these facts, including the characteristics of Alaskan APRNs, evaluate the impact of third-party reimbursement on Alaska APRN practices, practice owners, and independent contractors, and provide data to further educate APRN stakeholders. 

Your participation in the survey is voluntary. It will take about 15 minutes and all questions are important to support you in your practice so please take the time to complete it. Completion of the questionnaire will be interpreted as consent. You may choose not to answer any question by selecting "Prefer not to say" or typing in "Prefer not to say." Your responses will be kept confidential and reported without any identifying information.

As an incentive, you have the ability to be entered into a drawing for a $50 gift card of your choice at the completion of the survey. If you supply your contact information, this information will not be shared with other organizations or sold to a vendor.

You can answer the online survey at: https://bit.ly/3PLYcuP

If you have any questions, please contact APRN Teresa Lyons (teresa.lyons@ndsystems.org) or the APRN Alliance (aprnalliance@gmail.com).

Teresa Lyons, APRN
Committee Chair, APRN Workforce & Reimbursement Equity Survey
CEO ND Systems

Other Committee members:
Dr. Lisa Jackson, APRN, CNP
Dr. Morgan Brissette, APRN, CNP
Stephanie Wrightsman-Birch, APRN, CNP
Pam Boyleston, APRN, CRNA
Chris Logan, APRN, CRNA
Dr. Marianne Johnstone-Petty, APRN, CNP, President of AK APRN Alliance
Patty Wolf, MSN, RNC-OB, Executive Administrator Board of Nursing