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1 Winter 2011 Member survey 93 total respondants 1. Please indicate what kind of NPAM membership you hold 1) Regular 87% => 81 votes 2) Student 4% => 4 votes 3) Senior 8% => 7 votes 4) New Grad 1% => 1 votes 5) Associate 0% => 0 votes 2. On a scale of 1-5 with 5 being the highest (most satisfied), please rate: How happy are you with your NPAM membership? 1) 1 1% => 1 votes 2) 2 2% => 2 votes 3) 3 15% => 14 votes 4) 4 39% => 36 votes 5) 5 43% => 40 votes 3. On a scale of 1-5 with 5 being the highest (most satisfied), please rate: How great of a value is NPAM for your membership fee? 1) 1 1% => 1 votes 2) 2 4% => 4 votes 3) 3 18% => 17 votes 4) 4 34% => 32 votes 5) 5 42% => 39 votes

2 4. On a scale of 1-5 with 5 being the highest (most satisfied), please rate: How well do you think NPAM represents your practice interests in Annapolis? 1) 1 2% => 2 votes 2) 2 0% => 0 votes 3) 3 2% => 2 votes 4) 4 16% => 15 votes 5) 5 80% => 74 votes 5.On a scale of 1-5 with 5 being the highest (most satisfied), please rate: How well do you think NPAM meets your educational needs 1) 1 3% => 3 votes 2) 2 11% => 10 votes 3) 3 26% => 24 votes 4) 4 42% => 39 votes 5) 5 18% => 17 votes 6. On a scale of 1-5 with 5 being the highest (most satisfied), please rate: How well do you think NPAM meet your networking needs? 1) 1 1% => 1 votes 2) 2 6% => 6 votes 3) 3 27% => 25 votes 4) 4 32% => 30 votes

3 5) 5 33% => 31 votes 7. On a scale of 1-5 with 5 being the highest (most satisfied), please rate: How would you rate the Oracle? 1) 1 1% => 1 votes 2) 2 3% => 3 votes 3) 3 14% => 13 votes 4) 4 44% => 41 votes 5) 5 38% => 35 votes 8. On a scale of 1-5 with 5 being the highest (most satisfied), please rate: How would you rate the Website? 1) 1 1% => 1 votes 2) 2 1% => 1 votes 3) 3 19% => 18 votes 4) 4 45% => 42 votes 5) 5 33% => 31 votes 9. On a scale of 1-5 with 5 being the highest (most satisfied), please rate: How would you rate the Listserv? 1) 1 1% => 1 votes 2) 2 3% => 3 votes 3) 3 26% => 24 votes

4 4) 4 37% => 34 votes 5) 5 33% => 31 votes 10. On a scale of 1-5 with 5 being the highest (most satisfied), please rate: Overall, how would you rate communication within NPAM? 1) 1 1% => 1 votes 2) 2 3% => 3 votes 3) 3 14% => 13 votes 4) 4 37% => 34 votes 5) 5 45% => 42 votes 11. Do you read the NPAM newsletter the Oracle 1) All the time 45% => 42 votes 2) Some of the time 49% => 46 votes 3) Never 5% => 5 votes 12. What is your preferred way of reading the Oracle 1) On line 56% => 52 votes 2) Downloaded PDf 15% => 14 votes 3) Direct mail (hard copy) 29% => 27 votes

5 13. What is(are) the best feature(s) of the Oracle (select all that apply) 1) Latest information / Legislative news 18% => 69 votes 2) Job postings 10% => 39 votes 3) Notices of meetings 15% => 58 votes 4) President s message 7% => 26 votes 5) Issues that involve NPs 17% => 67 votes 6) Practice Updates 13% => 51 votes 7) Member highlights 4% => 16 votes 8) Regulatory updates / Board of Nursing updates 16% => 62 votes Other 1% => 3 votes (don t read; don t read; new to member) 14. How often do you visit the website 1) Daily 1% => 1 votes 2) Weekly 18% => 17 votes 3) Twice monthly 17% => 16 votes 4) Monthly 42% => 39 votes 5) Rarely 20% => 19 votes 6) Never 1% => 1 votes

6 15.What are the best features of the website (select all that apply) 1) Homepage highlights 10% => 29 votes 2) Calendar 18% => 54 votes 3) Members only section 6% => 19 votes 4) Online newsletter 11% => 33 votes 5) Forum 1% => 2 votes 6) Manage membership (renew, update profile etc) 11% => 33 votes 7) Member directory 4% => 12 votes 8) Legislative/practice information 12% => 35 votes 9) Find an NP 3% => 9 votes 10) Classified/job listings 14% => 41 votes 11) Easy to navigate 7% => 21 votes 12) New Grad/new to Maryland feature 2% => 6 votes Other 1% => 2 votes (register for district meeting; new to NPAM) 16. How frequently would you like to receive listserve/ blast announcements 1) Weekly - keep the frequency as it is 78% => 73 votes 2) Daily 0% => 0 votes 3) Monthly 12% => 11 votes 4) Only as needed for breaking news 10% => 9 votes

7 17. What is the most important information you receive in the listserve/ blast (check all that apply) 1) Legislative/practice news 36% => 71 votes 2) District Meetings 34% => 68 votes 3) Job Announcements 17% => 34 votes 4) Statewide program opportunities 12% => 23 votes Other 2% => 3 votes (don t receive; don t care for blast s; new to NPAM) 18. How often do you attend district meetings 1) Monthly 17% => 16 votes 2) 1-3 times a year 28% => 26 votes 3) 4-6 times a year 28% => 26 votes 4) Never go to meetings 20% => 19 votes 5) I cannot attend meetings supported by industry reps 6% => 6 votes 19.What do you like best about the district meetings (check all that apply) 1) Free Meal 16% => 39 votes 2) Informational topics on drugs or devices 22% => 56 votes 3) Legislative updates 13% => 33 votes 4) Networking 24% => 60 votes

8 5) Practice topics (reimbursement, practice guidelines, etc) 16% => 40 votes 6) Do not attend/no opinion 8% => 19 votes Other 1% => 2 votes (meetings do not usually have a practice or legislative component; new to NPAM) 20. How can we improve NPAM district meetings (check all that apply) 1) Add CEUs 25% => 49 votes 2) Improve educational content 12% => 23 votes 3) Include NP speakers 18% => 34 votes 4) Add more NPAM material to meetings 7% => 13 votes 5) Have more practice information/guidelines/reviews 16% => 31 votes 6) Increase grassroots activities in meetings 7% => 14 votes 7) Add more legislative information 5% => 9 votes 8) Don't change them at all! 3% => 6 votes 9) Do not attend/no opinion 6% => 11 votes Other 2% => 4 votes (peds topics; variety in timing, days; more dinner meetings; new to NPAM) 21. Which (if any) of the "Specialty Group" Meetings (check all that apply) have you attended 1) Psych NP group 11% => 11 votes 2) Acute Care NPs 8% => 8 votes 3) Journal Group 2% => 2 votes

9 4) Networking social/new grad 5% => 5 votes 5) Have not attended any specialty group meetings 73% => 70 votes 22.What types of activities would you like NPAM to focus on (click all that apply) 1) More CEU programs 30% => 60 votes 2) NP PR campaign 13% => 26 votes 3) Legislative updates 14% => 29 votes 4) More print/mailed information 3% => 5 votes 5) 1-2 day conference 19% => 37 votes 6) Local/national policy/practice issues such as reimbursement, insurance company relations, healthcare reform, malpractice, etc. 21% => 42 votes Other 1% => 1 votes (more Psych NP programs) 23. Do you perceive NPAM Conferences as a member benefit 1) Yes 74% => 69 votes 2) No 26% => 24 votes 24. Have you attended recent NPAM Conferences 1) Yes, I attended the 2009 Fall 1 day conference 22% => 20 votes 2) Yes, I attended the fall day conference 14% => 13 votes 3) Yes I attended both conferences in 2009 and % => 7 votes 4) No, I have not attended NPAM conferences 57% => 53 votes

10 25. What factors influence whether you attend NPAM conferences (check all that apply) 1) CEUs 13% => 38 votes 2) Location 23% => 66 votes 3) Timing 27% => 77 votes 4) Cost 19% => 53 votes 5) Content 17% => 49 votes Other 0% => 1 votes (none) 26. Regarding factors that influence whether or not you attend an NPAM conference: Location (check all that apply) 1) Downtown Baltimore/Inner harbor 27% => 64 votes 2) BWI area 21% => 50 votes 3) College Park/ U MD area 12% => 29 votes 4) Frederick 7% => 17 votes 5) Annapolis 15% => 36 votes 6) Resort area in Eastern shore (consider this choice may influence price as well) 10% => 24 votes 7) Resort area in Western Maryland (consider this choice may influence price as well) 6% => 13 votes

11 27. Regarding factors that influence whether or not you attend an NPAM conference: Timing preference. Please select all that apply regarding timing. If time of the week does not matter, do not select all choices, simply indicate "no preference 1) Primarily weekday 18% => 29 votes 2) Primarily weekend 18% => 28 votes 3) Beginning of the week 3% => 5 votes 4) End of the week 15% => 23 votes 5) one day 24% => 38 votes 6) two day 11% => 17 votes 7) No preference 11% => 18 votes 28. Regarding factors that influence whether or not you attend an NPAM conference: cost. Clearly cost figures into every decision whether to attend or not and NPAM strives to deliver the most bang for your attendee buck. That being said, please answer this question with regard to your upper limit. 1) $50/day 13% => 12 votes 2) $75/day 30% => 28 votes 3) $100/day 33% => 31 votes 4) $125/day 14% => 13 votes 5) $150/day 10% => 9 votes

12 29. Regarding factors that influence whether or not you attend an NPAM conference: content (check all that apply) 1) Primary Care of adults 32% => 70 votes 2) Practice/policy information on NP practice and healthcare in general 28% => 62 votes 3) Specialty Psych 4% => 8 votes 4) Specialty Acute care 6% => 13 votes 5) Pediatric 6% => 14 votes 6) Geriatric 9% => 20 votes 7) Business of being an NP 15% => 33 votes 30. Any comments for the Board of Directors (BOD) 1) no comment 77% => 72 votes Other 23% => 21 votes (see below) Thank you for all you do! I would attend a conference if held in Towson, Hunt Valley, Owings Mills, etc. I do not like to deal with traffic and Parking Downtown. The NPAM conferences that I have attended have focused on primary care and pediatrics. When acute care tract was added, it did not really address the needs of various specialties(ie: thoracic surgery, cardiac surgery, urology, etc). For example, I would have liked some sessions on oncology screening guidelines or post operative care. CEU's within specialties available on our site I do not like the oracle with all of the articles it has had in it recently. the jan oracle is an example. all of the articles about childhood obesity, vegetarianism were of no interest to me. i get plenty of that kind of info in journals i get in the mail. i think the oracle should be solely about anything going on in npam; the legislative updates meetings and other issue affecting the practice of np's in md. if you want to put all of the extra info in consider putting ceu articles in the n

13 more general oriented case studies new treatment guideline cost of conference would depend on the content and offerings my first and possibly last conference this past year was horrible and the fact that I paid when most of the attendees were admitted free from university I just joined NPAM this month so there's not much feedback I can give about this survey. I am glad to be a member of NPAM. One suggestion I have is that the number of attendees for the seminar/meeting should be increased- I wanted to attend for the Feb., but it was already full although the notice was just sent. Can anybody attend the psych NP group/meetings even though I am not a psych NP? Very clever way to get us to spare a moment to do the survey-- kudos to whoever thought of it! Would appreciate if specialty groups would meet in places other than Baltimore area during weekday evengs. Just impossible for people in west to get there without leaving work to do so. I have not been as active for personal reasons. I value NPAM and promote membership to other NP's. Thank you for compiling this survey and reminding us to complete it. None at this time. Would like to see more women's health issues. I attended NPAM conferences prior to 2009 and found them to be great with multiple offerings. Most recent programs did not pertain to my practice. Would like to see a better way to rsvp to programs at the last minute - calendar says closed, but if you happen to see the drug rep they say there is room. Things do change at the last minute. Need more updates on the new practice agreement - practical hints sot it does through easily the first time. It would be great if a member of the executive committee of the NPAM BOD attended District meetings in order to share information and to hear the concerns of NPAM members. Some members feel as though our voices are not as important as others. The NPAM BOD should seek more input from members via surveys and focus groups at District meetings. #26 Are you asking where I would go or not go? I would go to Frederick I think you are doing a great job thanks for all that you do I am sorry to say that since mailings ceased I have not been faithful reading the Oracle-I would like to see printed Oracle (mailed) returned. appreciated legislative night I would like to have complementary medicine added to our

14 conferences especially holistic medicine/preventative medicine to include bioidentical hormones and eating healthy using herbs and spices.

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Q1 How often do you visit the MACTA website? Answ ered: 26 Skipped: 8 Daily Weekly Monthly Less than once per month/rarely Nev er 2 4 6 8 10 Answ er Choices Daily Weekly Monthly Less than once per month/rarely