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. 2016 Sep 6;6(9):e011901. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2016-011901

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Total number of NPs and per cent of professional nursing workforces, 2015*. Sources: Authors' calculations, based on the TaskShift2Nurses Survey 2015 and the following data sources (Dutch Nurse Specialist Registry. Unpublished data on Nurse Specialists (Verpleegkundig Specialisten), 2009 to 2015, received upon request. 2015).³⁷ ⁴⁶ ^51–54 Notes: *2015: except for Canada, Ireland: 2014; Data on RNs include NPs. Caveats: the Netherlands (nurse specialists): an estimated 12 test accounts are in the database (0.4%) that cannot be filtered out (personal communication, with registry advisor at Verpleegkundig Specialisten Register, 29 January 2016). N, total number; NP, nurse practitioner; P, practising; PA, professionally active; R, registered/licensed to practice; RNs, registered nurses.