Table 1.
Characteristics of the nurse practitioner (NP) study informants and their colleagues
| Descriptive Characteristics | Number |
|---|---|
| Primary Informants | 15 |
| Nurse Practitioners (1 not employed in an NP role) | 13 |
| NP Candidates (1 RIPERN* endorsed, 1 CNC †) | 2 |
| Secondary Informants (Colleagues of the Primary Informants) | 5 |
| Nurse Practitioner – not employed as an NP | 1 |
| Nurse Practitioner candidate | 1 |
| Allied Health Professionals | 3 |
| Locations ‡ (including Colleagues) | |
| MMM2 | 4 |
| MMM3 | 6 |
| MMM4 | 4 |
| MMM5 | 3 |
| MMM6 | 1 |
| MMM7 | 2 |
| Specialty (including Colleagues) | |
| Primary Care | 6 |
| Chronic Care (including 2 colleagues) § | 5 |
| Aged Care (including 2 colleagues) § | 5 |
| Emergency or Critical Care (including 1 endorsed NP colleague) | 5 |
*Rural and Isolated Practice Endorsed Registered Nurse
† Clinical Nurse Consultant
‡ Modified Monash Model (MMM) Classification [38]
§ 1 NP informant worked across both aged and chronic care specialties