About the APNA Workforce Survey

We've put together some answers to our most frequently asked questions.

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What is the APNA Nursing and Midwifery Workforce Survey?

The Workforce Survey remains the only survey focused exclusively on the 98,000 nurses and midwives who work outside hospital settings in the community. 

It collects crucial data not collated anywhere else related to the challenges, experiences, and aspirations of nurses and midwives in primary health care. Over the last 15 years, the results have proven invaluable in informing policy, shaping advocacy efforts, and driving improvements within the profession.  

 

How do we use the results of the survey?

The 2023 APNA Workforce Survey results were used to:

• Successfully support the case for changes to Federal legislation that enabled the removal of the collaborative arrangement requirement enabling nurse practitioners and midwives to work to their full scope of practice. 
• Respond to multiple consultations, including the 'Unleashing the Potential of our Health Workforce - Scope of Practice Review', ensuring our vital workforce's voices are heard loud and clear. 
• Secure $4.2m for the National Nursing Clinical Placements Program to help grow the next generation of primary health care nurses and combat the workforce shortage. 
• Support the ANMF’s application about the Nurse Award work value case filed with the Fair Work Commission in February 2024. 

You can also read the results in the Winter 2024 issue of Primary Times magazine.

 

Who can take part?

The survey is open to all nurses and midwives working in primary health care.

Nurses include Midwives, Enrolled Nurses, Registered Nurses and Nurse Practitioners.  

Primary health care includes those working in community health, aged care, general practice, schools, ACCHOs, rural and remote clinics, drug and alcohol, sexual health, defence and prisons and much more. 

 

Do I need to be an APNA member to complete the survey? 

No. The Workforce Survey is open to all nurses and midwives working in the community. If you work outside of a hospital, you are providing primary health care, and we want to hear from you! 

 

How long does the survey take?

It takes up to 30 minutes. 

 

Has the survey had ethical approval? 

Yes, the survey has been approved by the Monash University Human Research Ethics Committee.

 

Is the survey confidential?

Your responses will be kept anonymous and confidential. If you choose to share your name to go into the prize draw, this information will be kept separate from survey data.