The first round of the survey asked participants to respond
to 14 statements related to scope of practice. The first question
related to each statement used a Likert-type scale, with 1 being
the rating for statements that participants’ considered of little
importance and 10 being the rating for statements with substantial
importance. The second question related to each statement
asked participants to provide more feedback about the statement,
if they wished, using an open-text response. Completion
rates of the questions related to the first question ranged from
832 (68.5%) to 1,004 (82.7%), with these responses averaging
878 (72%). Response rates to the open-ended questions, the second question attached to each statement, ranged from 61
(5%) to 236 (20%), with the average number being 138 (11.8%).