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NEWAC reviews 2026 registered‑nurse survey design; staff to weigh mobile access, new AI and debt items
Summary
Committee members and staff discussed methods for the 2026 survey of registered nurses, including the continuing role of mailed paper packets, the potential for text reminders/QR links, adding items on artificial intelligence, and a deadline for member feedback (Sept. 17).
The committee reviewed plans for the 2026 survey of licensed registered nurses and discussed possible changes to questionnaire content and fielding strategy.
Dr. Joanne Spetz, leading the survey work, said the board typically selects a sample (often 8,000–10,000 nurses) to obtain at least about 500 responses from each of the state's target regions; fielding typically begins with email reminders followed by mailed paper packets to nonresponders. "About half of the respondents still come in on paper," Spetz said, and staff noted the paper packets remain central to maintaining response rates for a longer questionnaire.
Members discussed whether to add text-message reminders or QR codes. Spetz and BRN staff said mobile-compatible formatting and legal/privacy checks would be required; staff recommended testing any text-message approach experimentally for response effects and confirmed that Qualtrics is the platform used for online fielding. Staff also flagged institutional constraints about phone numbers and opt‑in rules; BRN executive staff said they'd check legal and technical feasibility.
The committee discussed new content proposals, including a small set of AI-related questions (awareness, employer policies, use cases, training needs), optional questions about student debt levels, and discrimination and workplace‑culture items that the committee reviewed in tabulations from the 2024 survey. Members urged careful question wording to avoid double‑barreled or ambiguous items and recommended keeping comparability with past surveys when possible.
Joanne Spetz asked members to send written comments to staff by Sept. 17 so UCSF and BRN staff can draft revisions and maintain the survey timeline.
No formal vote was taken; staff will return draft survey revisions and cognitive‑testing recommendations to the committee.
