How was the national benchmark data collected?
To establish national benchmark data for this survey, ARAMARK Healthcare, who assisted in the development of the NS3 survey tool, distributed the survey online to nearly 40,000 nurses during the spring/summer of 2008. A total of 7,472 nurses from 65 hospitals across the U.S. as well as several Canadian facilities participated in the study, representing a 19 percent response rate.
