The Registered Nurse Population
The Registered Nurse Population

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Published: 2010

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This publication is the report of the ninth National Sample Survey of Registered Nurses (NSSRN) representing data collected about registered nurses (RNs) holding active nursing licenses as of March 2008. As with previous iterations of the NSSRN, this report is available to all primary stakeholders involved in health care planning and evaluation as well as the public. The 2008 NSSRN public use files and code book are available to researchers and analysts and can be accessed at http://bhpr.hrsa.gov/healthworkforce/rnsurvey/default.htm. The 2008 NSSRN was developed for the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Health Resources and Services Administration under contract with Westat. The study was overseen by the Bureau of Health Professions (BHPr) and funded through the Division of Nursing. The first national survey was conducted in 1977; HRSA has conducted this national survey every 4 years since 1980. Data from these periodic surveys provide the basis for evaluating trends and projection of the future supply of nursing resources at the national and State levels. The NSSRN is the cornerstone of nursing workforce data. It is the principal data source used for disseminating information to the Federal Government, researchers, and the public on the nursing workforce. It provides essential information for performing supply-demand projections of nursing requirements and foreseen shortages.

The Future of the Nursing Workforce in the United States
The Future of the Nursing Workforce in the United States

Author: Peter Buerhaus

Publisher: Jones & Bartlett Publishers

Published: 2009-10-06

Total Pages: 329

ISBN-13: 0763756849

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The Future of the Nursing Workforce in the United States: Data, Trends and Implications provides a timely, comprehensive, and integrated body of data supported by rich discussion of the forces shaping the nursing workforce in the US. Using plain, jargon free language, the book identifies and describes the key changes in the current nursing workforce and provide insights about what is likely to develop in the future. The Future of the Nursing Workforce offers an in-depth discussion of specific policy options to help employers, educators, and policymakers design and implement actions aimed at strengthening the current and future RN workforce. The only book of its kind, this renowned author team presents extensive data, exhibits and tables on the nurse labor market, how the composition of the workforce is evolving, changes occurring in the work environment where nurses practice their profession, and on the publics opinion of the nursing profession.

The Registered Nurse Population
The Registered Nurse Population

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Published: 2010

Total Pages: 23

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The National Sample Survey of Registered Nurses (NSSRN), which has been conducted since 1977, is the largest survey of registered nurses (RNs) in the United States. The survey is sent to a small percent of the actively-licensed registered nurses in each State. Nurses are asked to report on their education, employment, intentions regarding nursing work, and demographics. These data are used by policymakers and numerous stakeholders, both domestic and international, to assess the status of and trends in the U.S. nursing workforce. The data are also used to evaluate the responsiveness of the RN workforce to Federal and State programs that seek to ensure there is sufficient nursing capacity to provide essential health care services. These data illustrate the education and skills of the nursing workforce, portray the diversity of RNs and impact of internationally-educated nurses, depict the factors that affect RNs' decisions to work in the nursing profession, and support forecasting the future supply of RNs. After the first survey in 1977, the NSSRN has been conducted every 4 years since 1980. This report provides initial findings from the survey conducted in 2008. A final report on survey findings will be published in 2010.

The Future of Nursing
The Future of Nursing

Author: Institute of Medicine

Publisher: National Academies Press

Published: 2011-02-08

Total Pages: 700

ISBN-13: 0309208955

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The Future of Nursing explores how nurses' roles, responsibilities, and education should change significantly to meet the increased demand for care that will be created by health care reform and to advance improvements in America's increasingly complex health system. At more than 3 million in number, nurses make up the single largest segment of the health care work force. They also spend the greatest amount of time in delivering patient care as a profession. Nurses therefore have valuable insights and unique abilities to contribute as partners with other health care professionals in improving the quality and safety of care as envisioned in the Affordable Care Act (ACA) enacted this year. Nurses should be fully engaged with other health professionals and assume leadership roles in redesigning care in the United States. To ensure its members are well-prepared, the profession should institute residency training for nurses, increase the percentage of nurses who attain a bachelor's degree to 80 percent by 2020, and double the number who pursue doctorates. Furthermore, regulatory and institutional obstacles-including limits on nurses' scope of practice-should be removed so that the health system can reap the full benefit of nurses' training, skills, and knowledge in patient care. In this book, the Institute of Medicine makes recommendations for an action-oriented blueprint for the future of nursing.