perceived nurse shortage studies?? ##?

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I am looking for studies, facts and figures regarding the perceived nursing shortage. Specifically, I would like to see:

How many RNs are registered/active ? How many are working age? retired/not retired? How many new nurses quit bedside nursing within a couple of years of graduating? (and why) How many nurses would return to hospitals and bedside nursing if the hospitals addressed/fixed many of the issues which come up on nurse dissatisfaction polls?

How many RN have returned to nursing after a hiatus, but have returned to facilities which are unionized or magnet facilities (where nurses may have more autonomy and self governance?)

Overall, I am looking for studies which have examined if there are nurses "out there" who are not working bedside and why they are not working bedside.

Is there anyone who is doing such studies or better, have conducted such studies? Either state or national figures would be helpful...

-- Thats not asking for too much is it????:p

Thanks!

Tammy

http://www.desprings.com

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The only thing I can think of for reference is the U.S. Dept of Labor website. http://www.bls.gov/oco/ocos083.htm if you don't like clicking links just google "nursing bls" it should be the first or second result.

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The only thing I can think of for reference is the U.S. Dept of Labor website. http://www.bls.gov/oco/ocos083.htm if you don't like clicking links just google "nursing bls" it should be the first or second result.

Thanks for the idea. What a cool link- they have a bunch of info to look at ... but I am not sure of they will have the things I am looking for. The studies which I am thinking of seems to be more of a nurse researching issue.

But the Bureau of Labor Statistics will keep me busy for a while!! They have lots of links as well!

Thanks

Tammy

http://www.desprings.com

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Google "centers of nursing". You will find several states have either conducted studies or cite studies about the shortage to support their work.

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The TX BON gathers some of this data with each license renewal. Don't know when the last time they updated it but it is on their website from sometime in the last 5-10 yrs.

Shows by county how many RN licenses, who is working fulltime in nursing, working in non-nursing jobs, not working. Last time I looked they had not added in any LVN data. But the RN data was scary enough.

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you ought to look back at the Nursing News forum here from the last several years, been lots of stuff posted there I think

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I am looking for studies, facts and figures regarding the perceived nursing shortage. Specifically, I would like to see:

How many RNs are registered/active ? How many are working age? retired/not retired? How many new nurses quit bedside nursing within a couple of years of graduating? (and why) How many nurses would return to hospitals and bedside nursing if the hospitals addressed/fixed many of the issues which come up on nurse dissatisfaction polls?

How many RN have returned to nursing after a hiatus, but have returned to facilities which are unionized or magnet facilities (where nurses may have more autonomy and self governance?)

Overall, I am looking for studies which have examined if there are nurses "out there" who are not working bedside and why they are not working bedside.

Is there anyone who is doing such studies or better, have conducted such studies? Either state or national figures would be helpful...

-- Thats not asking for too much is it????:p

Thanks!

Tammy

www.desprings.com

The best data or how many nurses are registered and active can be found here:

http://bhpr.hrsa.gov/healthworkforce/rnsurvey04/3.htm

The biggest problem is that its done every four years and the last one is in 2004. California probably has the best data on their nurse workforce. Here are a couple of good sites:

http://www.calhealth.org/calanswers/default.htm

http://www.cinhc.org/

For the answers on the rest you have a lot of reading to do. There is a fair amount on magnet status and nurse retention. On the other hand equating unionization with increased nurse self governance and autonomy is a stretch (for a hint do a search on union here).

Good luck

David Carpenter, PA-C

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Specializes in LTC, Psych, M/S.

The 'nursing shortage' interests me too......my theory is it has alot to do with geography and is more in certain 'types' of nursing than others.

would you be kind enough to post your findings? Thanks!

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