State of Nursing and Education in PA reports

[NRSKarenRN, BSN, RN]

STATE HEALTH IMPROVEMENT PLAN REPORT ON THE STATUS OF

NURSING EDUCATION PROGRAMS IN PENNSYLVANIA

http://www.dsf.health.state.pa.us/health/lib/health/nursingeducation.pdf

SPECIAL REPORT ON THE CHARACTERISTICS OF THE LICENSED PRACTICAL NURSE POPULATION IN PENNSYLVANIA

http://www.dsf.health.state.pa.us/health/lib/health/LPNREPORT.pdf

SPECIAL REPORT ON THE CHARACTERISTICS OF THE REGISTERED NURSE POPULATION IN PENNSYLVANIA

Combined Data From the Survey of Registered Nurses Renewing Licenses in April 2002 and October 2002

http://www.dsf.health.state.pa.us/health/lib/health/RNDATABOOK_1002.pdf

Info gleamed from these reports:

The average age of RNs employed in health care in Pennsylvania was 44.8.

The predominant level of training for RNs employed in health care in Pennsylvania was the Bachelorfs degree (33.3 percent) and the hospital diploma (32.8 percent).

By comparison, data from the HRSA National Nurse Sample Survey1 reveals that nationally, the predominant level of education was the associate degree (37 percent) followed by the Bachelorfs degree (33 percent). Only 19.3 percent of U.S. nurses

are prepared at the diploma level.

o Of RNs employed in health care in Pennsylvania, men were most likely to have bachelorfs (37.7 percent) or associate (30.1 percent) degrees, while women were most likely to have hospital-based diplomas (33.6 percent) or bachelorfs degrees (33 percent).

Attrition rates for leaving nursing school were HIGHEST in diploma programs 34%, lowest in BSN progams 18% in 2001.

ã 11.3 percent of RNs employed in health care in Pennsylvania had a graduate degree

(10.7 percent masters and 0.6 percent doctorate).

ã Most RNs employed in health care in Pennsylvania (73 percent) reported no advanced certification.

ã 27 percent of RNs employed in health care in Pennsylvania reported having advanced certification of some type.