State Nursing Workforce Reports

As part of our work to keep stakeholders updated on issues impacting nursing education and the nursing workforce, AACN has created this new Web resource which features links to a variety of state-focused reports. As new reports are released, please let us know so we can keep this section current. Send details to rrosseter@aacn.nche.edu.

Arizona | Arkansas | California | Colorado | Connecticut | Delaware | DC | Florida | Georgia
Hawaii
| Idaho
| Illinois | Indiana | Iowa | Kansas | Kentucky | Louisiana | Maine
Maryland
| Massachusetts | Michigan | Mississippi | Missouri | Nebraska | New Hampshire
New Jersey
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New Mexico | New York | North Carolina | North Dakota
Ohio | Oklahoma | Oregon | Pennsylvania | South Carolina | South Dakota
Rhode Island
| Tennessee | Texas | Vermont | Virginia | Washington
West Virginia
| Wisconsin | Wyoming | Multi-State Reports


Arizona

The Impact of Arizona’s Nursing Shortage: From the Classroom to the Patient Room to the Board Room
January 2005

Statewide Strategic Plan for Nursing in the State of Arizona 2004

Arkansas

Our Health Care Crisis: The Arkansas Nursing Shortage 2002

The State of Arkansas' Nursing Education Programs and Their Ability to Address the Nursing Workforce Shortage
March 2002

California

California Registered Nurse Regional Workforce Report Card
May 2006

California Board of Registered Nursing 2004-2005 Annual School Report

2004 Survey of Registered Nurses in California

Admission Policies and Attrition Rates in California Community College Nursing Programs
February 2003

Colorado

The 2004 Colorado Nursing Faculty Supply and Demand Study
February 2005

Connecticut

Averting Crisis: Ensuring Healthcare for Future Generations in Connecticut
May 2007

Delaware

The Status of Nursing in the State of Delaware: A Second Look
2006

Solving the Nursing Shortage in Delaware
March 2002

DC

Future Demographic and Health Trends: Implications for Nursing Education and Practice
October 2000

Florida

Nursing Staffing in Florida: The Challenges Continue
January 2005

Analysis of Florida's Nurse Practice Act
Report includes a breakdown of requirements for nurse faculty credentials by state
January 2007

Georgia

What's Ailing Georgia's Health Care Workforce?
August 2002

Hawaii

Hawaii's Health in the Balance: A Report on the State of the Nursing Workforce
October 2004

Idaho

Report of the Governor's Nursing Task Force
October 2006

The Acute Care Nursing Workforce in Idaho: Results of a Survey of Idaho Hospitals
Fall 2005

Idaho Nursing Workforce Center

Illinois

Caring for the Future: A Plan for Meeting Metropolitan Chicago's Growing Health Care Workforce Needs
September 2005

Indiana

The Nursing Workforce Shortage in Indiana: Current Status and Future Trends, 2002

Iowa

Status of Nursing Supply and Demand in Iowa: 2004
September 2004

Kansas

Kansas Nursing Occupational Outlook 2002-2012
June 2007

Kansas Nursing Occupational Outlook 2000-2010
March 2005

The Kansas Nursing Shortage: Recruitment Efforts
March 2003

Kentucky

Kentucky Long-Term Policy Research Center: Future Impact of Nursing Shortage Uncertain Here
June 2003

Louisiana

Nursing Supply and Demand Commission 2002 Annual Report

Maine

Strategic Plan for Maine's Nursing Programs: University of Maine System and Maine Community College System
January 2005

Maine Nursing Workforce Reports: 2001-2004

Maryland

Who Will Care?: The Case for Doubling the Number of RNs Educated in Maryland
October 2007

Maryland Hospital Association Hospital Personnel Survey: Calendar Year 2006
August 2007

Maryland Hospital Association Hospital Personnel Survey: Calendar Year 2005
August 2006

Nursing Faculty Shortage: Causes, Effects and Suggestions for Resolution
September 2005

Maryland's Nursing Shortage: A Workforce Crisis
March 2003

Massachusetts

Survey of Hospital Nurse Staffing Issues in Massachusetts, 2005
October 2005

Survey of Hospital Nurse Staffing Issues in Massachusetts, 2004
September 2004

Ensuring an Educated Nursing Workforce for the Commonwealth
September 2005

Michigan

Michigan Center for Nursing: Survey of Nursing Education Programs
April 2005

Michigan Center for Nursing: Survey of Nurses 2004

Mississippi

Mississippi Nursing Workforce Data Reports 2004

Missouri

2005 Missouri Hospital Workforce Report

Missouri Healthcare Workforce Reports

Nebraska

The Supply and Demand of Registered Nurses and Licensed Practical Nurses in Nebraska 2006
February 2006

New Hampshire

New Hampshire Nursing Workforce Initiative Final Report, 2002

New Hampshire Nursing Workforce Reports

New Jersey

New Jersey's Educational Capacity: Impact on Nursing Supply
April 2005

Remedies for the Nursing Shortage
March 2005

New Mexico

Addressing New Mexico's Nursing Shortage: A Statewide Strategy Framework, 2002

New York

Healthcare Association of New York State's Workforce Advocacy Survey
April 2007

2005 Survey of Nurse Staffing in GNYHA Member Hospitals
April 2006

Results of the September 2002 Survey of Professional Registered Nurses
October 2003


North Carolina

Educational Mobility Patterns Among Registered Nurses in North Carolina
March 2006

Nursing Workforce Issues in State-Owned Psychiatric Hospitals
October 2005

North Carolina Nursing Workforce Report: 2004
May 2004

Demand Expectations for Nursing Personnel in North Carolina
July 2005

North Dakota

An Examination of Supply and Demand: North Dakota's Nursing Workforce
June 2003

Ohio

Measuring Student Capacity and Faculty Resources in Northeast Ohio Schools of Nursing
November 2004

Oklahoma

Governor's Council on Workforce and Economic Development

Health and Nurses in Oklahoma
Fall 2005

Oregon

Oregon's Nursing Shortage: A Public Health Crisis in the Making
April 2001

Pennsylvania

Addressing Pennsylvania's Nursing Education System Capacity
November 2004

Report on the Status of Nursing Education Programs in Pennsylvania, 1999-2002
September 2004

White Paper: The Nursing Workforce in Pennsylvania
September 2004

Report on the Status of Nursing Education Programs in Pennsylvania, 2003
June 2004

Rhode Island

Help Wanted: The Growing Crisis in Rhode Island's Nursing Workforce
October 2004

South Carolina

A Profile of the South Carolina Nursing Workforce, 2003

South Dakota

2005 South Dakota Health Care Professional Workforce Report

Tennessee

Curing the Crisis in Nursing Education: A Master Plan for Tennessee
May 2005

Texas

Texas Hospital Nurse Staffing Survey: 2006

Professional Nursing Education in Texas: Demographics and Trends: 2006

Texas Center for Nursing Workforce Studies

Vermont

Registered Nurses in Vermont
March 2005

Report on Nursing in Vermont
December 1998

Virginia

Strategic Plan and Recommendations to Ensure an Adequate Supply of Nurses in Virginia
March 2004

Condition of Nursing and Nursing Education in the Commonwealth
January 2004

Washington

Washington State Hospitals: Results of 2005 Workforce Survey

West Virginia

Understanding the Supply and Demand Alignment of Region I Registered Nurses
February 2005

Wisconsin

Building a Health Care Workforce for Wisconsin's Future: Hospitals' Contributions
January 2006

Wisconsin Health Care Workforce Annual Report
August 2005

Wyoming

Nursing in Wyoming, Part One: Supply and Retention
September 2002

Nursing in Wyoming, Part Two: Turnover
October 2002

Nursing in Wyoming, Part Three: Net Flow of Employment
April 2003

Miscellaneous

Nurse Education in Five States: The Importance of State Appropriations to Sustain Nursing School Capacity in States with Acute Nurse Shortages: 2005 HRSA Report

The Health Care Workforce in Ten States: Education, Practice and Policy
(States: CT, UT, WY)

Colleagues in Caring: Regional Collaboratives for Nursing Workforce Development



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