State Nursing Work Force 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
Florida | Georgia|Hawaii | Idaho | Illinois | Indiana | Iowa | Kansas
Kentucky | Louisiana | Maine | Maryland | Massachusetts | Michigan
Mississippi | Missouri | Nebraska | Nevada | New Hampshire | New Jersey
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
Addressing Arizona’s Nursing Shortage
May 2008
Statewide Strategic Plan for Nursing in the State of Arizona 2004
Arkansas
The Nursing Shortage - Arkansas State Board of Nursing
2004
California
California Board of Registered Nursing Annual School Reports
Forecasts of the Registered Nurse Workforce in California
September 2009
Nursing Education Redesign for California (CINHC)
May 2008
Forecasts of the Registered Nurse Workforce in California
September 2007
California Registered Nurse Regional Workforce Report Card
May 2006
2008 Survey of Registered Nurses in California
Admission Policies and Attrition Rates in California Community College Nursing Programs
February 2003
Colorado
Colorado Center for Nursing Excellence - Colorado's Nursing Faculty Shortage
April 2012
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
Florida
Florida's Nurse Supply: Growth, Demographics, and Employment Characteristics
April 2010
Florida Nursing Education Capacity and Nurse Faculty Supply/Demand: 2007-2009 Trends
January 2010
Forecasting Supply, Demand, and Shortage of RNs and LPNs in Florida, 2007-2020
July 2008
Statewide Vacancies and Job Growth Expectations in Nursing-Intensive Healthcare Settings
May 2008
Analysis of Florida's Nurse Practice Act
Report includes a breakdown of requirements for nurse faculty credentials by state
January 2007
Georgia
Final Report: University System of Georgia Task Force for Health Professions Education
June 2006
What's Ailing Georgia's Health Care Workforce?
August 2002
Hawaii
Hawaii State Center for Nursing 2009 Annual Report
Projected Registered Nurse Workforce in Hawaii: 2005-2020
January 2007
Idaho
Report of the Governor's Nursing Task Force
October 2006
Idaho Nursing Overview
Winter 2009
Idaho RN Job Satisfaction and Retention: Results of a Survey of Idaho Nurses
Spring 2007
Illinois
Caring for the Future: A Plan for Meeting Metropolitan Chicago's Growing Health Care Workforce Needs
September 2005
Indiana
2005 Indiana Registered Nurse Survey Report
Indiana Nursing Workforce Data Center
Iowa
Trends in Nursing Education and Supply
January 2006
Status of Nursing Supply and Demand in Iowa: 2004
September 2004
Kansas
Registered Nurse Shortages Predicted in the US and Kansas for 2010 and 2020
August 2010
Kansas Nursing Occupational Outlook 2002-2012
June 2007
Kansas Nursing Occupational Outlook 2000-2010
March 2005
Kentucky
Kentucky Long-Term Policy Research Center: Future Impact of Nursing Shortage Uncertain Here
June 2003
Louisiana
Louisiana State Board of Nursing 2011 Annual Report
Maine
Maine Nursing Workforce Reports: 2001-2010
The State of the State’s Nursing Education Programs
2009
Strategic Plan for Maine's Nursing Programs
January 2005
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
Ensuring an Educated Nursing Workforce for the Commonwealth
September 2005
Michigan
A Profile of Michigan's Nursing Workforce 2009
July 2009
Michigan Center for Nursing Survey of Nurses 2008 Report
Survey of Nursing Education Programs: 2005-2006 School Year
March 2006
Survey of Nursing Education Programs: 2002-2003 School Year
April 2005
Mississippi
Mississippi Office of Nursing Workforce Reports
Missouri
Missouri Healthcare Workforce Reports
Nebraska
Nebraska Center for Nursing Workforce Reports
The Supply and Demand of Registered Nurses and Licensed Practical Nurses in Nebraska 2006
February 2006
Nevada
Nursing Workforce Supply and Demand in Nevada, 2000 to 2020
February 2003
2005 Survey of Licensed Registered Nurses in Nevada
New Hampshire
New Hampshire Nursing Workforce Initiative Final Report, 2002
New Hampshire Nursing Workforce Reports
New Jersey
Preventing New Jersey’s Impending Healthcare Crisis
March 2006
New Jersey's Educational Capacity: Impact on Nursing Supply
April 2005
Remedies for the Nursing Shortage
March 2005
New Mexico
Nurse Recruitment and Retention in New Mexico Hospitals
October 2007
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 Registered Professional Nurses, Volume I
April 2003
North Carolina
Task Force on the North Carolina Nursing Workforce Report
2007 Update
North Carolina Nursing Workforce Report: 2004
May 2004
The NC Nursing Shortage: Under Close Examination
North Dakota
Characteristics of North Dakota’s Nursing Workforce: 2003
North Dakota Nursing Needs Study: Direct Care Supply and Demand Projections
October 2003
North Dakota Nursing Needs Study: Faculty Survey Results
June 2003
Ohio
Northeast Ohio Nursing Workforce Facts: Nursing Supply and Demand
June 2006
Oklahoma
Oklahoma Healthcare Industry Workforce Report: 2006 Summary
Health and Nurses in Oklahoma
Fall 2005
Oregon
Oregon Nurse Faculty Workforce 2011
The Changing Demand for Registered Nurses In Oregon
September 2011
Career Satisfaction Among Oregon's Registered Nurses: A Report from the Oregon Center for Nursing
March 2010
Who Gets In? Pilot Year Data from the Nursing Student Admissions Database
Oregon Center for Nursing, August 2009
Oregon's Nurse Faculty Workforce: A 2009 Report from the Oregon Center for Nursing
Oregon Nursing Leadership Council Strategic Plan: Solutions to Oregon’s Nursing Shortage 2005-2008
Oregon’s Registered Nurse Workforce, 2005
Pennsylvania
Characteristics of the Registered Nurse Population in Pennsylvania
August 2006
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
South Dakota Center for Nursing Workforce Reports
2006 South Dakota Health Care Professional Workforce Report
Tennessee
Curing the Crisis in Nursing Education: A Master Plan for Tennessee
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 2007
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 Registered Nurse Supply and Demand Projections: 2006-2025
June 2007
Washington State Hospitals: Results of 2005 Workforce Survey
West Virginia
West Virginia Center for Nursing 2005-2006 Annual Report and Recommendations
Wisconsin
Wisconsin Center for Nursing 2010 RN Survey
Wisconsin Health Care Workforce Report 2008
Wisconsin Health Care Workforce Annual Report
April 2007
Building a Health Care Workforce for Wisconsin's Future: Hospitals' Contributions
January 2006
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
The Health Care Workforce in Ten States: Education, Practice and Policy
(States: CA, CT, FL, IA, IL, TX, UT, WA, WV, WY)
Colleagues in Caring: Regional Collaboratives for Nursing Workforce Development
