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Download full textHealth Resources and Services Administration (DHHS/PHS), Rockville, MD. Bureau of Health Professions. – 1990
This report consists of chapter 8 (the chapter on nursing) and relevant other sections of the "Seventh Report to the President and Congress on the Status of Health Personnel in the United States, March 1990." It presents and analyzes recent developments in the education, supply, and distribution of nursing personnel; and provides an…
Descriptors: Employment Patterns, Employment Projections, Futures (of Society), Geographic Distribution
Coelen, Craig G.; Gaumer, Gary – 1982
This study examined the impact of federal assistance on the number of students entering, continuing in, and graduating from basic nurses training programs. The effects of the Nurse Training Act (NTA) of 1964 were examined through measuring the differences (in admissions, attritions, and graduations) between school years in which NTA funding was…
Descriptors: Educational Finance, Employment Patterns, Federal Programs, Financial Support
Heinrich, Janet – 2001
Current evidence suggests emerging shortages of nurses available or willing to fill some vacant positions in hospitals, nursing homes, and home care. The nationwide unemployment rate for registered nurses (RNs), which has been low for many years, has declined to 1.0 percent, the lowest level in more than a decade. Nurses report job dissatisfaction…
Descriptors: Career Education, Data Collection, Employee Attitudes, Employer Employee Relationship
Heinrich, Janet – 2001
Current evidence suggests emerging shortages of nurses available or willing to fill some vacant positions in hospitals, nursing homes, and home care. Total employment of registered nurses (RNs) per capita and the national unemployment rate for RNs have declined, and providers from around the country report growing difficulty recruiting and…
Descriptors: Career Education, Demand Occupations, Employee Attitudes, Employer Employee Relationship
Health Resources and Services Administration (DHHS/PHS), Rockville, MD. National Center for Health Workforce Analysis. – 2002
The supply, demand, and shortages of registered nurses (RNs) were projected and analyzed for 2000-2020. According to the analysis, the national supply of full-time-equivalent registered nurses in 2000 was estimated at 1.89 million versus an estimated demand of 2 million, leaving a shortage of 110,000 (6%). The shortage is expected to grow…
Descriptors: Demand Occupations, Educational Needs, Employment Opportunities, Employment Patterns
Feldbaum, Eleanor G.; Levitt, Morris J. – 1980
This report focuses on nursing educational and practice issues that government officials may have to address in the near future. The report provides statistical information on nurses, compares statistics for white and black nurses, and recommends policies for the future. Data was gathered for the report during a three-year study of 5,175…
Descriptors: Affirmative Action, Blacks, Career Choice, Career Ladders
