A statewide and regional analysis of New York State nurses using the 2000 National Sample Survey of Registered Nurses.
BACKGROUND
A national concern over the present and future workforce of registered nurses exists. A major initiative that would help professionals in workforce policy and education shorten their reaction time to surplus or shortage concerns is to improve the data about RNs in a given area.


OBJECTIVE
To examine workforce data on New York State (NYS) nurses at the statewide and regional level of analysis using the 2000 National Sample Survey of Registered Nurses (NSSRN) Inc.


METHODS
The NYS RN sample was drawn from the 2000 NSSRN by selecting the cases with Geocodes for NYS. This methodology yielded a sample of 1,928 NYS RNs.


RESULTS
Data were examined in relation to RNs' demographic information, employment status/setting, transition/working conditions, and education. Consistent with national data, nurses were predominantly white, female, and in their mid-40s. However, important differences were found in age, minority representation, income, satisfaction, and work setting for NYS RNs when examining data at the regional and state level.


CONCLUSIONS
Examining the 2000 NSSRN data at the statewide and regional level provides valid information on nursing workforce trends.
Department of Family Medicine, New York State Area Health Education Center System, 462 Grider Street, CC Building, Buffalo, NY 14215, USA. csbrewer@buffalo.edu
Carol S
CS
Brewer
Thomas Hugh
TH
Feeley
Timothy J
TJ
Servoss
D000328:Adult; D004506:Education, Nursing; D004651:Employment; D005260:Female; D019538:Health Care Surveys / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006291:Health Policy; D006280:Health Workforce; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009518:New York; D009726:Nurses / Q000600:supply & distribution*