title: Effect of Prior Health-Related Employment on the Registered Nurse Workforce Supply.
abstract: Registered nurses (RN) who held prior health-related employment in occupations other than licensed practical or vocational nursing (LPN/LVN) are reported to have increased rapidly in the past decades. Researchers examined whether prior health-related employment affects RN workforce supply. A cross-sectional bivariate probit model using the 2008 National Sample Survey of Registered Nurses was esti- mated. Prior health-related employment in relatively lower-wage occupations, such as allied health, clerk, or nursing aide, was positively associated with working s an RN. ~>Prior health-related employ- ment in relatively higher-wage categories, such as a health care manager or LPN/LVN, was positively associated with working full-time as an RN. Policy implications are to promote an expanded career ladder program and a nursing school admission policy that targets non-RN health care workers with an interest in becoming RNs.
authors.forename: Byung-kwan
authors.initials: BK
authors.lastname: Yoo
authors.forename: Tzu-chun
authors.initials: TC
authors.lastname: Lin
authors.forename: Minchul
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Tomoko
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Sasaki
authors.forename: Joanne
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Spetz
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D003710:Demography; D004651:Employment / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009726:Nurses / Q000600:supply & distribution*; D009790:Occupations / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D012456:Salaries and Fringe Benefits; D014481:United States