Every two years the TCNWS, under the guidance of the TCNWS
advisory committee and nurse employer taskforces, conducts employer nurse
staffing studies to gather data on facility characteristics, staffing numbers
and practices, recruitment and retention practices, transition to practice
programs and other employer specific topics. These surveys are distributed to
Chief Nursing Officers, Directors of Nursing, facility administrators, or
managerial staff of hospitals, long term care facilities, home health agencies,
and governmental public health agencies. Participation in these studies is voluntary and thus, response rates
vary by employer type and year. The 2021 employer nurse staffing studies have been postponed until 2022 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
The following fact-sheets provide high-level summaries of
the statewide results and regional results as available. For previous years' reports, visit the employer nurse staffing studies archive.
Deidentified datasets and custom data reports are available
upon request.
Hospitals
- 2019 Hospital Nurse Staffing Survey: Highlights and Recommendations (Report-PDF, 1.12 MB)
- 2019 Hospital Nurse Staffing Survey: Hospital Characteristics (Report-PDF, 1.05 MB)
- 2019 Hospital Nurse Staffing Survey: Staffing (Report-PDF, 1.13 MB)
- 2019 Hospital Nurse Staffing Survey: Vacancy and Turnover (Report-PDF, 1.02 MB)
- 2019 Hospital Nurse Staffing Survey: Recruitment and Retention (Report-PDF, 919 KB)
- 2019 Hospital Nurse Staffing Survey: Transition to Practice (Report-PDF, 1.01 MB)
- 2019 Hospital Nurse Staffing Survey: Rural and Critical Access
Hospitals (Report-PDF, 902 KB)
- 2019 Hospital Nurse Staffing Survey: State Mental Health Facilities (Report-PDF, 883 KB)
- 2019 Hospital Nurse Staffing Survey: Design and Methods (Report-PDF, 1.05 MB)
- 2019 Hospital Nurse Staffing Survey: Appendices (Report-PDF, 1.30 MB)
Long Term Care
Home Health and Hospice
Note: Results of the 2019 Home Health and Hospice Care Nurse Staffing Study were not published due to low response rate.
Governmental Public Health