Employer Nurse Staffing Studies
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 were 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
- 2022 Hospital Nurse Staffing Survey: Highlights and Recommendations (Report-PDF, 7.2 MB)
- 2022 Hospital Nurse Staffing Survey: Hospital Characteristics (Report-PDF, 8.2 MB)
- 2022 Hospital Nurse Staffing Survey: Staffing (Report-PDF, 8.2 MB)
- 2022 Hospital Nurse Staffing Survey: Vacancy and Turnover (Report-PDF, 8.2 MB)
- 2022 Hospital Nurse Staffing Survey: Rural and Critical Access Hospitals (Report-PDF, 7.8 MB)
- 2022 Hospital Nurse Staffing Survey: State Hospitals (Report-PDF, 8.2 MB)
- 2022 Hospital Nurse Staffing Survey: COVID-19 (Report-PDF, 7.8 MB)
Long Term Care
- 2019 Long Term Care Nurse Staffing Study: Highlights and Recommendations (Report-PDF,2.15 MB)
- 2019 Long Term Care Nurse Staffing Study: Facility Characteristics (Report-PDF, 884 KB)
- 2019 Long Term Care Nurse Staffing Study: Staffing (Report-PDF, 2.22 MB)
- 2019 Long Term Care Nurse Staffing Study: Vacancy and Turnover (Report-PDF, 1.61 MB)
- 2019 Long Term Care Nurse Staffing Study: Recruitment and Retention (Report-PDF, 1.49 MB)
- 2019 Long Term Care Nurse Staffing Study: Transition to Practice (Report-PDF, 1.78 MB)
- 2019 Long Term Care Nurse Staffing Study: Directors of Nursing (Report-PDF, 1.16 MB)
- 2019 Long Term Care Nurse Staffing Study: Design and Methods (Report-PDF, 1.64 MB)
- 2019 Long Term Care Nurse Staffing Study: Appendices (Report-PDF, 2.41 MB)
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.
- 2017 Home Health and Hospice Care Nurse Staffing Study: Highlights and Recommendations (Report-PDF,2.22 MB)
- 2017 Home Health and Hospice Care Nurse Staffing Study: Agency Characteristics (Report-PDF, 3.08 MB)
- 2017 Home Health and Hospice Care Nurse Staffing Study: Staffing (Report-PDF, 2.30 MB)
- 2017 Home Health and Hospice Care Nurse Staffing Study: Vacancy and Turnover (Report-PDF, 2.51 MB)
- 2017 Home Health and Hospice Care Nurse Staffing Study: Recruitment and Retention (Report-PDF, 1.64 MB)
- 2017 Home Health and Hospice Care Nurse Staffing Study: Transition to Practice (Report-PDF, 1.13 MB)
- 2017 Home Health and Hospice Care Nurse Staffing Study: Design and Methods (Report-PDF, 1.66 MB)
- 2017 Home Health and Hospice Care Nurse Staffing Study: Appendices (Report-PDF, 2.45 MB)
Governmental Public Health
- 2019 Texas Governmental Public Health Nurse Staffing Study: Highlights and Recommendations (Report-PDF,1.11 MB)
- 2019 Texas Governmental Public Health Nurse Staffing Study: Design and Methods (Report-PDF, 907 KB)
- 2019 Texas Governmental Public Health Nurse Staffing Study: Agency Characteristics (Report-PDF, 1.13 MB)
- 2019 Texas Governmental Public Health Nurse Staffing Study: Staffing (Report-PDF, 1.48 MB)
- 2019 Texas Governmental Public Health Nurse Staffing Study: Vacancy and Turnover (Report-PDF, 1.03 MB)
- 2019 Texas Governmental Public Health Nurse Staffing Study: Recruitment and Retention (Report-PDF, 945 KB)
- 2019 Texas Governmental Public Health Nurse Staffing Study: Appendices (Report-PDF, 1.34 MB)