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Resources by Topic: Nurse practitioners and other advanced practice registered nurses

Texas Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetists, 2024
County-level breakdown of Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist (CRNA) workforce in Texas. Includes number of CRNAs along with ratios to the population of each county.
Date: 2024
Sponsoring organization: Texas Health and Human Services
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Texas Nurse Practitioners, 2024
County-level breakdown of the Nurse Practitioner (NP) workforce in Texas. Includes number of NPs along with ratios to the population of each county.
Date: 2024
Sponsoring organization: Texas Health and Human Services
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Texas Clinical Nurse Specialists, 2024
County-level breakdown of the Clinical Nurse Specialist workforce in Texas. Includes number of Clinical Nurse Specialists along with ratios to the population of each county.
Date: 2024
Sponsoring organization: Texas Health and Human Services
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Texas Advanced Practice Registered Nurses, 2024
County-level breakdown of the Advanced Practice Registered Nurse (APRN) workforce in Texas. Includes number of APRNs along with ratios to the population of each county.
Date: 2024
Sponsoring organization: Texas Health and Human Services
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Texas Certified Nurse Midwives, 2024
County-level breakdown of the Certified Nurse Midwife (CNM) workforce in Texas. Includes number of CNMs along with ratios to the population of each county.
Date: 2024
Sponsoring organization: Texas Health and Human Services
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2023 Kentucky Nursing Workforce Report
Reports on Registered Nurses and Advance Practice Registered Nurses (APRN) licensed in Kentucky in 2023. Includes breakdowns by urban and rural location and provides county-by-county APRN to population ratios. Discusses challenges related to nursing workforce distribution.
Author(s): Sierra Williams, Frances Feltner, Sydney P. Howard
Date: 2024
Sponsoring organization: Center for Economic Analysis of Rural Health
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Primary Care Professionals' Perspectives on Tailoring Buprenorphine Training for Rural Practice
Interviewed 23 rural Ohio primary care professionals to identify barriers to prescribing buprenorphine for opioid use disorder treatment. Discusses the need for training addressing rural-specific barriers, limited patient access to required social supports, workforce, and stigma. Offers recommendations based on findings.
Author(s): Cheyenne Fenstemaker, Elizabeth A. Abrams, Benjamin Obringer, et al.
Citation: Journal of Rural Health, 40(4), 671-680
Date: 2024
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Washington State Data Snapshot: Advanced Registered Nurse Practitioners (ARNPs)
Highlights data and characteristics, such as age, sex, and number of licenses, for advanced registered nurse practitioners (ARNPs) in rural and urban Washington State.
Date: 12/2023
Sponsoring organization: Washington Center for Nursing
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Virginia's Licensed Advanced Practice Registered Nurse Workforce: Comparison by Specialty
Results of the 2022 and 2023 surveys of over 12,000 Virginia Licensed Advanced Practice Registered Nurses (APRNs). Features statistics including percentages of Virginia APRNs who grew up in rural areas and who are currently practicing in a nonmetro location.
Date: 12/2023
Sponsoring organization: Virginia Department of Health Professions
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Annual Report on the New Hampshire Health Care Workforce and Data Collection: Calendar Year 2023
Includes aggregate data and information on current and projected New Hampshire primary workforce needs and the participation rate on surveys completed by clinicians for the Health Professions Data Center. Features a state map showing rural and nonrural New Hampshire regional public health networks, and statistics on demographics, barriers to care, substance use and mental health, and maternal health. Includes license renewal data for various providers types, and workforce data on physicians, advanced practice registered nurses, and physician assistants, including percentage in rural regions.
Date: 12/2023
Sponsoring organizations: New Hampshire Department of Health and Human Services, New Hampshire Rural Health & Primary Care
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