Rural Health
Resources by Topic: Nurses
Arizona Healthcare Employment, Projections, and Wage Report
Data visualization on current and projected healthcare employment by county in Arizona, utilizing Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics data. Data may be sorted by health profession and county, metro versus non metro area, level of rurality, and more.
Author(s): B. Koch, C. Drake, S. Coates
Date: 2024
Sponsoring organization: Arizona Center for Rural Health
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Data visualization on current and projected healthcare employment by county in Arizona, utilizing Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics data. Data may be sorted by health profession and county, metro versus non metro area, level of rurality, and more.
Author(s): B. Koch, C. Drake, S. Coates
Date: 2024
Sponsoring organization: Arizona Center for Rural Health
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Georgia Board of Health Care Workforce Fiscal Year 2024 Annual Report
Features information on notable accomplishments of 2024, a financial summary, undergraduate medical education, and graduate medical education in Georgia. Includes a section on physicians for rural areas, with statistics on numbers of award recipients in various loan repayment programs.
Date: 2024
Sponsoring organization: Georgia Board of Health Care Workforce
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Features information on notable accomplishments of 2024, a financial summary, undergraduate medical education, and graduate medical education in Georgia. Includes a section on physicians for rural areas, with statistics on numbers of award recipients in various loan repayment programs.
Date: 2024
Sponsoring organization: Georgia Board of Health Care Workforce
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State of Nursing in Kansas, 2024 Dashboard
Provides interactive data on the nursing profession in Kansas, with information on nurse demographics, work characteristics, and more. Includes county-level maps showing number of employed registered nurses (RNs), licensed practical nurses/licensed vocational nurses (LPNs/LVNs), and advanced practice registered nurses (APRNs).
Date: 2024
Sponsoring organization: Kansas Nursing Workforce Center
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Provides interactive data on the nursing profession in Kansas, with information on nurse demographics, work characteristics, and more. Includes county-level maps showing number of employed registered nurses (RNs), licensed practical nurses/licensed vocational nurses (LPNs/LVNs), and advanced practice registered nurses (APRNs).
Date: 2024
Sponsoring organization: Kansas Nursing Workforce Center
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Hawai'i State Center for Nursing 2024 Annual Report: A Report for Governor Josh Green and the Hawai'i State Legislature
Provides an overview of the Hawaiʻi State Center for Nursing's activities in Fiscal Year 2024. Reports on the Center's funding structure, education and training programs, data gathering and research activities, and other efforts to improve nursing workforce recruitment, retention, and ability to provide high-quality care. Identifies workforce trends, and strategies for improvement. Highlights rural needs and projects.
Date: 2024
Sponsoring organization: Hawai'i State Center for Nursing
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Provides an overview of the Hawaiʻi State Center for Nursing's activities in Fiscal Year 2024. Reports on the Center's funding structure, education and training programs, data gathering and research activities, and other efforts to improve nursing workforce recruitment, retention, and ability to provide high-quality care. Identifies workforce trends, and strategies for improvement. Highlights rural needs and projects.
Date: 2024
Sponsoring organization: Hawai'i State Center for Nursing
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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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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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An Overview of the Kansas Health Care Workforce
Provides an overview of the Kansas healthcare workforce, with data projected through 2030. Focuses on ambulatory healthcare services, hospitals, and nursing and residential care facilities. Includes metro versus nonmetro wage comparisons for nursing and personal aide occupations.
Author(s): Nathan Kessler
Date: 2024
Sponsoring organization: Kansas Department of Labor
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Provides an overview of the Kansas healthcare workforce, with data projected through 2030. Focuses on ambulatory healthcare services, hospitals, and nursing and residential care facilities. Includes metro versus nonmetro wage comparisons for nursing and personal aide occupations.
Author(s): Nathan Kessler
Date: 2024
Sponsoring organization: Kansas Department of Labor
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Bridging the Gap: INVESTing in HPV Vaccination for Rural Youth
Describes the INVEST (INcreasing VaccinE uptake among Southern Teens) human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine promotion program for rural youth in North Carolina and South Carolina. Discusses program implementation through school nurses and educational materials focused on vaccination and other aspects of adolescent health and wellness.
Author(s): Sayward E. Harrison
Date: 12/2023
Sponsoring organization: St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
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Describes the INVEST (INcreasing VaccinE uptake among Southern Teens) human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine promotion program for rural youth in North Carolina and South Carolina. Discusses program implementation through school nurses and educational materials focused on vaccination and other aspects of adolescent health and wellness.
Author(s): Sayward E. Harrison
Date: 12/2023
Sponsoring organization: St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
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A Qualitative Study of Systems-Level Factors That Affect Rural Obstetric Nurses' Work During Clinical Emergencies
Evaluates systems-level factors affecting rural obstetric nurses and their care for patients experiencing clinical deterioration from interviews with 11 nurses and physicians at rural hospitals in Massachusetts and New Hampshire. Identifies challenges and opportunities related to resource shortages, cooperation in the workplace, conflicting workplace responsibilities, facility policies and procedures, and more.
Author(s): Samantha L. Bernstein, Maya Piccolo, Elisabeth Grills, Kenneth Catchpole
Citation: The Joint Commission Journal on Quality and Patient Safety, 2024
Date: 12/2023
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Evaluates systems-level factors affecting rural obstetric nurses and their care for patients experiencing clinical deterioration from interviews with 11 nurses and physicians at rural hospitals in Massachusetts and New Hampshire. Identifies challenges and opportunities related to resource shortages, cooperation in the workplace, conflicting workplace responsibilities, facility policies and procedures, and more.
Author(s): Samantha L. Bernstein, Maya Piccolo, Elisabeth Grills, Kenneth Catchpole
Citation: The Joint Commission Journal on Quality and Patient Safety, 2024
Date: 12/2023
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Confronting Workforce Shortages and Health Worker Well-Being
Six videos addressing the impact of healthcare worker shortages and how those shortages affect individual well-being and the ability to provide care in rural communities. Includes a keynote presentation by the Chief Medical Officer of the Indian Health Service. Transcripts available under the descriptions of the videos.
Date: 12/2023
Sponsoring organization: National Academy of Medicine
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Six videos addressing the impact of healthcare worker shortages and how those shortages affect individual well-being and the ability to provide care in rural communities. Includes a keynote presentation by the Chief Medical Officer of the Indian Health Service. Transcripts available under the descriptions of the videos.
Date: 12/2023
Sponsoring organization: National Academy of Medicine
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Health Panel Comment Letter - Minimum Staffing Standards for Long-Term Care Facilities and Medicaid Institutional Payment Transparency Reporting Proposed Rule
Comments offered in response to a September 6, 2023, proposed rule regarding minimum nurse staffing standards for long-term care facilities. Discusses considerations for the implementation timeline and including licensed practical nurses in the proposed staffing ratios and standards, the definition of rural utilized in the proposed rule to identify rural facilities, and conditions for hardship exemption eligibility.
Date: 11/2023
Sponsoring organization: Rural Policy Research Institute Rural Health Panel
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Comments offered in response to a September 6, 2023, proposed rule regarding minimum nurse staffing standards for long-term care facilities. Discusses considerations for the implementation timeline and including licensed practical nurses in the proposed staffing ratios and standards, the definition of rural utilized in the proposed rule to identify rural facilities, and conditions for hardship exemption eligibility.
Date: 11/2023
Sponsoring organization: Rural Policy Research Institute Rural Health Panel
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