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Facts About California Nurses
Data to be found here includes:
- Demographics, including race/ethnicity,
gender and age distribution
- Educational characteristics, including highest
level of education, location of education and number of graduates
- Employment characteristics, including employment
status, working setting and income
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Demographics
1. Number of Nurses in California, December 1999
There are 235,566 Registered Nurses licensed and living in California
as of December, 1999. In 1996, there were approximately 2,558,874 individuals
licensed as RNs in the United States.
2. Race/Ethnicity of California Nurses, 1996
   
3. Gender of California Nurses, 1996
Approximately 7% of California RNs are males, and 93% are female. In 1996
approximately 5% of all RNs in the US were male.
4. Age Distribution of Working RNs, 1996, 1997
Due to rounding, percentages may not add to 100%.
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Educational Characteristics
5. Highest Level of Nursing Education, 1997
 
Due to rounding, percentages may not add to 100%.
6. Location of Nursing Education, 1997
Approximately 55% of RNs in California completed their nursing education
in a California school.
7. 1998 Nursing Graduates, by Educational Segment
In 1998 there were a total of 5,059 graduates of registered nursing programs
in California. Of those graduates, approximately two-thirds were from
associate degree programs, and one-third from baccalaureate programs.
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Employment Characteristics
8. California RNs by Employment Status, 1996
 
Due to rounding, percentages may not add to 100%.
9. California RNs Employed in Nursing by Work Hours, 1996
Approximately 70% of employed RNs in California are working full-time.
Only 30% of employed RNs are working part-time or part year. In 1996,
in the US, 71% of employed RNs were employed full-time.
10. Income of California RNs, 1996, 1997
The average income from nursing has grown steadily in recent years, rising
43% between 1990 and 1997. In 1997 the average income from nursing was
$45,073. The average salary of all RNs working in the US in 1996 was $42,071.
11. Percent of California RNs Employed in Nursing, 1996
12. Work Setting, 1996
| Position |
CA RNs |
US RNs |
Organization |
CA RNs |
US RNs |
| Staff or general duty |
62.8% |
61.9% |
Acute hospital |
63.8% |
60.1% |
| Administration |
5.1% |
5.3% |
Public health/comm. health prog. |
12.4% |
13.1% |
| Head Nurse |
4.9% |
5.8% |
Ambulatory care setting |
9.6% |
8.5% |
| Supervisor |
3.5% |
4.5% |
Skilled nursing/extended care facility |
5.0% |
8.1% |
| Practitioner/Midwife |
3.0% |
2.1% |
Student health service |
2.2% |
3.0% |
| Clinical specialist |
2.3% |
1.7% |
Academic nursing program |
1.4% |
2.3% |
| Instructor |
1.9% |
3.5% |
Occupational health/employee
health |
1.0% |
1.0% |
| Consultant |
1.4% |
1.3% |
Other |
4.6% |
3.9% |
| Nurse clinician |
1.2% |
1.4% |
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| Certified anesthetist |
.7% |
1.0% |
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| Research |
.6% |
.6% |
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| Private duty |
.6% |
.8% |
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Other
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12.0% |
10.0% |
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Sources:
Barnes, Carole. Survey of Registered Nurses in California 1997. California
Board of Registered Nursing. Sacramento, California, February 1999
California Postsecondary Education Commission. Sacramento, California.
1999
Moses, Evelyn. The Registered Nurse Population 1996: Findings from
the National Sample Survey of Registered Nurses. Washington, DC: Bureau
of Health Professions, US Department of Health and Human Services.
State of California, California Department of Finance, Population Projections,
1990-2010. Sacramento, California, April 1993
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