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. 2018 May/Jun;33(3):229-236.
doi: 10.1177/1062860617738328. Epub 2017 Nov 28.

United States Registered Nurse Workforce Report Card and Shortage Forecast: A Revisit

Xiaoming Zhang  1   2 , Daniel Tai  3 , Hugh Pforsich  4 , Vernon W Lin  5   6   7
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United States Registered Nurse Workforce Report Card and Shortage Forecast: A Revisit

Xiaoming Zhang et al. Am J Med Qual. 2018 May/Jun.

Abstract

This is a reevaluation of registered nurse (RN) supply and demand from 2016 to 2030 using a previously published work forecast model and grading methodology with more recent workforce data. There will be a shortage of 154 018 RNs by 2020 and 510 394 RNs by 2030; the South and West regions will have higher shortage ratios than Northeast and Midwest regions. This reflects a nearly 50% overall improvement when compared with the authors' prior study, and the low-performing states have improved from 18 "D" and 12 "F" grades as published earlier to 13 "D" and 1 "F" in this study. Although progress has been made, efforts to foster the pipelines for improving the nursing workforce need to be continued.

Keywords: RN demand; RN supply; nursing workforce; report card.

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