Rural Health
Resources by Topic: Nurses
Health Workforce Research Data Center: Annual Report to the Legislature, April 2025
Provides an overview of California's health workforce data, projections, demographics, education and employment trends, and more. Provides county-level data on healthcare occupations including behavioral health providers, nurses and advanced practice registered nurses, allied health professionals, and other clinicians.
Date: 04/2025
Sponsoring organization: California Department of Health Care Access and Information
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Provides an overview of California's health workforce data, projections, demographics, education and employment trends, and more. Provides county-level data on healthcare occupations including behavioral health providers, nurses and advanced practice registered nurses, allied health professionals, and other clinicians.
Date: 04/2025
Sponsoring organization: California Department of Health Care Access and Information
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Study Protocol of Sustaining Home Palliative Care for Patients with Heart Failure (Hf) and Their Family Caregivers in Rural Appalachia: A Mixed Methods Randomized Clinical Trial
Study protocol to examine an integrated nurse-led intervention bundle for patients with heart failure and their family caregivers regarding home supportive end-of-live palliative care in rural West Virginia. Discusses the assessment of the intervention's sustainability with rural stakeholders, visiting volunteers, and the West Virginia Faith Community Nurse Network.
Author(s): Ubolrat Piamjariyakul, Stephanie Young, Angel Smothers, et al.
Citation: BMC Palliative Care, 24(1)
Date: 03/2025
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Study protocol to examine an integrated nurse-led intervention bundle for patients with heart failure and their family caregivers regarding home supportive end-of-live palliative care in rural West Virginia. Discusses the assessment of the intervention's sustainability with rural stakeholders, visiting volunteers, and the West Virginia Faith Community Nurse Network.
Author(s): Ubolrat Piamjariyakul, Stephanie Young, Angel Smothers, et al.
Citation: BMC Palliative Care, 24(1)
Date: 03/2025
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Nursing Workforce in Nevada - 2025
Provides data on the supply and geographic distribution by county, including rural and frontier, of nurses in Nevada.
Author(s): John Packham, Vallabhi Shah, Simran Kaur, et al.
Date: 03/2025
Sponsoring organization: Nevada Health Workforce Research Center
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Provides data on the supply and geographic distribution by county, including rural and frontier, of nurses in Nevada.
Author(s): John Packham, Vallabhi Shah, Simran Kaur, et al.
Date: 03/2025
Sponsoring organization: Nevada Health Workforce Research Center
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Indiana Registered Nurses Health Workforce: 2023 Data Report
Provides an overview of the nursing workforce in Indiana, with data on license renewals, actively practicing nurses, employment characteristics and specialties, populations served, and more. Includes information on geographic distribution of registered nurses (RNs) and advanced practice registered nurses (APRNs) by county.
Author(s): Yan Ge, Sierra Vaughn
Date: 03/2025
Sponsoring organization: Bowen Center for Health Workforce Research and Policy
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Provides an overview of the nursing workforce in Indiana, with data on license renewals, actively practicing nurses, employment characteristics and specialties, populations served, and more. Includes information on geographic distribution of registered nurses (RNs) and advanced practice registered nurses (APRNs) by county.
Author(s): Yan Ge, Sierra Vaughn
Date: 03/2025
Sponsoring organization: Bowen Center for Health Workforce Research and Policy
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2024 Texas Hospital Nurse Staffing Study: Rural and Critical Access Hospitals
Compares nurse staffing in Texas's rural Critical Access Hospitals (CAH), rural non-CAH hospitals, and non-rural hospitals, utilizing 2024 Hospital Nurse Staffing Survey data. Provides data on vacancies, turnover, and budgeting for the nurse workforce.
Date: 02/2025
Sponsoring organizations: Texas Center for Nursing Workforce Studies, Texas Health and Human Services
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Compares nurse staffing in Texas's rural Critical Access Hospitals (CAH), rural non-CAH hospitals, and non-rural hospitals, utilizing 2024 Hospital Nurse Staffing Survey data. Provides data on vacancies, turnover, and budgeting for the nurse workforce.
Date: 02/2025
Sponsoring organizations: Texas Center for Nursing Workforce Studies, Texas Health and Human Services
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Hawai'i Nurse Workforce Projections 2022-2037
Provides nursing workforce projections for the state of Hawaii for the years 2022-2037, including county-by-county data for nurses, nurse practitioners, and other advanced practice registered nurses. Highlights the impact of shortages on rural and neighbor islands, and provides recommendations for addressing shortages.
Date: 02/2025
Sponsoring organization: Hawai'i State Center for Nursing
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Provides nursing workforce projections for the state of Hawaii for the years 2022-2037, including county-by-county data for nurses, nurse practitioners, and other advanced practice registered nurses. Highlights the impact of shortages on rural and neighbor islands, and provides recommendations for addressing shortages.
Date: 02/2025
Sponsoring organization: Hawai'i State Center for Nursing
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2023 Missouri Nursing Workforce Report
Presents an overview of the nursing workforce in Missouri, using data from nurses who held active licenses in Missouri as of October 2023. Provides demographics and statistics on advanced practice registered nurses, registered nurses, licensed practical nurses, school nurses, and more, with breakdowns by county and metropolitan, micropolitan, and rural areas.
Author(s): Sara Davenport, Tracy Greever-Rice, Eric McDavid, et al.
Date: 02/2025
Sponsoring organizations: Missouri State Board of Nursing, University of Missouri Center for Health Policy
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Presents an overview of the nursing workforce in Missouri, using data from nurses who held active licenses in Missouri as of October 2023. Provides demographics and statistics on advanced practice registered nurses, registered nurses, licensed practical nurses, school nurses, and more, with breakdowns by county and metropolitan, micropolitan, and rural areas.
Author(s): Sara Davenport, Tracy Greever-Rice, Eric McDavid, et al.
Date: 02/2025
Sponsoring organizations: Missouri State Board of Nursing, University of Missouri Center for Health Policy
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Nursing at an Inflection Point: Creating Systems of Care that Support and Value the Contributions of Nurses: 20th Annual Report to the Secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and the U.S. Congress
Presents policy and programmatic recommendations to address valuing the impact of nursing care on patient outcomes, strengthening academic-practice partnerships, removing practice barriers for advanced practice registered nursing, and supporting the infusion of technology of nursing education and practice. Includes rural references throughout.
Date: 01/2025
Sponsoring organization: National Advisory Council on Nurse Education and Practice
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Presents policy and programmatic recommendations to address valuing the impact of nursing care on patient outcomes, strengthening academic-practice partnerships, removing practice barriers for advanced practice registered nursing, and supporting the infusion of technology of nursing education and practice. Includes rural references throughout.
Date: 01/2025
Sponsoring organization: National Advisory Council on Nurse Education and Practice
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Eighth Biennial Report 2025: Health Issues for the State of North Dakota
Updates the previous seven editions of this report with a comprehensive examination of healthcare workforce licensure data related to number of licensed professionals, locations, specialties, and demographics in rural and urban North Dakota. Includes three new chapters on indigenous health, women's and children's health, and the community impacts of the School of Medicine and Health Sciences.
Additional links: Executive Summary
Date: 01/2025
Sponsoring organization: University of North Dakota School of Medicine & Health Sciences
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Updates the previous seven editions of this report with a comprehensive examination of healthcare workforce licensure data related to number of licensed professionals, locations, specialties, and demographics in rural and urban North Dakota. Includes three new chapters on indigenous health, women's and children's health, and the community impacts of the School of Medicine and Health Sciences.
Additional links: Executive Summary
Date: 01/2025
Sponsoring organization: University of North Dakota School of Medicine & Health Sciences
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Indiana's Nursing Workforce: Characteristics as of 2023 Renewal - All Registered Nursing Licenses
A data snapshot focused on total actively practicing nurses in Indiana as of 2023. Includes information about nurse specialty, practice setting, populations served, services, and county-level geographic distribution.
Date: 2025
Sponsoring organization: Bowen Center for Health Workforce Research and Policy
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A data snapshot focused on total actively practicing nurses in Indiana as of 2023. Includes information about nurse specialty, practice setting, populations served, services, and county-level geographic distribution.
Date: 2025
Sponsoring organization: Bowen Center for Health Workforce Research and Policy
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