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Appendix C: Data Sources, Definitions, and Methods
Pages 405-414

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... The full implementation stage began in January 2005, with an annual housing unit (HU) sample of approximately 3 million addresses throughout the United States and 36,000 addresses in Puerto Rico.
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... Replicating Results: So that others can replicate the results shown in tables and figures in Chapter 3, the following provides the procedures used to analyze data and, in this illustrative example, develop the information shown in Table C-1. TABLE C-1 Demographic Characteristics of Full-Time Equivalent (FTE)
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... (34.9%) Overall average 42.68 43.87 44.37 43.69 Step-by-step procedures for generating the data shown in Table C-1.
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... 2008 AND 2018 NATIONAL SAMPLE SURVEY OF REGISTERED NURSES (NSSRN) The second major source of data for constructing the tables and figures describing the RN and APRN workforce was the 2008 and 2018 NSSRNs.
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... The 2018 NSSRN comprises questions derived from both the National Sample Survey of Nurse Practitioners (NSSNP) and the NSSRN for one concise survey capturing a broader RN workforce and is the first production implementation that provides data for both RNs and NPs at the state and national levels.
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... , variables describing the patient population most often cared for and the reported clinical specialty area were examined. For example, if the respondent was identified as being prepared as both a CNM and an NP, employed in nursing, and active in providing patient care in his/her primary nursing position but reported caring primarily for a geriatric patient population, the respondent was coded "employed as NP." Similarly, if the respondent was identified as being prepared as both a CNM and a CNS, employed in nursing, and active in providing patient care in his/her primary nursing position but reported a clinical specialty of labor and delivery, the individual was coded "employed as CNM." If the reported primary patient population or clinical specialty could not be used to determine the type of APRN employment, data were examined to determine whether the respondent was required by an employer to be state-licensed (2008)
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... Critical access hospital  309,822 11.2% $77,122 120,353 38.8% Inpatient unit, not critical access 755,639 27.2% 72,668 210,958 27.9% hospital  Emergency department not 161,603 5.8% 76,577 32,708 20.2% critical access hospital Hospital-sponsored ambulatory 253,347 9.1% 77,826 128,015 50.5% care  Hospital ancillary unit  54,181 2.0% 82,063 23,514 43.4% Hospital nursing home unit  13,288 0.5% 72,442 7,564 56.9% Hospital administration  95,543 3.4% 110,396 54,103 56.6% Other hospital setting  20,133 0.7% 88,454 8,054 40.0% Other hospital setting 49,717 1.8% 85,924 34,436 69.3% (consultative)   Other Inpatient Setting Nursing home unit not in hospital  60,615 2.2% 69,479 30,557 50.4% Rehabilitation facility/long-term 110,554 4.0% 74,832 50,160 45.4% care  Inpatient mental health  55,089 2.0% 68,044 24,091 43.7% Correctional facility  13,775 0.5% 75,769 5,028 36.5% Other inpatient setting 11,938 0.4% 70,729 4,414 37.0% Clinic/ambulatory Nurse-managed health center  9,183 0.3% 91,244 2,594 28.2% Private medical practice (clinic, 138,291 5.0% 72,787 58,379 42.2% physician  Public clinic (rural health center, 33,484 1.2% 69,983 14,210 42.4% federally qualified health center, Indian Health Service, tribal clinic, etc.)
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...   38,130 1.4% 92,522 21,366 56.0% All 2,778,476 100.0% 76,180 1,137,176 SOURCE: Calculations based on the 2018 National Sample Survey of Registered Nurses. Step-by-step procedures to replicate the results for Table C-2 are shown below.
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... 4,060 2.1% 90,000 Outpatient mental health/substance abuse 5,528 2.9% 110,000 Other clinic/outpatient/ambulatory setting 9,742 5.0% 106,000 Total 100,529 51.9% Other Settings Home health agency/service 4,118 2.1% 105,000 Occupational health/employee health service 1,459 0.8% 106,000 Public health/community health agency 995 0.5% 100,000 Government agency, other 3,558 1.8% 110,000 University or college academic department 2,021 1.0% 91,000 Case management/disease management insurance company 970 0.5% 114,000 Other setting (outpatient dialysis centers, call centers) 1,064 0.5% 100,000 Total 14,185 7.3% 105,000 Hospitals Critical access hospital 7,971 4.1% 112,000 Inpatient unit, not critical access hospital 28,855 14.9% 110,000 Hospital-sponsored ambulatory care 21,464 11.1% 109,000 Emergency department, not critical access hospital 6,077 3.1% 120,000 Other hospital-based setting 3,758 1.9% 105,000 Total 68,125 35.2% 112,000 continued
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... 414 THE FUTURE OF NURSING 2020–2030 TABLE C-3 Continued Median FTE Annual Employment Setting Number Percent Earnings Other Inpatient Settings Nursing home, nonhospital 2,687 1.4% 105,000 Rehabilitation facility/long-term care 3,705 1.9% 105,000 Inpatient mental health/substance abuse 2,502 1.3% 111,000 Correctional facility 1,567 0.8% 108,000 Other inpatient setting 288 0.1% 103,000 Total 10,749 5.6% SOURCE: Calculations from data in the 2018 National Sample Survey of Registered Nurses. Employed NPs active in providing patient care were identified using the variables "NP_EMPL_17" and "PN_PATCARE"; for both variables, sample cases with a recorded value of "1." In Table C-3, the values of "PN_HOSPSET," "PN_INPSET_PUF," "PN_CLINSET_PUF," and "PN_OTHSET" were used to calculate estimated employment by work setting; within each broad group, specified settings with small sample sizes were recoded and combined with cases originally reported as "other setting." For example, in the broad group of "other setting," the small number of cases reported for "outpatient dialysis centers" and "call center/telenursing center" were recoded and combined with cases originally reported as "other setting." The variables "PN_EARN_PUF" and "EMP_STAT" were used to calculate median full-time annual earnings from the principal nursing position, by employment setting.


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