Current Status of Nursing Workforce

Although there are some areas in California where new RN graduates are having difficulty finding jobs and hospital and vacancies are down, this is not an indication that the nurse shortage is over.

Related Documents

Statewide Survey of RN Hiring — Summary July 2009

Educational Capacity, Regional Planning | 5/24/10

This PowerPoint is referred to as the New RN Graduate Workforce Regional Planning Meetings, prepared in July 2009.

Although there are some areas in California where new RN graduates are having difficulty finding jobs and hospital and vacancies are down, this is not an indication that the nurse shortage is over.

Goal 1: Building Educational Capacity in Schools of Nursing

Educational Capacity, Master Plan | 1/1/09

Master Plan

Master Plan work focuses on: Educational Capacity, Recruitment, Nursing Practice, Diversity, Working Environments, and Workforce Data.

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- Gov. Schwarzenegger’s Nurse Education Initiative Report 2009
  Master Plan | 7/6/10
  Governor Schwarzenegger’s California Nurse Education Initiative, established in 2005, continues to make progress in addressing the nursing shortage. CA Nurse Education Init_Annual_Report_2009
- Jones quoted in L.A. Daily News on Nurse Hiring Trends
  In the Media | 7/6/10
  “With fewer nurses retiring or working part time, positions typically available to new nurses have dried up and hospitals and health systems have cut back dramatically on new graduate hires,” Deloras Jones. See the L.A. Daily News for the full story.…
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