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Registered nurses represent the largest segment of the health care workforce. Check out this statistical portrait of today's registered nurses (RNs), as reported by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' 2004 National Sample Survey of Registered Nurses.
Nursing population: Approximately 2,909,467 people living in the U.S. are educated and licensed to practice as RNs, and 2,421,461 are employed as RNs.
Nursing age: The average age of registered nurses is estimated to be 46.8. Around 26.6 percent of all RNs are under age 40, 16.6 percent are under 35, and 8.1 percent are under 30.
Nursing gender: Men represent just 5.7 percent of licensed RNs.
Initial nursing education: About 25.2 percent of licensed RNs receive their initial nursing education in a diploma program; 42.2 percent receive their initial education in an associate degree program; 30.5 percent in a bachelor's degree program; and 0.5 percent in a master's or doctoral degree program.
Advanced nursing education: The highest level of preparation for an estimated 17.5 percent of RNs is a diploma; for 33.7 percent the highest preparation is an associate degree; for 34.2 percent it is a bachelor's degree; and for 13.0 percent it is a master's or doctoral degree.
Nursing salary: The actual average annual earnings of registered nurses employed full time in 2004 were $57,784. |
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