1. Update on the Texas Nursing Workforce
Cate Campbell, Texas Center for Nursing Workforce Studies, DSHS

2. 2018 NEPIS
Preliminary numbers
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3. Program Characteristics
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4. Program Characteristics
Program Type
2004
2018
Diploma 2 1
ADN 44 57
LVN to ADN 6 11
BSN 25 52
MSN AE
Total 78
122
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5. Curriculum Length
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6. Contact Hours
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7. Clinical Hours
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8. Clinical Setting Clinical Setting Mean % of Time Spent
Median % of Time Spent
Acute Care
75.9%
80.0%
Long Term Care
8.2%
5.0%
Community Settings
11.8%
10.0%
Other
4.1%
0.0%
4/4/2019

9. Newly Enrolled Students
4/4/2019

10. Graduates
4/4/2019

11. Demographics of Pre-licensure RN Graduates
4/4/2019

12. RN to BSN Graduates
4/4/2019

13. Demographics of RN to BSN Graduates
4/4/2019

14. Barriers to Increasing RN Graduates
Pre-licensure Graduates
lack of available clinical sites (31.6%)
Lack of qualified faculty (23.1%)
Lack of classroom or lab space (5.4%)
RN to BSN Graduates
Lack of clinical space/competition with other programs (16.3%)
Not offering an online program (14.0%)
Cost of program or student financial difficulties (7.0%)

15. Faculty Vacancy & Turnover Rates

16. Full-time vs. Part-time Faculty
4/4/2019

17. Faculty Age

18. Barriers to Faculty Recruitment
Limited qualified applicant pool (72.3%)
Non-competitive salary (62.2%)
Geographic location (38.7%)
No barriers (12.3%)

19. Nursing Dashboards Texas Health Data healthdata.dshs.texas.gov

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22. Coming up next 2019 Staffing Studies Hospital Home Health and Hospice
Long Term Care
Texas Governmental Public Health Agencies
Workplace Violence grant program
Updated projections in mid-2020
More nursing data on Texas Health Data

23. Cate.Campbell@dshs.texas.gov TCNWS@dshs.texas.gov
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