Your email has been sent. The association is also conduct polls on salaries and retention practices, the results of which will be out later in 2000. Otherwise, we wouldn't have anything to support that we know there's a nursing shortage.
Recruiters can use the information to justify recruiting results, plan strategies and more.
The information gained from the responses of 97 member recruiters is a source for college nursing programs around the country and can be used for legislative reasons to benefit health care. According to Allman, the information obtained in the January study was limited in that only 97 responses came in out of the 730 mailed. The survey found that the vacancy rate for all registered nurse positions was 11 percent based on individual employees and 7 percent based on FTE vacancies. The highest vacancy rates were for clinical specialists, home care and pediatrics. Anytime you get over a 7 or 8 percent vacancy rate, it's significant.