how many clinical nurse specialists are in the us
(6 nurses per 1,000 people.). Africa (2011 data) has about. 1 nurse per 1,000 people. Nearly 13% of US nurses (404,000) and 2.5% (6,300) of Canadian RNs and have earned masters or doctoral degrees. In the U.S. 28,000 hold doctoral degrees. There are 251,000 U.S. advanced practice nurses--140,000 nurse practitioners and 59,000 clinical nurse specialists (CNS). But only 1 in 6 CNSs are practicing as such due to the denursification of health care over the past decade and a half.