The Indiana Center for Health Workforce Studies and Indiana University Bowen Research Center, in collaboration with the Indiana Area Health Education Centers Program recently published its "2007 Indiana Registered Nurse Re-licensure Survey Report."

The publication provides an in-depth examination of the registered nurse workforce in Indiana. The report provides accurate, timely and relevant data to inform Indiana's response to the health care needs of the Hoosiers.

Project director, Terrell W. Zollinger, DrPH, Professor, Indiana University Department of Public Health notes, "We are pleased to release this report containing the most comprehensive information we currently have about the registered nurses in our state. We believe the information will be helpful to a wide range of stakeholders, including policy-makers, educators, business and community leaders, and a wide range of advocacy groups."

The publication (click here to download the pdf) includes demographic and employment characteristics of registered nurses, advanced practice nurses and faculty of nursing programs. It shows the geographic distribution of registered nurses, as well as projected registered nurse workforce trends.