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Statewide Data

The Florida Center for Nursing is the definitive source for information, research, and strategies addressing the dynamic workforce needs in Florida. Through the Center's exhaustive research on the nursing workforce, Floridians can be assured of an adequate supply of direct care providers to meet their health care needs. The Center is the only entity that provides this depth and breadth of data on RNs, LPNs, and APRNs in Florida. Without this information, the state would lack the ability to implement strategic solutions for nurse education and demand needs. The Center collects extensive data on nurse supply, demand, and education; here you will find the most recent reports detailing these results.

Nurse Supply

The Center analyzes nurse licensure and workforce survey data to evaluate changes in the state's nurse supply and to identify characteristics of the workforce. Our research has shown that Florida struggles to achieve significant gains in the nurse supply because massive amounts of nurses leave the workforce each year...

Nurse Demand

In an effort to obtain information on demand for nurses in Florida, the Center conducts a survey of nurse employers in six industry groups. All hospitals, psychiatric hospitals, skilled nursing facilities (nursing homes), home health agencies, public health departments, and hospices in Florida are asked about current and...

Nurse Education

Each year, the Center analyzes trends in Florida's nursing education capacity and faculty supply and demand using data from the collaborative Annual Report and Workforce Survey for Nursing Programs conducted by the Florida Center for Nursing and the Florida Board of Nursing. More than 50% of qualified applicants are...

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ALL FCN REPORTS

The following reports utilize elements of the Center's primary data sources to provide additional summaries related to Florida nurses.

Recent Reports

PDF File  State of Nursing Education and Proposed Solutions Think Tank Executive Summary (released September, 2024)
PDF File  Florida Center for Nursing's 2023 NCLEX Report (released February, 2024)
PDF File  Florida's Nursing Education Report Academic Year 2022-2023 (released December, 2023)
PDF File  State of the Nursing Workforce in Florida (released September, 2023)
PDF File  Florida's Nursing Workforce by County (released November, 2023)
PDF File  Florida Autonomous Practice 2020-2021 (released November, 2023)

2024 Reports

State of Nursing Education and Proposed Solutions Think Tank Executive Summary (released September, 2024)


2023 Reports


2022 Reports


2020 Reports

 


2019 Reports


2018 Reports


2017 Reports


2016 Reports


2015 Reports

A report on the 2014-2015 academic year is not available. Response rates during this year's Nurse Education Survey were too low to present meaningful analyses. We apologize for any inconvenience and continue to improve our survey response efforts.


2014 Reports


2013 Reports


2012 Reports


2011 Reports


2010 Reports


2009 Reports


2008 Reports

 

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