PMID: 18730057Apr 1, 1967Paper

Professional registered nurses in the United States and california, 1962-report of the bureau of research and planning.

California Medicine

Abstract

* Figures on professional registered nurses recently made available indicate that the ratio of active nurses to population in California in 1962 was 327 per 100,000 persons. The comparable figure nationally was 298/100,000. California ranked twentieth out of the 50 states and the District of Columbia.THE PERCENTAGE OF ALL NURSES ACTIVELY ENGAGED IN NURSING IS CONSIDERABLY LOWER IN CALIFORNIA THAN IN THE TOTAL UNITED STATES: 60.4 per cent compared with 65.3 per cent. This indicates that the shortage of nurses in California is more attributable to underutilization of potential manpower than to its absence.There are some identifiable categories of nurses in California in which the utilization of personnel is particularly low, as compared with other states. In terms of rates of utilization, the group of nurses over 60 years of age are most noticeably under-utilized, while in terms of numbers, married nurses could provide the greatest supply of extra nurses were their employment rate in the state equal to the national rate.The recruiting potential is a very great one, however, as this report indicates.

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