Trauma Women’s Health Other
2.3% 0% 19.1%
1,319 0 11,198
2% 2% 20%
* Budden et al. (2013) include two more categories: primary care (3%) and tele-health (1%) A total of 61,091 RNs responded to the question about the description of their primary position. The majority are staff nurses (70.6%), which is somewhat higher than the 64% found by Budden et al. (2013). Table 8 presents the primary position descriptions. Although no nurse selected “nursing consultant” as a primary position description, it was selected by 8.6% of those who provided information regarding a secondary position description. Table 8. Primary position description of Georgia RNs compared to a national sample (Budden et al., 2013) Georgia
Staff Nurse Nurse Manager Nurse Researcher Nurse Faculty Nurse Executive Nursing Consultant Advanced Practice Nurse Other: health-related Other: not health-related
% 70.6% 13.6% 1.9% 2.2% 2.5% 0 0.5% 8.2% 0.4%
n 43,156 8,2871 1,169 1,369 1,548 0 319 5,006 241
Budden et al. (2013) % 4% 1% 1% 3% 2% 2% 7% 9% <1%
Discussion Some aspects of the demographics of Georgia RNs are promising when compared to the national picture. More GA RNs are between the ages of 25 and 45 when compared to both the Budden et al. (2013) and HRSA report (2013). There is also a higher percentage of Black/African American RNs in Georgia, but less Asian and Hispanic RNs. Given population estimates of the numbers of Blacks/African Americans and Hispanics in Georgia, it is clear that efforts are needed to recruit more of both groups into nursing in GA. While the proportion of males in the RN population in GA is similar to the national average, there is room for growth in the recruitment of males to nursing. The number of internationally-educated nurses (IENs) in Georgia is similar to national findings, but the countries where they come from differ. The Budden et al. (2013) report specifically includes numbers of nurses from Canada the Philippines, and India. The HRSA (2013) report includes the Philippines, South Korea, India, Canada and Nigeria as the countries with the most nurses passing the NCLEX in 2010. IENs in Georgia are primarily from the Philippines, India and Canada as well, but also Jamaica and the European nation of Georgia. Given Georgia’s proximity to the Caribbean, it is not surprising to see the higher proportion of Jamaican nurses. The high proportion of nurses from the nation of Georgia is more surprising. According to the Migration Policy Institute (2016), here were 27,321 people in Georgia in 2014 who were born in
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