Health care organizations and leaders need timely data about the demand for workers in their regions in order to develop education policy, recruitment strategies, and create long-term workforce development plans. One approach to collecting such data is to conduct surveys of health care employers, such as hospitals, nursing homes, and community health centers. The National Forum of State Nursing Workforce Centers has recommended that states regularly survey employers, and has developed a basic set of questions that should be asked in such surveys. Relatively few states have conducted employer surveys.
To support states interested in collecting data from nurse employers on the demand for nursing personnel, UCSF has collected information about the data collection strategies being used by states. This “toolkit” includes links to survey questionnaires, reports, and contact information for state leaders who can help others develop their own data collection strategies.
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