| TABLE 403. EMPLOYMENT SETTING AND TYPE OF POSITION FOR EMPLOYED REGISTERED NURSES, MARCH 2000 |
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| Employment Setting | Type
of Position |
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Total |
Managers
2/ |
Staff Nurse |
Nurse Practitioner/ Midwife |
Clinical Nurse Specialist |
Nurse Clinician |
Certified Nurse Anesthetist |
Instructor |
Consultant/ Researcher |
Private Duty |
Other |
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| Total | 2,201,813 | 1/ | 308,559
|
1,357,349
|
67,882
|
40,833
|
32,364
|
24,314
|
61,641
|
40,830
|
10,592
|
232,701
|
| Hospital | 1,300,323 | 122,725
|
971,401
|
19,938
|
24,920
|
17,525
|
20,916
|
14,508
|
9,838
|
604
|
83,336
|
|
|
Nursing home/extended care facility |
152,894 | 61,343
|
63,493
|
1,305
|
832
|
336
|
17
|
4,338
|
2,749
|
139
|
16,735
|
|
| Nursing education | 46,655 | 6,447
|
2,552
|
355
|
249
|
22
|
40
|
33,511
|
1,522
|
0
|
1,604
|
|
| Community/public health | 282,618 | 55,667
|
117,171
|
10,791
|
5,419
|
5,197
|
553
|
2,485
|
5,749
|
9,199
|
66,705
|
|
| Student health service | 83,269 | 4,357
|
64,871
|
4,035
|
1,033
|
333
|
213
|
3,505
|
1,262
|
93
|
2,884
|
|
| Occupational health | 36,395 | 7,069
|
11,456
|
1,342
|
1,205
|
852
|
0
|
465
|
6,971
|
0
|
6,835
|
|
|
Ambulatory care setting employee |
209,324 | 33,039
|
106,672
|
28,076
|
6,295
|
7,481
|
2,451
|
1,795
|
3,880
|
556
|
17,425
|
|
| Other | 90,335 | 17,914
|
19,674
|
2,040
|
882
|
619
|
124
|
1,034
|
8,858
|
0
|
37,178
|
|
1/ Includes an estimated
24,747 nurses whose type of position was not known.
2/ Includes Administrators, Supervisors, and Head Nurses.
Note: Individual items may not add to total due to rounding.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Division of Nursing. National Sample Survey of Registered Nurses, March 2000.