Goal and Impact
We strive for a nursing workforce that more closely reflects the diversity of the nation’s population. Increasing the number of nurses from different backgrounds, including races, gender, and ethnicities, will contribute to better health and health care for all. From such diversity in nursing comes a deeper understanding of the elements that affect a person’s health and emotional well-being, and ultimately, improved care and treatment.
Progress
The number of minority students enrolled in advanced nursing education is increasing. Some 30 percent of students at the baccalaureate, master’s, doctoral, and doctor of nursing practice program levels represent minority populations. The number of men in nursing is also increasing. In 2015, 13.7% of pre-licensure RN program graduates were male.
This graph is a part of the Campaign for Action Dashboard, a series of charts and graphs that show goals by which the Campaign evaluates its efforts to implement recommendations in the Institute of Medicine’s The Future of Nursing, Leading Change, Advancing Health.
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Racial/ethnic composition of the RN workforce in the U.S.
*Scroll to right if graphic is too large to view in full on your viewport.American Community Survey, Public Use Microdata Sample (series)
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New RN graduates by degree type, by gender
*Scroll to right if graphic is too large to view in full on your viewport.American Association of Colleges of Nursing, Enrollment and Graduations in Baccalaureate and Graduate Programs in Nursing (series); Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS), Completions Survey (series)
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New RN graduates by degree type, by race/ethnicity
*Scroll to right if graphic is too large to view in full on your viewport.American Association of Colleges of Nursing, Enrollment and Graduations in Baccalaureate and Graduate Programs in Nursing (series); Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS), Completions Survey (series).
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Number of Action Coalitions with a member of an ethnic or racial minority nursing organization or men in nursing state chapter on a senior-level policymaking body
Number of Action Coalitions with a member of an ethnic or racial minority nursing organization or men in nursing state chapter on a senior-level policymaking body
View Full Resource*Scroll to right if graphic is too large to view in full on your viewport.Center to Champion Nursing in America survey of Action Coalitions, March 2016
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Diversity of nursing doctorate graduates by race/ethnicity
*Scroll to right if graphic is too large to view in full on your viewport.American Association of Colleges of Nursing, Enrollment and Graduations in Baccalaureate and Graduate Programs in Nursing (series)
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Diversity of nursing doctorate graduates by gender
*Scroll to right if graphic is too large to view in full on your viewport.American Association of Colleges of Nursing, Enrollment and Graduations in Baccalaureate and Graduate Programs in Nursing (series)
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States that collect race/ethnicity data about their nursing workforce (by year)
*Scroll to right if graphic is too large to view in full on your viewport.Forum of State Nursing Centers
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