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Collecting Sleep, Circadian, Fatigue, and Performance Data in Complex Operational Environments

Collecting Sleep, Circadian, Fatigue, and Performance Data in Complex Operational Environments

Published on: August 8, 2019

How should we collect data on the nursing workforce?

Joanne Spetz¹, Christine T Kovner

¹Philip R. Lee Institute for Health Policy Studies, University of California, San Francisco, USA.

Nursing Economic$

|June 15, 2011

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Researchers reviewed nursing workforce data collection methods, finding relicensure surveys suit simple forecasts, while sample surveys offer richer data for complex future supply predictions.

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Collecting Sleep, Circadian, Fatigue, and Performance Data in Complex Operational Environments

Collecting Sleep, Circadian, Fatigue, and Performance Data in Complex Operational Environments

Published on: August 8, 2019

Area of Science:

Nursing Workforce Research
Health Human Resources

Background:

Understanding the nursing workforce requires robust data on nurses and job availability.
Current data collection relies on two primary methods: sample surveys and relicensure surveys.

Purpose of the Study:

To review the benefits and weaknesses of different data collection approaches for the nursing workforce.
To discuss the complexities of predicting future nurse supply versus current supply.

Main Methods:

Review of existing literature on nursing workforce data collection.
Analysis of sample surveys and relicensure surveys for Registered Nurses (RNs).

Main Results:

Relicensure surveys are effective for collecting data on a few variables needed for simple future supply forecasts.
Sample surveys provide richer data essential for detailed analysis of retirement, family norms, and educational trends.

Conclusions:

Predicting future nurse supply is more complex than assessing current supply.
The choice of data collection method (sample vs. relicensure surveys) depends on the required level of detail for workforce analysis and forecasting.