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Nursing Labor Market for the State of Kansas
The nurse labor market comprises all employers of Registered Nurses (RNs): hospitals, home care agencies, long-term care facilities, clinics and physician offices, schools, etc. Total Full-time Equivalent (FTE) RN employment in the nurse labor market in the United States has been growing steadily for many decades. Recently, FTE RN employment grew from an estimated 1,987,389 in 2001 to 2,073,283 in 2002, an increase of nearly 86,000 FTE RNs.
The 2002 Legislature authorized Senate Bill 509 requiring the Director of the Division of Personnel Services to conduct a classification and job rate study of health care professional and paraprofessional jobs and job classes. The study was to include a comparison of salaries among comparable jobs and job classes in both the public and private sector entities within the state and in the adjacent states. Registered nurses were included in a listing of the health care classes that were studied. This listing includes the current pay grade, number of employees in the class and statewide turnover during fiscal year 2002. Salary surveys were sent to health care employers and organizations throughout the state and to the four surrounding states (Colorado, Nebraska, Missouri and Oklahoma). Employers surveyed included hospitals, health clinics, assisted living centers, nursing homes, rehabilitation facilities, medical care providers, mental health facilities and dental care providers.
The 2002 Legislature authorized Senate Bill 509 requiring the Director of the Division of Personnel Services to conduct a classification and job rate study of health care professional and paraprofessional jobs and job classes. The study was to include a comparison of salaries among comparable jobs and job classes in both the public and private sector entities within the state and in the adjacent states. Registered nurses were included in a listing of the health care classes...