Australia and New Zealand Health Policy

Table 2 Growth of the NSW nursing workforce by premises

From: Is there a crisis in nursing retention in New South Wales?

	1994		2000		Growth 2000-1994
Premises	Number working	Prop. private	Number working	Prop. private	Public 00/94	Private 00/94	Total 00/94
All nurses
hospital	30332	0.16	34816	0.18	1.11	1.33	1.15
nursing homes	8428	0.62	8485	0.45	1.46	0.73	1.01
community health	3100	0.00	4744	0.07	1.42		1.53
develop. disability service	1446	0.00	1548	0.04	1.03		1.07
doctor's room	1224	1.00	1497	1.00		1.22	1.22
private nursing practice	425	1.00	517	1.00		1.22	1.22
Other	5534	0.42	3753	0.34	0.76	0.56	0.68
Total	50489	0.28	55360	0.25	1.14	1.00	1.10
RNs
hospital	25225	0.16	29195	0.19	1.11	1.40	1.16
nursing homes	5878	0.68	6225	0.48	1.70	0.75	1.06
community health	2914	0.00	4355	0.07	1.40		1.50
develop. disability service	1052	0.00	1116	0.04	1.02		1.06
doctor's room	1089	1.00	1329	1.00		1.22	1.22
private nursing practice	388	1.00	431	1.00		1.11	1.11
Other	4655	0.42	3170	0.34	0.77	0.55	0.68
Total	41201	0.28	45821	0.25	1.14	1.03	1.11
Enrolled
hospital	5107	0.17	5621	0.17	1.11	1.04	1.10
nursing homes	2550	0.50	2260	0.39	1.10	0.68	0.89
community health	186	0.00	389	0.11	1.86		2.09
develop. disability service	394	0.00	432	0.04	1.06		1.10
doctor's room	135	1.00	168	1.00		1.24	1.24
private nursing practice	37	1.00	86	1.00		2.32	2.32
Other	879	0.38	583	0.34	0.71	0.59	0.66
Total	9288	0.29	9539	0.24	1.09	0.86	1.03

Notes: Observations with missing premises are excluded. RNs working as enrolled nurses are included in the enrolled. Nursing homes include hostels and hospices. The other category includes: schools, day procedures, various companies, prisons and the defense forces.

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