Over - all Rank (1=Best)
State
Total Score ‘Opportunity & Competition’ Rank
‘Work Environment’ Rank
Experts were asking these Questions: 1. Given the toll of the coronavirus pandemic on frontline healthcare workers, what are the best ways the authorities and local non-profit organizations can support nurses and all medical personnel to navigate this crisis? 2. What is the long term outlook for the field of nursing? 3. What tips do you have for recent nursing school grads looking for a place to live and work? 4. What can local governments and health systems do to attract and retain high quality nurses? 5. Are unions beneficial to nurses? Opportunity & Competition – Total Points: 70 Monthly Average Starting Salary for Nurses: Full Weight (~6.09 Points) Note: This metric was adjusted for the cost of living. Average Annual Salary for Nurses: Double Weight (~12.17 Points) Note: This metric was adjusted for the cost of living. Health-Care Facilities per Capita: Full Weight (~6.09 Points) Share of Population Living in a Primary-Care HPSA: Full Weight (~6.09 Points) Note: “HPSAs,” as defined by the Health Resources & Services Administration, “are designations that indicate health care provider shortages in: Primary care; Dental health; or Mental Health” and “may be geographic-, population-, or facility-based.” Projected Share of Elderly Population in 2030: Full Weight (~6.09 Points) Note: “Elderly population” includes adults aged 65 and older. Quality of Nursing Schools: Half Weight (~3.04 Points) Tuition Cost per Credit for BSN Online Program: Full Weight (~6.09 Points) Share of Licensed Nursing Professionals Not Working in Nursing: Full Weight (~6.09 Points) Nursing-Job Openings per Capita: Full Weight (~6.09 Points) Nurses per 1,000 Residents: Full Weight (~6.09 Points) Projected Competition in 2026: Full Weight (~6.09 Points) Note: “Competition” refers to the number of nurses per 1,000 residents. Work Environment – Total Points: 30 States Offering the Most Coronavirus Support Score: Double Weight (~4.62 Points) Note: This metric is based on WalletHub’s “States Offering the Most Coronavirus Support” score. Mandatory Overtime Restrictions: Double Weight (~4.62 Points) Ratio of Nurses to Hospital Beds: Full Weight (~2.31 Points) Nurses Job Growth (2019 vs 2015): Double Weight (~4.62 Points) Presence of Nursing Licensure Compact Law: Full Weight (~2.31 Points) Note: This metric considers the presence or absence of a Nursing Licensure Com - pact law in the state. The compact allows nurses to practice in their home state and other participating states. Regulatory Requirement for Nurse Practitioners: Full Weight (~2.31 Points) Share of Best Nursing Homes: Full Weight (~2.31 Points) Note: This metric is based on U.S. News & World Report’s Best Nursing Homes rating. Quality of Public Hospital System: Full Weight (~2.31 Points) Note: This metric is based on data from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. Friendliness Toward Working Moms: Full Weight (~2.31 Points) Note: This metric is based on WalletHub’s Best & Worst States for Working Moms ranking. In 2011, there were 3.5 million employed nurses in the U.S., and about 3.2 million were female. Average Number of Work Hours: Half Weight (~1.15 Points) Average Commute Time: Half Weight (~1.15 Points) Sources: Data used to create this ranking were collected from the U.S. Census Bureau, Bureau of Labor Statistics, Council for Community and Economic Research, HRSA Data Warehouse, Center on Education and the Workforce, Indeed.com, Nation - al Council of State Boards of Nursing, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, U.S. News & World Report, Projections Central - State Occupational Projections, Nurse.org, Wage// Advocates, American Association of Nurse Practitioners and WalletHub research.
1 Oregon 58.15
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Washington New Mexico Minnesota
57.98 57.88 56.86 56.76 55.71 55.48 55.18 53.97 53.53 53.39 52.50 52.05 52.03 51.90 51.73 51.15 51.06 50.93 50.88 50.74 50.01 49.56 49.36 49.36 49.28 49.21 49.15 48.80 48.48 48.27 48.23 47.46 47.31 47.23 46.85 46.39 46.19 46.17 46.16 45.77 45.71 45.38 44.94 44.21 43.83 42.78 42.19 41.86 39.55
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22
32
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Nevada
1 2 4
34 36 29
Wyoming Montana
Maine Arizona
25
4
9 8
21 25 12 30
10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50
Texas Idaho Iowa
17 11 44 14 29 33 26 39 21 38 28
New Hamp - shire Wisconsin
2
24
Alaska
9 8
Connecticut North Dakota Rhode Island
17
6
Missouri Colorado California
23
7
18 47 28 35 32 44 16 13 11 41 14 27 48 43 38 42 37 10 20 15 45 33 19 49 26 40 46 39 50 31
Florida Kansas Indiana
5
24 15 18
West Virginia
Michigan
7
Pennsylvania South Dakota
35 40 41 12 42 30 10 16 22 19 27 49 45 46 23 34 48 20 47 36 37 43 31 50
Illinois
Arkansas Nebraska
Utah
Georgia Virginia
South Carolina North Carolina
Kentucky Delaware
Massachusetts
Maryland Mississippi Tennessee New Jersey
Ohio
Vermont Oklahoma Alabama
Hawaii
Louisiana New York
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