This webinar, Innovative State Workforce Projections Models, will highlight how states have used workforce projection models to understand and forecast healthcare workforce needs. Presenters will demonstrate how these tools integrate state-level data to assess supply, demand, and emerging gaps across key healthcare occupations. Using examples from Virginia and North Carolina, the session will illustrate how these…
The HWRCs’ 2025 Annual Report captures the work conducted by the federally-funded HWRCs throughout the past year. This report documents a year of impactful research and collaborative problem-solving aimed at ensuring the US health workforce is well-prepared, well-distributed, and equipped to meet the challenges of today and tomorrow.
Nursing education programs across the US face persistent challenges in recruiting and retaining qualified faculty. Over half of nursing schools had unfilled full-time positions for 2024–2025, and many cited budget limitations or difficulty finding faculty with needed specialties. Low compensation for nursing educators compared to nurses in clinical practice remains a major barrier, contributing to…
To address growing demand and make certain that individuals can access timely healthcare, it is essential to maintain an adequate supply of health professionals. An evenly distributed health workforce helps ensure that healthcare services are available across all states in the US, especially in rural and underserved communities. This data dashboard uses data from the…
Medicaid beneficiaries are disproportionately concentrated in the most socially vulnerable areas in the United States. This webinar discusses a national study using Medicaid claims data to examine how zip code–level social vulnerability influences primary care utilization, and the important role of federally qualified health centers (FQHCs) in addressing access gaps for the Medicaid population.
This webinar features 2 presentations examining the role of travel nurses. Eric Luo discusses findings from a study linking higher levels of travel and overtime nurse hours to increased rates of pressure ulcers. LaTonya Trotter shares insights from interviews with travel nurses, highlighting how short-term contract work is reshaping nursing by redefining autonomy, expertise, and…
This webinar features 2 presentations highlighting the important roles of nurses in public health and long-term care settings. Paula Kett and Betty Bekemeier provide a timely discussion about the current state of public health nursing workforce research, sharing insights from their own work on improving measurement of the workforce. Joanne Spetz complements this discussion with…
This webinar will address the growing challenge of nurse retention in healthcare and its impact on care quality, workforce sustainability, and organizational performance. Attendees will explore current trends in nurse turnover, key contributing factors—including burnout, workplace violence, and staffing ratios—and the financial and operational costs of high attrition. The session will highlight evidence-based retention strategies…
As healthcare systems grapple with persistent workforce shortages, artificial intelligence is emerging as both a potential solution and a source of disruption. This webinar will examine how AI is reshaping job roles, automating tasks, and influencing demand for different types of workers across the health care sector. We’ll explore what these changes mean for employment,…
This webinar presents findings from 2 studies that use data from the National Sample Survey of Registered Nurses to examine how the pandemic affected nursing turnover between 2018 and 2022. Dr. Kyla Woodward investigates trends within the registered nurse workforce, and Dr. Esita Patel focuses on nurse practitioners. Together, these studies explore the reasons nurses…
