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Illinois 2022 Registered Nurse Workforce Survey Report

 

In 2022 RN license renewal was closed August 31, 2022. RN data was voluntarily collected during through two eblasts sent to all 229, 426 licensed RNs in October 2022.  The survey captured data on the demographics, education, workplace settings, practice foci and practice role of RNs in Illinois. Data was collected from 10/05/22 through 11/15/22; response rate was 26%, 58,285 RNs . The 2022 RN workforce survey is a useful resource.
 

 

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Active Illinois Nurse Licensees
 

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The Licensed Practical Nurse Workforce Survey Report 2023
 


This report details the results of the 2023 Illinois Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) workforce survey data. The survey captured data on the demographics, education, workplace settings, and practice foci of LPNs in Illinois. In 2023 LPN license renewal was closed January 31, 2023. Voluntary survey participation was offered to Illinois LPNs through two eblasts, February 16 and March 3, 2023. The data portal remained open from February 16 through March 21, 2023. A total of 8,367 LPNs completed the survey for a survey response rate of 31% LPNs. The 2023 LPN workforce survey is a resource as health care planners project the human health care capital that will be needed in Illinois.

 

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Advanced Practice Registered Nurse (APRN) Workforce Survey Report 2022

 

In 2022 APRN license renewal was closed August 31, 2022. APRN data was voluntarily collected during through two eblasts sent to all 17,999 licensed APRNs in October 2022.  The survey captured data on the demographics, education, workplace settings, practice foci and practice role of APRNs in Illinois. Data was collected from 10/05/22 through 11/15/22; response rate was 24% APRNs . The 2022 APRN workforce survey is a useful resource.

 

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Full-Practice Authority Advanced Practice Registered Nurse (APRN) Workforce Survey Report 2022

In 2022 FPA-APRN license renewal was closed August 31, 2022. FPA-APRN data was voluntarily collected during through two eblasts sent to approximately 2,000 Illinois licensed FPA-APRNs in October 2022.  The survey captured data on the demographics, education, workplace settings, practice foci and practice role of FPA-APRNs in Illinois. Data was collected from 10/05/22 through 11/15/22; response rate was 41% FPA-APRNs . The 2022 FPA-APRN workforce survey is a useful resource.

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Board of Nursing Reports on Pre-Licensure Nursing Education Programs
 

 

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Illinois Nursing Workforce Demographics – Past Nursing Workforce Survey Reports

 

Past IDFPR/Illinois Nursing Workforce Center workforce survey reports are available below:

 

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Nursing Workforce Supply-Demand Analysis for IL Nurses
 

In conjunction with the Illinois Workforce Investment Board and the Illinois Center for Nursing, several state agencies (Board of Higher Education, Commerce and Economic Opportunity, Community College Board, State Board of Education, and Financial and Professional Regulation), convened project teams to develop a consensus approach for estimating the supply-demand balance in critical healthcare occupations in Illinois. To initiate the process, the Labor Market Information Support Team was asked to estimate the surplus/shortage of Registered Nurses in Illinois and develop plans for regional solutions in two pilot regions, the Northeast and Southern Economic Development Regions.  Utilizing industry and occupational employment projections, licensure information, educational completer data, and the results from an expanded Nursing Workforce Survey conducted by the Center for Nursing, the Team (chaired by IDES’ Economic Information and Analysis Division) is working with regional healthcare sector employers and associations to develop and refine a methodology to estimate the shortage of RNs and LPNs and identify possible leakages in the supply pipeline within each region.
 

The data below can be used as a starting point to determine the root causes of the identified supply leakages and explore possible solutions to impact future supply and demand balances.
 

Registered Nurses – RNs
The latest statewide analysis for Registered Nurses (RNs) continues to indicate that the projected demand for RNs will exceed the supply.  The estimated job growth will be in the acute care, long-term care and community-based care settings.
 

Economic Development Regions (EDRs) Supply-Demand Analysis for RNs:
 

 

Economic Development Regions (EDR) Definitions Page

 

Economic Development Regions (EDR) Supply-Demand Analysis for LPNs:

 

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