Reports
Reports l White Papers l Issue Briefs
The following reports contain information about the health care workforce in Iowa. The reports posted here were not necessarily created by the Center for Health Workforce Planning or the Iowa Health Workforce Center. Some have been produced by partner organizations and have been deemed useful and pertinent to recruitment and retention of the health workforce in Iowa.
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Reports:
- Health and Long Term Care Workforce Review and Recommendations - January 2008
- A New Day Coming? - A Productive Discussion on Dental Workforce Change
- Direct Care Worker Task Force Report (December 2006)
- OSCEP Model RN Tracking System - September 2006
- Wages, Benefits, Hours, Commuting Time, and License Renewal for Iowa Registered Nurses - September 2006
- An Online Nurse Aide Certification Course: Program to Increase E-Learning Access to Health Occupations in Iowa - August 2006
- Iowa Hospital Association Health Professions Work Force Survey Trends - August 2006
- The Iowa Minority Reach Network - August 2006
- Planning and Training for a Telehealth Workforce for Rural Iowa: A Project Conducted by the Child Health Speciality Clinics - August 2006
- Center for Health Workforce Planning -Federal Earmark: Benefit to the State July 2002 - August 2006
- School Counselor Survey - June 2006
- Evidence-Based E-Learning for Nurse Educators - 2006
- A Summary of Four Mental Health Workforce Surveys in Iowa
- Iowa's Mental Health Workforce - March 2006
- Nursing Trends - updated January 2006
- Summary Report of Public Hearings on Nursing - October 2005
- Iowa Survey of E-Learning for Nursing Education - September 2005
- OSCEP Model RN Tracking System - September 2005
- Strategic Plan to Increase Minorities in the Health Professions in Iowa - August 2005
- Expected Wages and Other Labor Market Factors Affecting the Labor Force Decisions of Nurses in the State of Iowa - August 2005 (file size: 1.66 MB)
- Strategic Plan to Increase Access to Health Occupations Education in Iowa Through the Use of E-Learning - August 2005
- Nursing Students and New Nurses Speak about Recruitment and Retention Decisions - May 2005
- A Report Prioritizing a Potential Shortage of Licensed Health Care Professionals in Iowa - May 2005
- Licensed Nursing Home Administrator Survey - November 2004
- OSCEP Regional RN Tracking Pilot Project - October 2004
- A report presented to the Iowa Board of Dietetic Examiners - September 2004
- Nursing and Nursing Assistive Personnel Recruitment and Retention, Replicating Best Practices Across Iowa - September 2004
- Status of Nursing Supply and Demand in Iowa: 2004 - A Report to the Government Oversight Committee - September 9, 2004
- Estimated Health Care Service Areas for Hospitals in the State of Iowa - August 2004 - Project B (file size: 1 MB)
(The companion report, Hospital Utilization, Changing Demographics and Implications for Rural Health Care Services, may be viewed at the IDPH web site on the Iowa Medicare Rural Hospital Flexibility Program Downloads web page.)
- Iowa Nursing Home Administrators Profile Report - April 2004
- 2004 Survey of Iowa's Nursing Faculty and Nursing Education Programs - April 2004
- Retirement Survey of Iowa's Registered Nurses and Licensed Practical Nurses - March 2004
- Long-term Care Facility Data: A Compilation of Iowa-relevant Data Excerpted from Nursing Homes in Rural and Urban Areas 2002 - A Report of the Office of Rural Health Policy, HRSA
- Nursing and Nursing Assistive Prsonnel Recruitment and Retention: Replicating Best Strategies Across Iowa
- Building Iowa's Health Workforce - 2004
- 2003 Long-term Care Employer Survey Report - 2004
- 2002 Employer Survey Report
- Governor's Task Force on Nursing Shortage
- Iowa Council of Nurses (ICON) Workforce Initiative Report - March 2001
- Iowa Hospital Association http://www.ihaonline.org Click on the Publications link, then on IONL Documents for: 2003 IONL Registered Nurse Practice Survey Findings, IONL Nursing Staff Survey, July 2003
- Iowa Council of Nurses (ICON) Workforce Initiative Addendum: August 2002
- U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics and Iowa Workforce Development - Occupational Employment and Wages by Health Setting - 2003
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