11-1. Active South Carolina Registered Nurses and Licensed
Practical Nurses by Primary Employment Setting by Year, Number, and Percent
Change from Prceding Year: 1993-1995
REGISTERED NURSES LICENSED PRACTICAL NURSES
1993 1994 1995 1993 1994 1995
PRINCIPAL
SETTING PERCENT PERCENT PERCENT PERCENT
OF EMPLOYMENT NUMBER NUMBER CHANGE NUMBER CHANGE NUMBER NUMBER CHANGE NUMBER CHANGE
TOTAL, ALL SETTINGS 22,437 23,435 4.4 24,587 4.9 8,555 8,572 0.2 8,779 2.4
Hospital 15,063 15,519 3.0 15,866 2.2 3,760 3,496 -7.0 3,315 -5.2
Nursing Home 1,148 1,238 7.8 1,358 9.7 2,436 2,582 6.0 2,764 7.0
Office:
Physician's 1,179 1,187 0.7 1,274 7.3 1,088 1,171 7.6 1,260 7.6
Other Office 92 100 8.7 87 -13.0 32 35 9.4 43 22.9
School Nurse 406 423 4.2 454 7.3 91 98 7.7 110 12.2
Nursing School 494 504 2.0 519 3.0 6 7 16.7 3 -57.1
Supplemental Staff Agency 175 157 -10.3 196 24.8 362 326 -9.9 357 9.5
Community Health:
Health Department 1,478 1,612 9.1 1,738 7.8 55 69 25.5 80 15.9
Mental Health** 185 192 3.8 202 5.2 4 6 50.0 10 66.7
Other Comm. Health 674 846 25.5 1,062 25.5 128 151 18.0 177 17.2
Occupational Health 344 334 -2.9 308 -7.8 82 85 3.7 96 12.9
Self Employed 41 50 22.0 61 22.0 5 5 0.0 7 40.0
Free-Standing Outpatient 519 590 13.7 628 6.4 208 237 13.9 244 3.0
Other Category 639 683 6.9 834 22.1 298 304 2.0 313 3.0
Appalachia 6,031 6,317 4.7 6,586 4.3 1,881 1,873 -0.4 1,927 2.9
Hospital 4,202 4,350 3.5 4,427 1.8 727 639 -12.1 575 -10.0
Nursing Home 271 296 9.2 324 9.5 563 630 11.9 655 4.0
Office:
Physicians's 356 371 4.2 401 8.1 309 312 1.0 346 10.9
Other Office 21 29 38.1 25 -13.8 6 8 33.3 10 25.0
School Nurse 83 85 2.4 114 34.1 45 45 0.0 62 37.8
Nursing School 147 158 7.5 159 0.6 1 1 0.0 0 -100.0
Supplemental Staff Agency 35 27 -22.9 42 55.6 74 74 0.0 87 17.6
Community Health:
Health Department 330 371 12.4 403 8.6 10 15 50.0 15 0.0
Mental Health ** 38 39 2.6 37 -5.1 0 0 N/A 0 N/A
Other Comm. Health 143 168 17.5 191 13.7 29 31 6.9 38 22.6
Occupational Health 0 0 N/A 0 N/A 0 0 N/A 39 N/A
Note: State Total includes Aiken and the four HSAS.
** Includes Non-Institutional Mental Health, Mental Retardation,
Alcohol/Drug Abuse Nursing.
Source: State Board of Nursing for South Carolina. Now under S.C.
Department of Labor, Licensing and Regulation.
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