11-2. Active SC Registered Nurses and Licensed Practical Nurses by Primary Employment Setting by Year, Number, and Percent
Change from Preceding Year 1995 - 1997
REGISTERED NURSES LICENSED PRACTICAL NURSES
1995 1996 1997 1995 1996 1997
PRINCIPAL
SETTING PERCENT PERCENT PERCENT PERCENT
OF EMPLOYMENT NUMBER NUMBER CHANGE NUMBER CHANGE NUMBER NUMBER CHANGE NUMBER CHANGE
TOTAL, ALL SETTINGS 24,587 25,589 4.1 26,614 4.0 8,779 8,864 1.0 8,984 1.4
Hospital 15,866 16,327 2.9 16,606 1.7 3,315 3,128 -5.6 2,938 -6.1
Nursing Home 1,358 1,456 7.2 1,560 7.1 2,764 2,867 3.7 2,971 3.6
OFFICE:
Physician's 1,274 1,389 9.0 1,570 13.0 1,260 1,389 10.2 1,507 8.5
Other Office 87 90 3.4 87 -3.3 43 33 -23.3 37 12.1
School Nurse 454 497 9.5 542 9.1 110 109 -0.9 133 22.0
Nursing School 519 530 2.1 528 -0.4 3 4 33.3 6 50.0
Supplemental Staff Agency 196 177 -9.7 244 37.9 357 350 -2.0 344 -1.7
COMMUNITY HEALTH:
Health Department 1,738 1,669 -4.0 1,647 -1.3 80 73 -8.8 64 -12.3
Mental Health** 202 211 4.5 213 0.9 10 11 10.0 9 -18.2
Other Comm. Health 1,062 1,240 16.8 1,349 8.8 177 202 14.1 243 20.3
Occupational Health 308 294 -4.5 289 -1.7 96 99 3.1 95 -4.0
Self Employed 61 69 13.1 79 14.5 7 7 0.0 10 42.9
Free-Standing Outpatient 628 718 14.3 790 10.0 244 264 8.2 276 4.5
Other Category 834 922 10.6 1,110 20.4 313 328 4.8 351 7.0
Note: State Total includes Aiken and the four HSA's.
** 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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