Chart 19a. Distribution of registered nurses by selected position titles, 1988-2004*


Stacked Bar chart with 5 groups and 8 items per group.
Group 1, 1988, Total value of 90.0 
Item 1, General Duty/Staff Nurse value of 66.9% which is 74.3% of 1988 
Item 2, Head Nurse value of 5.3% which is 5.9% of 1988 
Item 3, Instructor ** value of 3.9% which is 4.3% of 1988 
Item 4, Nurse Clinician value of 1.1% which is 1.2% of 1988 
Item 5, Supervisor value of 5.6% which is 6.2% of 1988 
Item 6, Private Duty Nurse value of 1.2% which is 1.3% of 1988 
Item 7, Not Known value of 0.4% which is .4% of 1988 
Item 8, Supervisor value of 5.6% which is 6.2% of 1988 
Group 2, 1992, Total value of 86.69999999999997 
Item 1, General Duty/Staff Nurse value of 66.6% which is 76.8% of 1992 
Item 2, Head Nurse value of 4.6% which is 5.3% of 1992 
Item 3, Instructor ** value of 3.5% which is 4.0% of 1992 
Item 4, Nurse Clinician value of 1.3% which is 1.5% of 1992 
Item 5, Supervisor value of 5% which is 5.8% of 1992 
Item 6, Private Duty Nurse value of 0.6% which is .7% of 1992 
Item 7, Not Known value of 0.1% which is .1% of 1992 
Item 8, Supervisor value of 5% which is 5.8% of 1992 
Group 3, 1996, Total value of 82.5 
Item 1, General Duty/Staff Nurse value of 61.9% which is 75.0% of 1996 
Item 2, Head Nurse value of 5.8% which is 7.0% of 1996 
Item 3, Instructor ** value of 3.5% which is 4.2% of 1996 
Item 4, Nurse Clinician value of 1.4% which is 1.7% of 1996 
Item 5, Supervisor value of 4.5% which is 5.5% of 1996 
Item 6, Private Duty Nurse value of 0.8% which is 1.0% of 1996 
Item 7, Not Known value of 0.1% which is .1% of 1996 
Item 8, Supervisor value of 4.5% which is 5.5% of 1996 
Group 4, 2000, Total value of 79.49999999999999 
Item 1, General Duty/Staff Nurse value of 61.6% which is 77.5% of 2000 
Item 2, Head Nurse value of 4.8% which is 6.0% of 2000 
Item 3, Instructor ** value of 2.8% which is 3.5% of 2000 
Item 4, Nurse Clinician value of 1.5% which is 1.9% of 2000 
Item 5, Supervisor value of 3.6% which is 4.5% of 2000 
Item 6, Private Duty Nurse value of 0.5% which is .6% of 2000 
Item 7, Not Known value of 1.1% which is 1.4% of 2000 
Item 8, Supervisor value of 3.6% which is 4.5% of 2000 
Group 5, 2004, Total value of 77.8 
Item 1, General Duty/Staff Nurse value of 59.1% which is 76.0% of 2004 
Item 2, Head Nurse value of 6.1% which is 7.8% of 2004 
Item 3, Instructor ** value of 2.6% which is 3.3% of 2004 
Item 4, Nurse Clinician value of 1.4% which is 1.8% of 2004 
Item 5, Supervisor value of 3.1% which is 4.0% of 2004 
Item 6, Private Duty Nurse value of 0.5% which is .6% of 2004 
Item 7, Not Known value of 1.9% which is 2.4% of 2004 
Item 8, Supervisor value of 3.1% which is 4.0% of 2004 

*The totals for the distribution percents of all positions in nursing may not equal 100 percent due to incomplete information provided by respondents and the effects of rounding.
**In 2004, the definition of instructor included some subcategories outside of traditional nursing programs. 

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