2023 HEALTH CARE EDITION
NURSING EDUCATION BY COUNTY While the number of people interested in becoming nursing students has increased, enrollment and graduation rates have not increased as much.
AGING WORKFORCE
The percentage of nurses age 56 and older was lower in the early 2000s for both Harris County and Galveston County than it is today.
PRELICENSURE REGISTERED NURSING EDUCATION PROGRAMS
Quali ed applications
Newly registered and enrolled
Graduates
NURSES BY AGE
Nurses 56 and older Total nurses in county
2001 2003 2005 2007 2019 2017 2015 2013 2011 2009 2001 2003 2005 2007 2019 2017 2015 2013 2011 2009
2,444 2,566 2,617 2,658 2,602 2,594 2,704
13.7% 15.6%
2,000 1,500 1,000 500 0
8,000 6,000 4,000 2,000 0
GALVESTON COUNTY
HARRIS COUNTY
19.5%
22.6% 26.3% 27.5% 28.1%
2012
2015
2018
2021
2012
2015
2018
2021
2,863
28.6% 27.1% 28.5%
3,100 3,237
SOURCES: TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF STATE HEALTH SERVICES, TEXAS CENTER FOR NURSING WORKFORCE STUDIES COMMUNITY IMPACT
24,306
14.3%
marked the largest amount of funding—about $80 million—for nursing education and related bills the state has considered, Frazee said. However, many bills did not pass the House and Senate by the end of the session, including Senate Bill 1700—also known as the Healthcare Expanded & Accessed Locally Act. The bill would have removed regulations to allow nurse practitioners to provide care to areas with nursing shortages. One that did pass was SB 25, which supports nurs- ing students with scholarships, nurses and nurse faculty with loan repayment help, and nursing education programs with grants. Gov. Greg Abbott
signed the bill into law, e ectively immediately, on June 18. Well over 20 legislators authored the bill, includ- ing Sen. Mayes Middleton, RGalveston. “Nurses are front-line health care workers, and we must innovate to encourage students to enter nursing,” Middleton said in an email to Community Impact. “This eld is critical to expanding access to health care and helping lower costs.”
26,272
16.7%
27,850
19.4%
29,889
21.8%
32,022
23.4%
34,246
25.9%
36,413
26.8%
40,087
26%
43,485
24.6% 23.8%
45,946
For more information, visit communityimpact.com .
SOURCE: TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF STATE HEALTH SERVICES COMMUNITY IMPACT
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BAY AREA EDITION • JUNE 2023
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