Report Ranks Calif., Other States on Nursing Competition, Opportunity

A new WalletHub report ranks California and other states for nurses, the Louisville Courier-Journal reports.

Details of Report

For the report, WalletHub reviewed all 50 states and Washington, D.C., for their performance on 15 metrics, including the:

• Average number of hours worked;
• Estimated number of nurses per capita expected by 2022 (Carter, Louisville Courier-Journal, 5/6);
• Number of nursing job openings per capita; and
• Number of health care facilities per capita (Eleni Gill, Pacific Business News, 5/6).

The top three states for nurses were:

• Washington, which ranked first;
• Colorado at second; and
• Minnesota at third (Louisville Courier-Journal, 5/6).

The lowest-ranking states were Louisiana and Hawaii.

California Findings

Overall, California ranked 21st.

Specifically, the state was ranked:

• Third for fewest projected nurses per capita by 2022;
• 11th for opportunity and competition; and
• 33rd for work environment (Kiernan, WalletHub report, May 2015).