1997 RN Overview
REGISTERED NURSES IN COLORADO: 1997 Overview
Nursing manpower tracking is a collaborative effort among the Colorado Board of Nursing, the University of Colorado Health Sciences Center (Colorado AHEC Program), and the Colorado Health Professions Panel. These tables are extracted from a report about 1997 registered nurses licensed in Colorado.
The Colorado Board of Nursing re-licenses half of licensed registered nurses each year. Of 17,986 registered nurses re-licensing in 1997, 13,177 (73%) returned the manpower survey included with re-licensure materials. The 13,177 respondents could be classified on the basis of work and residency status as follows:
| Category | Number and percent of Respondents |
| Work in Colorado (may not live in Colorado) | 9,232 (70%) |
| Live in Colorado and probably work there | 729 ( 6%) |
| Live in Colorado and do not work in nursing | 1,001 ( 8%) |
| Live and/or work outside Colorado | 2,099 (16%) |
| Unknown work and residency status | 116 ( 1%) |