Nursing report: Nursing Shift Documentation Load
The Nursing Shift Documentation Load carries 8 published figures read from 4 sources' own pages, from 4.10 to 56 percent, read 12 October 2026.
Sbarvo sells its own paid plan in this category (our pricing). It is not counted here: every figure in this index is another provider's own published price, read from its own page.
- 64 to 13
- 113 to 21
- 21 to 30
- 30 to 39
- 39 to 47
- 147 to 56
Bands
| Bucket | Value |
|---|---|
| 4 to 13 | 6 sources |
| 13 to 21 | 1 source |
| 21 to 30 | 0 sources |
| 30 to 39 | 0 sources |
| 39 to 47 | 0 sources |
| 47 to 56 | 1 source |
4 of the 6 named sources read in full publish a figure; 2 publish none, read 12 October 2026.
By state and industry and time
| Breakdown | Median | Range | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| stateUnited States | 4.1% | 4.1 to 4.1% | 1 |
| stateWyoming | 9.1% | 9.1 to 9.1% | 1 |
| stateTexas | 14.8% | 14.8 to 14.8% | 1 |
| stateNew Mexico | 12.3% | 12.3 to 12.3% | 1 |
| industryHospitals | 56% | 56 to 56% | 1 |
| time2025-2035 | 6% | 6 to 6% | 1 |
Every figure, with its source
One row per source: the figure the source's own page publishes, the page, and the day it was read. A figure that is not on a page we read is not on this one.
| Source | Figure | Breakdown | Read |
|---|---|---|---|
| BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics news release | 56% | Hospitals | 2026-10-11 |
| BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics news release | 14.8% | Texas | 2026-10-11 |
| BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics news release | 12.3% | New Mexico | 2026-10-11 |
| HRSA health workforce projections | 11% | 2026-10-12 | |
| BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics news release | 9.1% | Wyoming | 2026-10-11 |
| CDC NCHS FastStats, hospital utilization | 7.9% | 2026-10-12 | |
| BLS Occupational Outlook Handbook, Registered Nurses | 6% | 2025-2035 | 2026-09-12 |
| BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics news release | 4.1% | United States | 2026-10-11 |
The sentence each figure was read from (8)
- BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics news release, read 2026-10-11:
industry accounted for 56 percent of employment in this occupation, or about 1.9 million
- BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics news release, read 2026-10-11:
occupations were Midland, TX (14.8 percent of area employment); Odessa, TX (12.8 percent);
- BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics news release, read 2026-10-11:
and Farmington, NM (12.3 percent).
- HRSA health workforce projections, read 2026-10-12:
In 2038, there is a projected shortage of 11% for RNs in nonmetropolitan areas while there is a projected shortage of 2% for RNs in metropolitan areas.
- BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics news release, read 2026-10-11:
Wyoming (9.1 percent of state employment) and North Dakota (8.1 percent).
- CDC NCHS FastStats, hospital utilization, read 2026-10-12:
Percent of persons with overnight hospital stays: 7.9%
- BLS Occupational Outlook Handbook, Registered Nurses, read 2026-09-12:
Employment of registered nurses is projected to grow 6 percent from 2025 to 2035, faster than the average for all occupations.
- BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics news release, read 2026-10-11:
4.1 percent of total national employment, the U.S.
Read in full, publishes no figure
2 named sources were read in full on the dates shown and print no usable figure. They are counted, never filled in.
- BLS OEWS 29-1141 Registered Nurses, current, read 2026-09-12: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
- BLS OEWS tables, read 2026-09-12: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
Methodology
Every row is a verbatim sentence read from the named source's own page through our fetch service on the date shown, hash-pinned to the stored read (the sha of the page's visible text; the raw page is mirrored to R2).
4 of the 6 named sources that could be read published a usable figure; 2 published none and are recorded as not published, never filled in; 0 could not be read (blocked, dead or unreachable) and count nowhere.
The headline figures (median, minimum, maximum, quartiles) are over ONE figure per source for each breakdown it prices, in % (a source's median where its page yielded several accepted sentences for one breakdown), so a page that gives figures for several breakdowns gives one for each and N counts 8 figures, never sentences; 23 candidate sentence(s) were refused by a reviewer with the reason recorded.
The fuller derivation this dataset is chartered to grow into (not yet what the figures above are; they are each source's own published figure as read): the RN employment series by state and by industry from OEWS, dated to its vintage, multiplied through the shift structure to give handovers per day per state - the denominator every page on this hub opens on; beside it the hospital-utilisation and workforce-projection series that say whether that number is rising.
The multiplication across three federal series, held over time, is ours; each series on its own is the agency's.
23 candidate sentences on these pages were refused by a reviewer; each refusal and its reason is recorded in the review ledger.
Sources (6)
- BLS Occupational Outlook Handbook, Registered Nurses(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- BLS OEWS 29-1141 Registered Nurses, current(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- BLS OEWS tables(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics news release(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- HRSA health workforce projections(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- CDC NCHS FastStats, hospital utilization(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
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The Nursing Shift Documentation Load carries 8 published figures read from 4 sources' own pages, from 4.10 to 56 percent, read 12 October 2026.
4 of the 6 named sources read in full publish a figure; 2 publish none, read 12 October 2026.
Nursing Shift Documentation Load, state United States: median 4.10 percent across 1 source, read 12 October 2026.
Nursing Shift Documentation Load, state Wyoming: median 9.10 percent across 1 source, read 12 October 2026.
Nursing Shift Documentation Load, state Texas: median 14.80 percent across 1 source, read 12 October 2026.
Nursing Shift Documentation Load, state New Mexico: median 12.30 percent across 1 source, read 12 October 2026.
Nursing Shift Documentation Load, industry Hospitals: median 56 percent across 1 source, read 12 October 2026.
Nursing Shift Documentation Load, time 2025-2035: median 6 percent across 1 source, read 12 October 2026.
Cite as: "Sbarvo Nursing Shift Documentation Load", updated 2026-10-18, https://sbarvo.com/datasets/nursing-shift-documentation-load/.
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