# 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 · https://sbarvo.com/datasets/nursing-shift-documentation-load/ · computed 2026-10-18

**Range of the published figures:** 4.1 to 56 % (range 4.1 to 56 %; 8 sources with a figure; 4 of 6 sources read publish one).

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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| state United States | 4.1 % | 4.1 to 4.1 % | 1 |
| state Wyoming | 9.1 % | 9.1 to 9.1 % | 1 |
| state Texas | 14.8 % | 14.8 to 14.8 % | 1 |
| state New Mexico | 12.3 % | 12.3 to 12.3 % | 1 |
| industry Hospitals | 56 % | 56 to 56 % | 1 |
| time 2025-2035 | 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.

| Source | Figure | Breakdown | Read |
|---|---|---|---|
| [BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics news release](https://www.bls.gov/news.release/ocwage.htm) | 56 % | Hospitals | 2026-10-11 |
| [BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics news release](https://www.bls.gov/news.release/ocwage.htm) | 14.8 % | Texas | 2026-10-11 |
| [BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics news release](https://www.bls.gov/news.release/ocwage.htm) | 12.3 % | New Mexico | 2026-10-11 |
| [HRSA health workforce projections](https://bhw.hrsa.gov/data-research/projecting-health-workforce-supply-demand) | 11 % |  | 2026-10-12 |
| [BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics news release](https://www.bls.gov/news.release/ocwage.htm) | 9.1 % | Wyoming | 2026-10-11 |
| [CDC NCHS FastStats, hospital utilization](https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/fastats/hospital.htm) | 7.9 % |  | 2026-10-12 |
| [BLS Occupational Outlook Handbook, Registered Nurses](https://www.bls.gov/ooh/healthcare/registered-nurses.htm) | 6 % | 2025-2035 | 2026-09-12 |
| [BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics news release](https://www.bls.gov/news.release/ocwage.htm) | 4.1 % | United States | 2026-10-11 |

## The sentence each figure was read from (8)

- [BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics news release](https://www.bls.gov/news.release/ocwage.htm), 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](https://www.bls.gov/news.release/ocwage.htm), 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](https://www.bls.gov/news.release/ocwage.htm), read 2026-10-11: "and Farmington, NM (12.3 percent)."
- [HRSA health workforce projections](https://bhw.hrsa.gov/data-research/projecting-health-workforce-supply-demand), 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](https://www.bls.gov/news.release/ocwage.htm), read 2026-10-11: "Wyoming (9.1 percent of state employment) and North Dakota (8.1 percent)."
- [CDC NCHS FastStats, hospital utilization](https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/fastats/hospital.htm), read 2026-10-12: "Percent of persons with overnight hospital stays: 7.9%"
- [BLS Occupational Outlook Handbook, Registered Nurses](https://www.bls.gov/ooh/healthcare/registered-nurses.htm), 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](https://www.bls.gov/news.release/ocwage.htm), read 2026-10-11: "4.1 percent of total national employment, the U.S."

## Read in full, publishes no figure

- [BLS OEWS 29-1141 Registered Nurses, current](https://www.bls.gov/oes/current/oes291141.htm), read 2026-09-12: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
- [BLS OEWS tables](https://www.bls.gov/oes/tables.htm), 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.

## Sources

- [BLS Occupational Outlook Handbook, Registered Nurses](https://www.bls.gov/ooh/healthcare/registered-nurses.htm) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- [BLS OEWS 29-1141 Registered Nurses, current](https://www.bls.gov/oes/current/oes291141.htm) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- [BLS OEWS tables](https://www.bls.gov/oes/tables.htm) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- [BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics news release](https://www.bls.gov/news.release/ocwage.htm) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- [HRSA health workforce projections](https://bhw.hrsa.gov/data-research/projecting-health-workforce-supply-demand) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- [CDC NCHS FastStats, hospital utilization](https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/fastats/hospital.htm) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)

## Cite or embed

- 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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