Texas Center for Nursing Workforce Studies

Who We Are

The Texas Center for Nursing Workforce Studies (TCNWS) is part of the Center for Health Statistics at the Department of State Health Services and serves as a resource for data and research on the nursing workforce in Texas. This includes collecting and analyzing data on nurses in Texas in regard to:

• Educational and employment trends
• Supply and demand trends
• Nursing workforce demographics
• Migration of nurses

Mission

To develop and maintain a statewide system that serves stakeholders by describing and forecasting the supply and demand of the changing nursing workforce in Texas.

Vision

Quality healthcare for all Texans through an optimal nursing workforce based on reliable, valid, and useful data.

Latest News

• The 2024-2025 Workplace Violence Against Nurses Prevention Grant awardees have been announced.
• The 2023 Nursing Education Program Information Survey Faculty report has been published.
• The 2024 Hospital Nurse Staffing Study reports have been published.
• The 2023 Texas School Nurse Workforce report has been published.