The nursing supply model (SPLYMODL) is a statistically based computer program to project the future population, supply, and FTE supply of registered nurses (RN) in each of the 50 states and District of Columbia as well as the entire nation. The model also has the capability of projecting RN population, supply, and FTE supply for 14 pre-defined age groups, namely, 20-24, 25-29, ..., 80-84, and 85+. The registered nurse population for the United States is defined as consisting of all those nurses who have a current license to practice as a registered nurse in the United States and who are employed in, or, if not employed, reside in the United States. A states's registered nurse population is defined as consisting of all those nurses who are employed in the state or, if not employed, reside in the state, and have a current license to practice as a registered nurse within any jurisdiction of the United States. All RN population projections are function of future supply of nursing graduates, interstate migration of RNs, and loss or gain of RNs from the nursing population pool. The supply projections are a function of the availability of RNs for employment in nursing. The FTE supply projections were based on the relationship between scheduled working hours of full time versus part time employed RNs. The model package includes all materials necessary to the operation of a computer-based model and understanding of its analytical underpinnings. The operation of the model is straightforward. The user can alter a variety of input data for one or more states, if so desired.

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The software is on two 3 1/2 inch DOS diskettes, 1.44M high density. Documentation included; may be ordered separately as PB97-185144.

Memory: 10MB. Language: FORTRAN. FORTRAN is not needed to run program. Runs in Windows 3.1. Will work in DOS without the use of the text editor function. Developed with MS FORTRAN Power Station 1.0. Not tested with Windows 95 or Windows NT. A 386 processor can be used but the execution is very slow. Supersedes PB97-501910.