The Census Bureau seeks public comment on changes to the National Sample Survey of Registered Nurses (NSSRN), “which is sponsored by the National Center for Health Workforce Analysis (NCHWA) under the Health Resources Services Administration (HRSA) at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, is conducted to assist in fulfilling the Congressional mandates of the Public Health Service Act.”
Comments are due by June 17, 2025.
The survey “is designed to obtain the necessary data to determine the characteristics and distribution of Registered Nurses (RNs) throughout the United States, as well as emerging patters in their employment characteristics. These data will provide the means for the evaluation and assessment of these evolving characteristics, educational qualifications, and career employment patterns of RNs… Such data is particularly important to understand workforce issues faced by Registered Nurses given the dynamic change in the RN population and the transformation of the healthcare system in recent years.”
According the Federal Register Notice, the Bureau is asking about the following proposed changes: “Revised questionnaire content—there are modifications to the questionnaire which include removing items, modifying existing items, and adding new content for the 2026 NSSRN. Questionnaire relating to the coronavirus pandemic have been removed, as have redundant and unneeded open-ended response options. Explanatory help text is added where needed. Additional questions related to teaching/precepting nurses and nursing burnout are added for 2026. New content has been cognitively tested. The final set of proposed new and modified content will be included in the full OMB ICR for the 2026 NSSRN.”
- Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for Review and Approval; Comment Request; National Sample Survey of Registered Nurses https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/04/18/2025-06678/agency-information-collection-activities-submission-to-the-office-of-management-and-budget-omb-for
