In mid-October 2008, the Colorado Health Institute (CHI) began surveying registered nurses (RNs) in Colorado about practice and training issues related to the nursing workforce. Approximately 3,000 licensed RNs were randomly selected to receive the survey which focuses on education, clinical experiences, job satisfaction, practice setting, time spent on various duties, future career plans and interest in becoming a nursing faculty member. A copy of the survey, along with the accompanying cover letter, are available below.
The 2008 survey is a follow-up to CHI’s 2005 survey of individuals whose RN licenses were subject to renewal. CHI received survey responses from 12,559 RNs, or 52 percent of those who renewed in fall 2005.
Password-protected record-level data from the 2005 nursing survey, with identifying information from respondents removed, are available to researchers who submit a data-use agreement (see Research Data File below).
2008 RN Cover Letter (343 KB pdf)
2008 RN Survey (359 KB pdf)
2008 RN Survey Sample Methodology (77 KB pdf)
2005 Key Findings and Technical Notes (456 KB pdf)
Presentation of 2005 RN Survey findings (586 KB ppt)
2005 Public Codebook and Variable Frequencies Report (1.74 MB pdf)
2005 Research Data File
(Researchers must sign a data-use agreement to gain access to password-protected SAS code and dataset, 368 KB zipped)
For help using SAS formats with these files, see: Using SAS formats (109 KB pdf)
2005 RN Survey (104 KB pdf)
CHI Contact:
Michael Boyson, MHA
Director of Health Information
303.831.4200, X207
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