This page contains all of the nurse and healthcare jobs currently listed on Nurse Job Shop in Louisiana.
There were more than 40,600 licensed registered nurses (RNs) in Louisiana in 2000; nearly 37,300 were employed in nursing. This was equal to 833.9 RNs per 100,000 population in Louisiana in 2000, higher than the national rate of 780.2.
Louisiana ranked 5th among the states in per capita employment of Licensed Practical/Vocational Nurses (LPNs), with 366.5 LPNs per 100,000 population as compared to the national rate of 240.8 per 100,000. Louisiana ranked 16th in the number of LPNs employed in 2000 with 16,380 workers.
Louisiana had more than 1,100 nurse practitioners in 2000. This was equal to 24.9 nurse practitioners per 100,000 population, less than the national rate of 33.7.
With 34 certified nurse midwives in 2000, Louisiana had 0.8 certified nurse midwife per 100,000 population, well below the national rate of 2.9. Louisiana had one of the lowest rates of certified nurse midwives per capita in the country.
With 721 certified registered nurse anesthetists in 2003, Louisiana had 16.1 nurse anesthetists per 100,000 population, higher than the national rate of 9.3.
