This page contains all of the nurse and healthcare jobs currently listed on Nurse Job Shop in New Jersey.
There were nearly 88,000 licensed registered nurses (RNs) in New Jersey in 2000; almost 67,300 were employed in nursing. There were 797.8 RNs per 100,000 population in New Jersey in 2000, compared to the national rate of 780.2.
In 2000, New Jersey ranked 13th among the states in the number of Licensed Practical/ Vocational Nurses (LPNs) employed in 2000 with 18,880 workers. With 223.9 LPNs per 100,000 population as compared to the national rate of 240.8 per 100,000, New Jersey ranked 29th in the per capita employment of LPNs.
There were over 1,660 nurse practitioners in New Jersey in 2000. This was equal to 19.8 nurse practitioners per 100,000 population, much less than the national rate of 33.7.
With 199 certified nurse midwives in 2000, New Jersey had 2.4 certified nurse midwives per 100,000 population, lower than the national rate of 2.9. New Jersey ranked 26th among states in certified nurse midwives per capita.
With nearly 400 certified registered nurse anesthetists in 2003, New Jersey had 4.7 nurse anesthetists per 100,000 population, half the national rate of 9.3. New Jersey had one of the lowest ratios of nurse anesthetists per capita in the nation.
