This page contains all of the nurse and healthcare jobs currently listed on Nurse Job Shop in Oregon.
There were nearly 30,400 licensed registered nurses (RNs) in Oregon in 2000; over 27,100 were employed in nursing. There were 790.4 RNs per 100,000 population in Oregon in 2000, close to the national rate of 780.2.
In 2000, Oregon ranked 49th among the states in the per capita employment of Licensed Practical/ Vocational Nurses (LPNs), with 84.2 LPNs per 100,000 population as compared to the national rate of 240.8 per 100,000. Oregon ranked 38th in the number of LPNs employed in 2000 with 2,890 workers.
Oregon had 1,482 nurse practitioners in 2000. This was equal to 43.2 nurse practitioners per 100,000 population, well above the national rate of 33.7.
With 197 certified nurse midwives in 2000, Oregon had 5.7 certified nurse midwives per 100,000 population, higher than the national rate of 2.9. Oregon ranked 6th among states in certified nurse midwives per capita.
With 209 certified registered nurse anesthetists in 2003, Oregon had 6.1 nurse anesthetists per 100,000 population, less than the national rate. Oregon had one of the lowest ratios of nurse anesthetists per capita in the nation.
