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Module 7

The problem you must solve is:

Answer each of the following questions in your own words. Give your answers, and explanations of how you got those answers, in complete sentences. Do not just list your answers- describe how you got them from the data, charts and graphs provided.

Refer to this data on the U.S. Nursing Workforce from a report from the Department of Health and Human Services.

1. Which states have fewer than 200 Licensed Practical nurses (LPN) per 100,000 in population? What percentage of states is this? Does the collection of states represented by this percentage generally represent a specific region of the country? If so, which region might this be; if not, why not?

2. How many states have a number of Registered Nurses (RN) per 100,000 in their workforce in the range of 800-938 ?

3. What age range has the highest percentage of registered nurses (RN) according to Census 2000? According to the ACS 08-10?

4. What age range has the highest percentage of licensed practical nurses (LPN) according to Census 2000? According to the ACS 08-10?

5. According to Census 2000, approximately what percentage of the registered nursing (RN) workforce is 26-40 years old? What percentage of licensed practical nurses (LPN) workforce is 26-40?

6. In which setting(s) did the estimated number of registered nurses at least double?

7. Describe 2 additional pieces of information that you can read from the data displays.