Practicing nurses: number of employees in Latvia 2001-2020
The number of practicing nurses employed in Latvia decreased by 450 nurses (-5.36%) in 2020 in comparison to the previous year. The number of practicing nurses thereby reached its lowest value in recent years.
Practising nurses are defined as nurses who provide services directly to patients. It includes professional nurses and associate professional nurses as well as foreign nurses with a license to work in a certain country. Retired and unemployed nurses are excluded from the number of practising nurses, as well as nurses who are not in direct contact with patients, midwives, nurses working abroad, students who have not yet graduated, and nurses without a recognized certification.
Find more key insights for the number of practicing nurses employed in countries like Finland, Belgium, and Slovenia.
Practising nurses are defined as nurses who provide services directly to patients. It includes professional nurses and associate professional nurses as well as foreign nurses with a license to work in a certain country. Retired and unemployed nurses are excluded from the number of practising nurses, as well as nurses who are not in direct contact with patients, midwives, nurses working abroad, students who have not yet graduated, and nurses without a recognized certification.
Find more key insights for the number of practicing nurses employed in countries like Finland, Belgium, and Slovenia.
