Practicing nurses: number of employees in Slovenia 2002-2021

In 2021, the number of practicing nurses employed in Slovenia remained nearly unchanged at around 22,115 nurses. Still, the number of practicing nurses reached its highest value in the observed period in 2021.
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.

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