Membership Demographics

Average age of AACN members:

Highest nursing degree held by

0-29 years old

16%

AACN members:

30-39 years old

24%

Diploma

3%

40-49 years old

24%

Associate's

21%

50-59 years old

27%

Bachelor's

57%

60+

9%

Master's

18%

Doctorate

1%

Where AACN members practice:

Intensive Care Unit (ICU)

17%

Number of years AACN members

Progressive Care Units (Includes)

12%

have been in critical care:

Direct Observation Unit

Less than 2

11%

Catheterization Laboratory

2-3

11%

Intermediate Care Unit

4-5

11%

Interventional Cardiology

6-10

17%

Progressive Care Unit

11-15

13%

Stepdown Unit

16-20

11%

Subacute Unit

21-25

10%

Telemetry Unit

26-30

8%

Combined ICU/CCU

11%

31-35

5%

Cardiovascular-Surgical ICU

9%

36-40

2%

Coronary Care Unit (CCU)

5%

41+

1%

Surgical ICU

5%

Medical ICU

5%

Gender breakdown of AACN

Medical-Surgical ICU

4%

members:

Pediatric ICU

4%

Female

88%

Emergency Department

2%

Male

12%

Recovery Room/PACU

2%

Trauma Unit

2%

Ethnicity of AACN members:

Neuro/Neurosurgical ICU

2%

White (Non-Hispanic)

77%

*Only top categories represented

Asian

12%

African-American

5%

Positions held by AACN members:

Hispanic

4%

Direct Care/Bedside/Staff Nurse

57%

Other

2%

Charge Nurse

6%

Pacific Islander

1%

Clinic Nurse

6%

Manager/Administrator

4%

Nurse Educator/Staff Development

2%

Nurse Practitioner

2%

Clinical Nurse Specialist

2%

Academic Faculty

1%

Clinical Director

1%

*Only top categories represented