Presents statistics on the numbers of registered and enrolled nurses from 1993 to 1999, and preliminary results from the 1997 nursing labour force survey. It includes data on the labour force status and occupation of registered and enrolled nurses in 1997, on nurses employed in private and public hospitals from 1994-95 to 1998-99, key statistics on nurse education and migration, and information on nurse occupations identified as being in shortage by the Department of Employment, Workplace Relations and Small Business (DEWRSB).