Learn about the types of people who become informatics nurse specialists. This page goes into detail about the employment, gender, and ethnic ratios of the workplace.
Gender Mix By Career Interest, 2023
This graph shows the distribution of females and males that are interested in becoming an informatics nurse specialist. Four or five star ratings on CareerExplorer indicate interest.
More women than men are interested in becoming informatics nurse specialists at a ratio of 1.02 to 1.
Actual Gender Mix, 2023
71% of informatics nurse specialists are female and 29% are male.
Gender Bias, 2023
This is one of the most compelling statistics we collect. Gender bias shows the difference between gender interest in being an informatics nurse specialist and the actual gender mix of people in the career.
If there is a significant difference, then it means there is a gender imbalance between those interested in becoming an informatics nurse specialist and those who end up becoming one.
In this case there are significantly more men interested in becoming an informatics nurse specialist than those actually working as one. It is hard to pinpoint the exact reasons why, but there are likely various forces at play, from changing interests over time to societal norms and biases.
Ethnic Mix, 2019
The largest ethnic group of informatics nurse specialists are White, making up 57% of the population. The next highest segments are Black or African American and Other, making up 21% and 14% respectively.