In 2018 over 21,000 nursing professionals, nursing associate professionals and graduate midwives in the health-care sector According to the National Institute of Public Health, there were 7,104 nursing professionals (57.4% of them were employed in hospitals), 245 graduate midwives and 13,927 nursing associate professionals at the end of 2018.
V zdravstvu v Sloveniji zaposlenih v 2018 več kot 21.000 medicinskih sester, babic in zdravstvenih tehnikov Po podatkih Nacionalnega inštituta za javno zdravje (NIJZ) so bile na koncu leta 2018 v zdravstvu v Sloveniji zaposlene 7.104 medicinske sestre (od tega 57,4% v bolnišnicah), 245 diplomiranih babic ter 13.927 zdravstvenih tehnikov.