Bristol Hospital and Health Care Group employs 426 nurses. Of that, 52% are full-time, 12% are part-time, and slightly over 36% are per diem. Over 71% of the nurses at Bristol Hospital below have 15 or more years of nursing experience, and 28% have between 5 and 14 years. The average age of a clinical nurse is 45 years and the average length of service is 12 years. The Bristol Hospital nursing community mirrors the local community with a higher proportion of White nurses (80%) and a lower proportion of Black/African American nurses (7.5%), Asian (2.5%), and Hispanic (6.1%) nurses.  

Bristol Hospital joined the Connecticut Hospital Association’s Diversity Collaborative in 2011. This statewide initiative is working together to identify improvement strategies and interventions to increase diversity in hospital governance, senior management and nursing to improve cultural competence in the delivery of care, and increase supplier diversity. In 2018, Bristol Hospital obtained leadership status in Healthcare Equality Index Promoting LGBTQ patient centered care. Bristol Hospital remains the only hospital in Bristol and is committed to differentiating and distinguishing itself from other regional hospitals through extraordinary service and excellence in quality outcomes, thereby supporting patient safety in health care.

As a part of the American Hospital Association's Institute for Diversity and Health Equity #123forEquity Campaign to eliminate healthcare disparities, Bristol Healths annual corporate goals includes diversity equity inclusion and belonging which has led to annual diversity competency training on topics such as unconscious bias, equity treatment, etc.