Nursing

Nurses leaving ND for greener pastures

Staff Development Weekly: Insight on Evidence-Based Practice in Education, April 7, 2006

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One third of North Dakota's registered nurses (RNs) and licensed practical nurses (LPNs) are expected to retire in the next nine years, a study conducted by the University of North Dakota's (UND) Center for Rural Health found. To further compact the problem, North Dakota's average wage for both RNs and LPNs fell last year.

North Dakota's nurse training programs so far cannot keep pace, because roughly half the graduates leave the state, and it is harder to recruit nurses for teaching jobs, said Patricia Moulton, an assistant professor at UND.

Source: The Associated Press



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