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Nearly One in Five New Nurses Leaves First Job within a Year, According to Survey of Newly-Licensed Registered Nurses - Turnover of registered nurses (RNs) is an important and widely used measure in analyzing the health care workforce. It’s used to project the job market for nurses (based on availability of jobs) and can also be considered an indicator of whether a health care organization has a good working environment. A study in the current issue of Policy, Politics & Nursing Practice reveals that an estimated 17.5 percent of newly-licensed RNs leave their first nursing job within the first year, and one in three (33.5%) leave within two years. The researchers found that turnover for this group is lower at hospitals than at other health care settings. TO READ MORE click here Advocates Work to Recruit Latinos to Nursing - Latinos are the most underrepresented minority in the nursing workforce—an ominous sign for the health of the country’s surging Latino population. TO READ MORE click here Why Are There So Few Doctors in Rural America? - Plenty of people from the "lower 48" have moved to Bethel for its rugged charm and unparalleled salmon fishing. But many others, the hyper-educated in particular, find the quirks of remote Alaskan life too daunting. Much of rural Alaska, like much of the rest of the rural U.S., faces a severe shortage of doctors and dentists. TO READ MORE click here

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More Nursing Schools Preparing Students to Provide Team-Based Care - According to rwjf.com, on August 13, 2014, the University of Washington is one of at least four of the nation’s top nursing schools now requiring students to participate in at least one interprofessional education course or activity... that promotes interprofessional education as a way to foster collaborative practice and improve the quality and safety of care. click here Minnesota responds to rural doctor shortage with teams, training, telemedicine - According to minnpost.com, on August 11, 2014, the health-care provider landscape of Greater Minnesota is one where primary-care physicians are becoming older and fewer, while their patients also are older but growing in number, said Mark Schoenbaum, director of the Minnesota Department of Health's Office of Rural Health and Primary Care. Medical schools, health-care systems and legislators alike know of the problems and are doing their best to solve them.TO READ MORE click here