title: Innovative program keeps them 'down on the farm'.
abstract: A shortage of nurses continues to be felt in rural areas of the country. In an experimental program conducted by a college department of nursing in a small rural hospital, nurses received training and were retained by the rural hospital. All training was conducted at the hospital, and all graduates received high marks on the RN examination.
mesh_terms: D002322:Career Mobility; D004507:Education, Nursing, Associate; D004521:Educational Measurement; D006744:Hospital Bed Capacity, 100 to 299; D006764:Hospitals, Community; D009741:Nursing Staff, Hospital / Q000600:supply & distribution; D009935:Organizational Affiliation; D010865:Pilot Projects; D012423:Rural Health; D012579:Schools, Nursing; D014589:Utah; D000078329:Workforce