Rural-Focused Nursing Education: A Summative Evaluation of RNs’ Experiences of the Rural Nursing Certificate Program
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Characteristics of registered nurses in rural versus urban areas: implications for strategies to alleviate nursing shortages in the United States.
METHODS This study compares characteristics of rural and urban registered nurses (RNs) in the United States using data from the 2000 National Sample Survey of Registered Nurses. RNs in 3 types of rural areas are examined using the rural-urban commuting area taxonomy. FINDINGS Rural and urban RNs are similar in age and sex; nonwhites and Hispanics are underrepresented in both groups. Rural RNs...
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