A new study by the Oregon Center for Nursing suggests hiring outside Portland area shouldn’t be so tough and that retaining nurses is about more than wages
April 9, 2024
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Kevin Heinrich, a licensed practical nurse, at a workstation at Mirabella Portland’s skilled nursing facility on Feb. 13, 2023. Nurses and other health care workers have become increasingly hard to find after the pandemic.
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Registered nurses take home smaller paychecks working in rural Oregon, but effectively have higher wages than their Portland area counter
