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Nursing shortage yields R.I., N.H., Mass. collaboration

Tuesday, September 29, 2009

PROVIDENCE — At Rhode Island Hospital, the shortage of highly qualified nurses who teach is already so bad that it’s had two nurse educator positions open for two years, even at the largest hospital in a state with one of the nation’s worst unemployment rates.

“It has an impact on care. It really does. It has an impact on how quickly we are able to advance and institute new programs,” said Barbara Riley, the hospital’s chief nursing officer. “We absolutely struggle to find nurses with master’s degrees who are educated in teaching.”

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