Ramstad: Minnesota's nursing troubles are puzzling, damaging and could get worse
Mayo Clinic has more open positions for nurses in Minnesota than it has applicants, its top executives say. Meanwhile, there are about 122,000 Minnesotans who are licensed as registered nurses and 64,000 working as RNs, data from state agencies show. How can this be? The state's — if not the nation's — top hospital doesn't have enough people applying to fill nursing positions while only about ...