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Jim Risch: “This stuff is not rocket science. When I became governor, we had the same problem in Idaho. I built two nursing schools…”

On the recordMay 21, 2013
This stuff is not rocket science. When I became governor, we had the same problem in Idaho. I built two nursing schools and paid the teachers more and all of the sudden the nursing shortage went away.
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Jim Risch
Republican · Idaho

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Sharing his experience as governor to solve nursing shortages through better pay and education.

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