"We've recruited a lot of different ways, but what really works is you have to raise them in a rural community, send them away to get educated, and hope they migrate back to the rural community." — Michele Reisinger, DNP, APRN, FNP-C, Washburn University School of Nursing With the need for rural practitioners critical, the most effective way for rural hospitals and health systems to adequately staff for nurses and nurse practitioners is to grow their own, says nurse educator and practicing clinician, Michele Reisinger, DNP, APRN,FNC-C. For this week's lead story, I spoke with Reisinger and explored methods used elsewhere to attract nurses to rural practice. | 