How does healthcare institution retain novice nurses in the demanding field of nursing?

Since I'm only a nursing student...what does this mean exactly? Do they forget their studies?

So are you guys saying that when I graduate next year no one should hire me because I'm "NEW"?

sap: trust me. You will most likely have a job before you graduate.

At the hospital where I am working we have a Versant program.  It is a more intensive training for a new nurse to get better support for begining her carreer.  The problem I see is only that alot of the Versant  nurses get in with the "popular" nurses during the day shift.  Yes I know that is a bit derogitory, but true....  The saving grace is the extra classes that they take to reinforce thier theory.  I do think that it would not hurt a few of the longer acting staff nurses to have to go through a simular course of study every so many years just to help keep up with the new theories.   I was originally hired during a crunch where this hospital hired alot of canadian nurses who could not get hired in canada due to lack of experience.  I guess getting hired in Canada as a new nurse is way difficult.  I loved the Canadian nurses.  The training was very good and most did not need alot of the training that many of todays new grads still need.  (This is not to say anything against new grads here!!!!)  I think we are in such a need of nurses today and there are so many changes in the field, that sometimes there is not enough time to grasp all that there is to know. 

Sap-  You will have to chose between opportunities that will be presented to you.  Do your research and remember it is not always about the most money.... Go where they have good reviews and ask about retention.  Perhaps a hospital with a higher turn over should not be your first pick...  Thnk why the high turn over rate......  If the money seems to good to be true perhaps it is.....

If management ever listens, Hell will be frozen over.