In Canada, financial incentives are used to entice nurses to rural practice. While financial incentives are used throughout Canada, the characteristics of nurses who have received a financial incentive are seldom examined. The purpose of the study is to examine what factors are associated with having received a financial incentive to practice in rural and remote Canada. A pan-Canadian survey was distributed to nurses working in rural and remote Canada. The survey received a 40% response rate (n=3,822). Of the 3,822 eligible nurses who responded 12.6%(n=466) of nurses identified as having received a financial incentive to take up their rural nursing position. Chi-square and multiple logistic regression analyses found characteristics and other factors associated with having received a financial incentive to take up a rural nursing position. The study concludes that financial incentives continue to have implications for recruitment of nurses to practice in rural Canada.
