It would appear B.C. is bucking the trend when it comes to retaining nurses in the country.

A new report from the Montreal Economic Institute (MEI) says that for every 100 registered nurses, under the age of 35, starting in the field this year, a national average of 40 of them left the job.

Renaud Brossard, vice-president of communications atMEI, tells 1130 NewsRadio that’s up from the national average of 36 out of 100 in 2014.

“But as our population ages, as we see a greater demand on health care, this sort of increase in ratio of inflow and outflow means we’re going to have less nurses, less medical professionals available,” said Brossard.

But in B.C., Brossard says an average of only 27 nurses left — the best rate in Canada.

“B.C. shows it can be done,” said Brossard.

“And even th

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