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Nursing home · Albert Lea, MN

Thorne Crest Retirement Center

1201 Garfield Avenue, Albert Lea, MN 56007

RN turnover here is 50%, above the Minnesota average of 39.4%.

RN turnover
50%
Minnesota average 39.4%
RN time per resident
43 min/day
Minnesota average 65 min
Nursing team turnover
77%
Minnesota average 42.2%
CMS staffing rating
3 of 5
Certified beds 52
The numbers, in plain English

Working at Thorne Crest Retirement Center

Thorne Crest Retirement Center is a 52-bed nursing home in Albert Lea, Minnesota. Over the 12-month period CMS measures, 50% of its registered nurses stopped working here. Across the 296 Minnesota nursing homes CMS reports, the average is 39.4%, so RN turnover here is higher than at 74% of nursing homes in the state.

Staffing tells the same kind of story. Residents here receive about 43 minutes of RN time per day, against 65 minutes across Minnesota. That is less RN coverage than most Minnesota nursing homes. CMS gives Thorne Crest Retirement Center a staffing rating of 3 out of 5.

Turnover for the whole nursing team, which counts RNs, LPNs and nurse aides, is 77% here compared with 42.2% statewide.

What this means if you apply here

  • Higher RN turnover means you may be training alongside newer colleagues. Ask what the facility is doing to keep its nurses.
  • RN hours per resident run below the state average, so ask how assignments are built on your shift.

Questions to ask in your interview

  • How many residents does each RN cover on the shift I would work?
  • How is weekend RN coverage handled?
  • How many RNs left in the last year, and what has changed since?
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Sources. CMS Care Compare nursing home provider data, released October 2026. Turnover is the share of staff who stopped working at the facility over a 12-month period. CMS Five-Star overall rating from CMS Care Compare.