Hospitals are relying more and more on expensive travel nurse agencies to fix staffing shortages, an issue that has been exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic. And that’s hurting their bottom line and alienating full-time nurses, health care industry experts say.
Hospitals are relying more and more on expensive travel nurse agencies to fix staffing shortages, an issue that has been exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic. And that’s hurting their bottom line and alienating full-time nurses, health care industry experts say. For nearly two years, hospitals have continuously sourced nurses from external staffing and travel nurse agencies to
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Finding a way to safely train nursing students is one of many educational tasks made more difficult by the pandemic, but a new program using robots at the University of Texas at Arlington may prove a viable alternative to in-person training.
The university announced this week that through a recent nursing innovation grant from the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board it will expand its fleet of “telepresence robots” to assist nursing students who are training remotely. The robots, which are essentially tablets on wheels, allow remote users to navigate a clinical environment and meet with patients.
Childress Regional Medical Center and UTA team up to tackle rural nursing shortage
KFDA News at Six - VOD - clipped version By Freixys Casado | January 18, 2021 at 6:15 PM CST - Updated January 18 at 7:02 PM
AMARILLO, Texas (KFDA) - In the wake of a pandemic that has highlighted the importance of healthcare providers across the country, the University of Texas at Arlington (UTA) is teaming up with Childress Regional Medical Center for an accelerated online Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) degree program.
“Students complete the majority of their clinical requirements at Childress under the supervision of our faculty members,” said Meagan Rogers associate nurse for undergraduate nursing at UTA.
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