Mount Wachusett Community College nursing students want to help battle COVID, but graduation is pushed back with lack of clinical placements
Updated Jan 11, 2021;
Seeing the spread of COVID-19 grip Massachusetts, as hospitals fill up while a second surge of the virus continues, local nursing students want to help on the front lines.
But graduation has been delayed for nursing students at Mount Wachusett Community College because of a lack of clinical placements, and the need to have in-person clinical hours before completing the program. The decision has left students feeling frustrated and discouraged, yearning to put their skills to use during the pandemic.