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The Great American Nursing Shortage
Rob Craig (University of Virginia)
America has a problem. There’s a nursing shortage. And it’s not for lack of hopeful nurses. There’s not enough clinical space! The Mary Morton Parsons Clinical Simulation Learning Center (CSLC) at University of Virginia School of Nursing is helping to alleviate that bottleneck with simulations. They get to experience Rob Craig as their first difficult patient in a range of simulations.
Dancing with Veterans
Sheila Ward (Norfolk State University)
Veterans Affairs hospitals are one of the largest medical providers in the nation. And recently, Sheila Ward introduced Virginia veterans to African diasporic dance and drumming.
Pharmacy Deserts
Teresa Salgado (Virginia Commonwealth University)
Teresa Salgado and her colleagues found that tens of thousands of Virginians from Hampton Roads to Wise County live far away from pharmacies. Researchers are calling these places “pharmacy deserts.” Salgado and her colleagues hope that their findings will support policy makers in creating incentives to establish pharmacies in underserved areas.
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