• The pandemic has had a big impact on frontline health care workers, and COVID-19 has exacerbated a nationwide nursing shortage. Two nurses, one with many years of experience, and the other a recent graduate, joined Intersection to discuss how they’ve adapted to the pandemic and what the profession looks like now.
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• The nursing field experienced a lot of changes during the pandemic. WMFE health reporter Abe Aboraya joins Intersection to discuss how the changes have contributed to a nursing shortage.
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• HCA reported some 13.9 billion dollars in revenue during the first quarter of 2021.
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• Like so many of our jobs, what it is to be a nurse has changed drastically because of COVID-19. And Florida hospitals need more nurses to continue to fight the pandemic and not run out of steam, says Maggie Hansen.
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• As a nursing PhD student and teaching assistant at the University of Central Florida, Valorie MacKenna solved an important problem when the pandemic hit. How to move hands-on simulation classes online.
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• Florida Hospital is hiring recent arrivals from Puerto Rico to fill much-needed nursing positions in Orlando. They have a unique set of skills that allows them to build relationships with patients.
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• Diabetes, substance abuse, and tobacco use are just three of the public health concerns that a new collaboration between the University of Central Florida and Shepherd’s Hope will address. Students have already been placed at the clinic in Ocoee.
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