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>> Can hear me okay now?

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>> Yes ma'am. I just need to

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go over some admission

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questions with you.

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>> She's a virtual nurse using

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the workload for her in person

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counterpart in the hospital

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room. A new game plan that

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could help deal with the

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nursing shortage. Community

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health network says it's the

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first health system in central

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Indiana to roll out this new

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approach to complement bedside

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nursing. Business and health

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reporter Kylie Valletta with

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more.

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>> Thank you, Gary. Community

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health describes virtual

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nursing is a partnership

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between the bedside nurse in

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the virtual nurse that appears

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on the TV screen in the

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patient's hospital room.

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Community says the virtual

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nurse takes care of all the

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tasks that don't require

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hands-on care, which eases the

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workload for the in person

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nurse and freeze up him or her

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to focus on hands-on care.

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Community has rolled out the

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new model three of its four

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major hospitals in central

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Indiana. The virtual nurse is

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a Registered Nurse located

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out-of-state, but can

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immediately connect with the

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onside bedside nurse at any

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moment. Community says the

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bedside nurses are welcoming

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the change because it allows

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them to be more present for

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hands-on care, which for many,

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is the joy in the nursing

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profession. Community Health

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Director of acute-care Missy

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Simpson says the nursing

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shortage existed before the

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pandemic, but COVID

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exacerbated the issue.

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>> We are faced with staffing

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challenges like we've never

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been before. I think nursing

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leadership all across the

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country has to look

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differently. We have to look

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at our models of care and what

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makes the most sense. We have

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to use everybody to the top of

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their scope of practice, and

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so even our school nursing and

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how can we use it there. So I

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think we are either starting

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inpatient is the first step,

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but I think eventually we are

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going to see this grow across

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the country in all areas of

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nursing.

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>> Community says the virtual

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nurse is on board as a

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community employee with the

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same training as the bedside

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nurses for the tasks they