Don’t ‘cannibalize’ virtual nurses, nurse leaders say

Becker's Healthcare January 6, 2025
Paige Twenter

As health systems tinker with various virtual nursing models, cases for and against on-site programs are emerging.

“Virtual nursing” is an umbrella term for several organizational designs, use cases and tasks for remote nurses.

For example, Trinity Health, a 96-hospital system based in Livonia, Mich., has a bedside registered nurse and nursing aide work in tandem with a virtual nurse. While Guthrie Clinic, a six-hospital system in Sayre, Pa., employs nurses to monitor and communicate with patients from a command hub. And at University Hospitals, a 21-hospital system in Cleveland, nurses can work a hybrid schedule, with some days at the bedside and others at a remote hub in an administrative building.

As pilots turn into common practice,...

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