Becker's Healthcare April 8, 2024
In two years, Newark, Del.-based ChristianaCare has expanded virtual nursing to 41% of its beds without adding a single new staff member.
The first bed with virtual nursing launched in September 2022. By June 2023, virtual nursing was live across 17 units representing 510 beds at ChristianaCare’s Newark and Wilmington, Del., hospital campuses. By September 2024, the system plans to go live with approximately 400 more beds to the program on additional medical and surgical units as well as cardiac stepdowns, oncology, and women’s health and pediatrics.
“I think we’ll have nuanced learning coming from the additional types of work that virtual nurses can do in those patient populations other than the typical admissions, discharges and care coordination,” Michelle Collins,...
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