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Pace University recently hosted New York State Senator Peter Harckham on a tour of its clinical simulation labs and held a roundtable discussion on addressing New York’s critical need for nurses and other primary care professionals. Read this article and learn how this visit helped inform the Senator's decision to advance new legislation, which would allow nursing students to complete a certain amount of required clinical training through simulation. If signed into law, this bill would make it easier for out-of-state home care service workers and nurses to apply for jobs in New York.
CHP Professor Andréa Sonenberg authors an op-ed lobbying for key legislation that would help address New York’s nursing shortage.
Pace University hosted New York State Senator Pete Harckham on a tour of its clinical simulation labs and held a roundtable discussion on addressing New York's critical need for nurses and other primary care professionals. In visiting Lienhard Hall, home to Pace's College of Health Professions and its Lienhard School of Nursing, Harckham joined faculty, staff, and nursing students – all of whom shared their experiences in the field and discussed ways to address the nursing shortage and expand the healthcare worker pipeline, a staffing issue that has been exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic.
Four nursing students intently observed fellow students practice special care on a full-body manikin with real body functions in a simulation at Pace University last Thursday. Also watching the exercise in the fully-equipped exam room at the university’s College of Health Professions in Pleasantville was state Sen. Peter Harckham (D-Lewisboro), who toured the college’s clinical labs to become better acquainted with how the healthcare workforce is educated, crucial to recruiting more workers into the medical profession.
"The stress and strain of the pandemic have exacerbated the existing shortage of nurses in New York State,” said Senator Harckham. “I am thrilled to be able to spend time with this new generation of nurses at Pace University, who will greatly benefit the workforce. It is critical that we encourage and reward people to join the nursing profession, which needs rejuvenation and reinforcements."
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