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How COVID-19 could impact the future of the nursing profession

Apr 12, 2020

By Lynne Nichols, opinion guest column. • April 10, 2020 1:36 pm As a nurse myself, I can’t help but wonder how the fallout from the current COVID crisis might affect the nursing profession as a whole. I foresee the post-COVID setting having one of two primary trajectories: an exacerbation of our current nursing shortage , or a great influx into nursing. Sadly, I fear the former: that COVID-19...