Geisinger plans to use virtual nursing to improve patient safety
Geisinger Health System in Danville, Pa., to use virtual nursing to reduce patient falls and hospital-acquired pressure ulcers, as well as to mentor new nurses and provide patient education, according to Executive Vice President and CNE Janet Tomcavage, MSN, RN. Tomcavage, an ÍÃ×ÓÏÈÉúmember, says Geisinger believes virtual nursing will improve employee engagement by helping new nurses acclimate and providing experienced nurses with a way to stay in the workforce. Patients also have responded well to virtual nursing because it offers them individual, uninterrupted time with nurses, she says. (HealthLeaders Media , 3/22/24)