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The pandemic has had a big impact on frontline health care workers, and COVID-19 has exacerbated a nationwide nursing shortage. Nurses Marissa Lee and Chloe Frye joined Intersection to discuss how they've adapted to the pandemic and what the profession looks like now.

The pandemic has had a big impact on frontline health care workers, and COVID-19 has exacerbated a nationwide nursing shortage. Two nurses, one with many years of experience, and the other a recent graduate, joined Intersection to discuss how they've adapted to the pandemic and what the profession looks like now.

The nursing field experienced a lot of changes during the pandemic. WMFE health reporter Abe Aboraya joins Intersection to discuss how the changes have contributed to a nursing shortage.

HCA reported some 13.9 billion dollars in revenue during the first quarter of 2021.

Like so many of our jobs, what it is to be a nurse has changed drastically because of COVID-19. And Florida hospitals need more nurses to continue to fight the pandemic and not run out of steam, says Maggie Hansen.

As a nursing PhD student and teaching assistant at the University of Central Florida, Valorie MacKenna solved an important problem when the pandemic hit. How to move hands-on simulation classes online.

Florida Hospital is hiring recent arrivals from Puerto Rico to fill much-needed nursing positions in Orlando. They have a unique set of skills that allows them to build relationships with patients.

Diabetes, substance abuse, and tobacco use are just three of the public health concerns that a new collaboration between the University of Central Florida and Shepherd’s Hope will address. Students have already been placed at the clinic in Ocoee.

Four central Florida educational institutions received approval this week from the State Board of Education to offer Bachelor of Science degrees in nursing. Valencia College, Seminole State College of Florida, Lake-Sumter State College, and Eastern Florida State College will begin offering the programs next fall in order to meet a shortage of nurses across the region.