After nursing schools warned state officials that thousands of nursing students were in jeopardy of not graduating, the state has changed the rules.
to reduce the number of hours their students are required to train in hospitals after many clinical rotations were canceled as a result of the coronavirus outbreak.
“This is fantastic news for thousands of nursing students in our community colleges,” said Dianne Van Hook, the chancellor of College of the Canyons. “This change eliminates weeks of waiting and uncertainty and will ensure our student nurses can get where they want to go, to hospitals and healthcare facilities where they can use their skills and training to serve Californians impacted by the coronavirus.
Nursing schools argue that temporarily relaxing the rules on how much time a student must spend in a hospital rotation will not come at a cost to patients. A 2014 study by the National Council of State Boards of Nursing showed no significant difference in learning or clinical performance between students who spend 25% of their clinical education in simulations and those who do so 50% of the time.
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