How Electronic Health Records Are Transforming Nursing and Patient Information

Description: Most nursing students dream of working in hospitals, saving lives. While there?s great need for primary care nurses, a cause of the current US nursing shortage is lack of faculty in nursing schools. Tens of thousands of qualified students get turned away each year, exacerbating the problem of too few nurses. BSN-degreed nurses are qualified join nursing school faculties in supportive roles. Preparing the next generation of nurses is another way to save lives, and the US needs a more highly educated nursing workforce, particularly as faculty in nursing schools.