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Answering the call: WVU School of Nursing guides West Virginia through nursing staff shortages during COVID-19

Since the pandemic gained momentum, the demands on nurses have never been greater. Larger patient to staff ratios, nurses contracting the virus themselves, and workforce burnout exacerbated an already existing nursing shortage. As the need in West Virginia grew, WVU School of Nursing Dean Tara Hulsey and her team quickly developed a plan to meet the state’s nursing demands — giving students and faculty the opportunity to put their skills to work.

Public Health students working to address unmet needs of West Virginia kids

Thanks to a strong partnership with Think Kids, students at various points of their academic journeys in the West Virginia University School of Public Health have been given the opportunity to engage in professional, hands-on experiences that will bring them one step closer to fulfilling their career goals.

Improving Health In West Virginia

West Virginians have plenty of anecdotal evidence that we are perhaps not the healthiest of populations, but an effort by the four state Department of Health and Human Resources bureaus and the West Virginia University Office of Health Affairs aims to get some hard data to help policy makers and health officials understand what we really need to be better.