Virtual Nursing: Improving Patient Care and Meeting Workforce Challenges Kathleen Sanford DBA, RN, FAAN, FACHE; Sue Schuelke PhD, RN-BC, CNE, CCRN-K; Merton Lee, PharmD, PhD; Sarah E. Mossburg, RN, PhD | August 30, 2023

https://psnet.ahrq.gov/perspective/virtual-nursing-improving-patient-care-and-meeting-workforce-challenges This Perspective essay, and interview with Kathy Sanford and Sue Schuelke, discusses virtual nursing, an approach to care that incorporates an advanced practice nurse into hospital-based patient care through telehealth. Virtual nursing increases patient safety and may enable expert nurses to continue to meet patient needs in future staffing shortages.