{"title":"Virtual Nursing: Organizational and Professional Crossroads for the Immediate and Beyond.","authors":"Carol Boston-Fleischhauer","doi":"10.1097/NAQ.0000000000000671","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Virtual nursing has swept the country as an acute care model solution amidst unresolved clinical workforce shortages, shrinking margins, increased acuity, and capacity pressures. Nurse leaders and professional associations cite the value of virtual nursing; however, model adoption appears lower than projected need and perceived impact. Virtual nurse models vary and the prevalence of model pilots versus full scale implementation should be noted, along with opinions regarding short term versus permanent utility. Questions surrounding virtual nurse roles, standards of practice, competencies, certification, and regulation are escalating and warrant careful discussion. Decisions are needed to move beyond the organizational and professional crossroads we face with virtual nursing.</p>","PeriodicalId":35640,"journal":{"name":"Nursing Administration Quarterly","volume":"49 2","pages":"79-86"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2025-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Nursing Administration Quarterly","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1097/NAQ.0000000000000671","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"2025/3/11 0:00:00","PubModel":"Epub","JCR":"Q2","JCRName":"Nursing","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
Virtual nursing has swept the country as an acute care model solution amidst unresolved clinical workforce shortages, shrinking margins, increased acuity, and capacity pressures. Nurse leaders and professional associations cite the value of virtual nursing; however, model adoption appears lower than projected need and perceived impact. Virtual nurse models vary and the prevalence of model pilots versus full scale implementation should be noted, along with opinions regarding short term versus permanent utility. Questions surrounding virtual nurse roles, standards of practice, competencies, certification, and regulation are escalating and warrant careful discussion. Decisions are needed to move beyond the organizational and professional crossroads we face with virtual nursing.
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Nursing Administration Quarterly (NAQ) is a peer-reviewed journal that provides nursing administrators with practical, up-to-date information on the effective management of nursing services in all health care settings. Published 4 times per year, each issue focuses on a selected topic providing an in depth look at the many aspects of nursing administration.
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