Geisinger plans to use virtual nursing to improve patient safety

Geisinger Health System in Danville, Pa., wants to use virtual nursing to reduce patient falls and hospital-acquired pressure ulcers, as well as to mentor new nurses and provide patient education, according to Executive Vice President and CNE Janet Tomcavage, MSN, RN. Tomcavage, an AONL member, says Geisinger believes virtual nursing will improve employee engagement by helping new nurses acclimate and providing experienced nurses with a way to stay in the workforce. Patients also have responded well to virtual nursing because it offers them individual, uninterrupted time with nurses, she says. (HealthLeaders Media article, 3/22/24)