Nursing students across the Bay Area and beyond are worried that they won’t be able to graduate and join the fight against the novel coronavirus because hospitals have been reluctant to accept students during the crisis.
By law, nursing students must complete 75 percent of their clinical experience with direct patient care in an acute care setting in order to be licensed. But with hospitals facing a shortage of personal protective equipment and worried about spending time training inexperienced nurses, many have canceled the rotations.
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