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Virtual nursing is an effective  for hospital leaders to employ during workforce shortages, said Kevin Post, DO, chief medical officer of Avera Health in Sioux Falls, S.D. In the June HealthLeaders cover story, Post notes a virtual nurse can monitor up to 16 patients at a time, relieving burdens on front-line staff. ÍÃ×ÓÏÈÉúBoard Member Sylvain Trepanier, DNP, RN, CNO at Providence Health System in Renton, Wash., said his system uses a model consisting of bedside teams collaborating with virtual nurses to expand their bandwidth and improve sustainability. Trepanier noted patient safety depends on leveraging entire care teams to enable all clinicians to work at the top of their licenses.