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The Office for Healthcare Workforce estimates that South Carolina will have a shortage of 6,400 nurses by 2028. Health care leaders in the state are implementing solutions in hospitals and nursing schools to educate more nurses in the state and keep them in their communities.

Rural parts of the state feel the nursing shortage the most so the University of South Carolina’s (USC) satellite campus in rural Allendale County is working with the Columbia campus to allow students to get a four-year nursing degree. The Allendale campus has sought the funds to make nursing students’ education easier by opening a simulation lab funded by BlueCross BlueShield of SC Foundation.

Students must complete clinical hours to finish their degree but rotations and clinical opportunities in the state are scare, with nursing and medical students often competing for hours. Thanks to USC’s simulation lab, students can complete their clinical hours in a safe environment that offers the opportunity to make mistakes and learn from them.

The simulation lab is one of several funding efforts by BlueCross BlueShield of SC Foundation to increase number of nurses working in the state. To learn more about USC’s efforts to graduate more nurses and keep them working in their communities, visit here.

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