📋 What Is a Virtual Nurse and How Do They Work? (AARP Article)

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FROM THE ARTICLE:

The (Virtual) Nurse Will See You Now.

Why the next nurse you meet may be over video — and what that means for older patients and their caregivers.

By Rachel Somerstein, AARP.

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Published April 23, 2025.

The next nurse you meet may not take your blood pressure or administer pain meds. In fact, that nurse may never even step foot inside your hospital room. That’s because virtual nurses meet patients only by video, and in doing so they are revolutionizing the nursing profession — and how patients and their caregivers experience care.

The implementation of virtual nurses is still in the early stages in the U.S.; less than half of hospital administrators say they will pilot or have already launched digital nursing services, according to a recent survey published in HealthcareIT News. But in the coming years, patients can expect to see more of them. Nearly three-quarters of hospital leaders in a recent market survey said that virtual nursing already is, or will become, central to caring for people in acute care units, where adults recover from pneumonia, heart or renal failure, stroke or an operation.

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Personally unless I CANNOT make it to my Medicare Doctor's Office, I rather see him and his nurse "in person".

So far, knock on wood at age 67, I have been able to make it to his office.

Take care,

Nicole  👵