More nursing home beds needed "We need to open more nursing home beds," Leffler said. "Vermont only has 14 hospitals and 33 nursing homes so we're all interdependent.

To date, the nursing program at UVM has completed over a thousand VR sessions, totaling 321 hours of active simulation. This fall, VR will also become part of the graduate nursing curriculum.

BURLINGTON, Vt.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--At a time when rising demand for healthcare and a retiring nursing workforce is contributing to a critical need for nurses nationwide, the University of Vermont ...

BURLINGTON, Vt. (WPTZ) — The University of Vermont is bringing cutting-edge technology into its nursing curriculum, using virtual reality to help train the next generation of nurses.

SPONSOR SPOTLIGHT A nursing student goes far with the Vermont Nursing Forgivable Loan Program Wolcott student’s college journey takes her to Maine, Morocco, Europe—and soon, back to Vermont ...

Vermont has a 12 percent nursing vacancy rate at hospitals and home health agencies, and a 19 percent vacancy rate at long-term care facilities, the study said. Nursing programs demand an unusually ...