Texas Activates Nurses, Nursing Students and Retired Nurses in Response to the Covid-19 Pandemic

This is Texas Virus News.

It’s Saturday, and the news around the Covid-19 pandemic has not slowed down because it’s the weekend.

In Texas, today, Texas Governor Greg Abbott has waived several regulations to help meet Texas’ growing need for nurses as the state responds to the Covid-19 virus.

The Governor’s actions allow temporary permit extensions to practice for graduate nurses and graduate vocational nurses who have yet to take the licensing exam.

The action also lets nursing students in their final year to meet their clinical objectives by exceeding the 50 percent limit on simulated experiences.

It also allows nurses with inactive licenses or retired nurses to reactive their licenses.

“In the coming weeks and months, Texas will continue to see a growing need for medical professionals to help us respond to these unique and challenging times,” Gov. Abbott said in a news release. “With these actions, Texas is taking an important step to meet that need. Nurses are essential to our ability to test for this virus, provide care for Covid-19 patients, and to continue providing other essential health care services. Suspending these regulations will allow us to…