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The South Carolina Hospital Association says the state's facilities are prepared for a potential Omicron-led surge, as far as equipment and capacity are concerned. The toll the pandemic is taking on nurses ... that's more troubling.

Hospitals don't have time (or space) for much training of future nurses right now. So simulated training is stepping up big time.

More than 7,500 hours have been volunteered by students & faculty so far

In the final installment of our four-part look at the state of nursing one year after the COVID pandemic began, South Carolina Public Radio asks what role social media, healthcare agencies, and the press had in shaping what you thought (and maybe still think) the pandemic was really like for emergency care workers.

In Part 3 of South Carolina Public Radio's four-part look at the state of the nursing profession, those tasked with keeping and recruiting nurses say the COVID-19 pandemic gave hospitals and schools an awful lot to learn — chief of which is to build support and safety nets right into the programs that help nurses survive emotionally.

Nursing has been described as a virtually recession-proof occupation, one that will always be in demand. Even so, the heads of nursing departments at both…