I support the removal of limitations on clinicals outside of Virginia. Our program is in Abingdon, Va. We have one small hospital in Abingdon for clinicals and our larger hospital that can accommodate larger amounts of students is 16 miles from campus, but in Tennessee (compact state). The other Virginia hospital that is also 16 miles away does not have the patient census for an entire clinical group of 10 and another program uses this hospital for their clinicals.

This would relieve a major burden on our program as there are 8 or more nursing programs in our small area. 

Please vote to lift this restriction.

Thank you,

Jessica Jennings, NP-C