<body><div><img src="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?type=thumbnail_580x000&amp;url=2qYKO2_1D7VL7bb00" alt="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=2qYKO2_1D7VL7bb00" width="1200" height="600" >ROANOKE, Va. (WDBJ) - LewisGale Regional Health System has unveiled a multi-million-dollar training facility for nurses and care teams, with leaders saying the center will address staffing shortages and expand quality healthcare access to rural communities across the region.The HCA Healthcare Center for Clinical Advancement is now open and in use. It is the 20th such center across HCA Healthcare nationwide and the second in Virginia.The facility features medical mannequins that respond to nurses, simulate pulses, and replicate childbirth scenarios. Chief Nurse Executive Erin Keister called the center “a game changer.”“It’s having our staff available... it’s having our staff competent, and it’s having our patients feel that impact and say, hey, I was able to get the care I needed, where I live, in this community, and I didn’t have to go elsewhere for that,” Keister said.The center is expected to serve more than 900 nurses each year, including those working in rural hospitals across the region. LewisGale Medical Center CEO Collin McLaughlin said a centralized training location is critical for maintaining consistent care standards.“Having a centralized location where we can get all of those rural healthcare workers into the building and make sure that we’re all operating on that same standard... whether it’s here in Salem, whether it’s in Pulaski, Montgomery, Alleghany… it’s critical to have that access in those rural spaces,” McLaughlin said.McLaughlin said the center is a direct response to the nursing shortage and is intended to attract and retain healthcare workers in a region that has historically struggled with recruitment. He also said the impact will extend to patients.“Our patients will not be in this building, but they will feel the impact of what happens in this building each and every day at the bedside...which is what this whole center represents,” McLaughlin said.</div></body>

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ROANOKE, Va. (WDBJ) - LewisGale Regional Health System has unveiled a multi-million-dollar training facility for nurses and care teams, with leaders saying the center will address staffing shortages and expand quality healthcare access to rural communities across the region. The HCA Healthcare Center for Clinical Advancement is now open and...

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ROANOKE, Va. (WDBJ) - LewisGale Regional Health System has unveiled a multi-million-dollar training facility for nurses and care teams, with leaders saying

LewisGale opens multi-million-dollar nurse training center

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