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Louisiana Catholic university graduates nurses early to meet COVID-19 needs
Dec 11, 2020 contributor
Kristmas McCoy turns her tassel near her family members as she graduates with a nursing degree from Franciscan Missionaries of Our Lady University in Baton Rouge, La., Nov. 14, 2020. The Catholic university graduated 38 nursing seniors early to help address community needs and the shortage of nursing staff in hospitals stressed by an influx of patients during the coronavirus pandemic. (Credit: Kaye Self/Courtesy Franciscan Missionaries of Our Lady University via CNS.)
Amid the ongoing coronavirus pandemic and a shortage of nurses and other health care workers to treat patients with COVID-19, a Catholic university in Baton Rouge has been graduating nursing students early and accelerating its respiratory therapy program for seniors.