In January Shavon Hall received an offer letter to work in Cleveland Clinic's intensive care unit. She was elated, and she hoped to begin working a few weeks after graduating nursing school in May to help fight COVID-19. Instead, she had to push back her start date three times.
Hall is not alone. She's among many who have complained in the past year about the long processing times and the inability to reach anyone at the nursing board. With the renewal period for nursing licenses currently underway, it's one more barrier amid a COVID-19 pandemic that has exacerbated nursing shortages in hospitals and nursing homes.
