Utah will create a temporary license so nursing students can work during pandemic

To combat nursing shortages as coronavirus cases overwhelm hospitals, Utah’s Division of Occupational and Professional Licensing is creating a temporary nursing apprentice license so nursing students can work in clinics, FOX 13 reports.The students will be close to graduating and won’t be helping coronavirus patients directly, according to FOX 13. Instead they will work in other clinics to free up senior nurses.The idea was facilitated by Gov. Gary Herbert’s office and the Utah