SSM Health system along with the Saint Louis University are looking at making it easier for retired nurses to return to caring for patients during the COVID-19 pandemic.
The nursing schools for Saint Louis University and SSM Health system, which operates in Missouri, Illinois, Oklahoma and Wisconsin are shortening a joint program for returning nurses to patient care from 4 weeks to 2 weeks.
The number of coronavirus related deaths in Missouri rose by 15 on Friday to 185, according to date from Johns Hopkins University.