Nurse shortage leads Fort Pierce facility for children in crisis to temporarily close

FORT PIERCE — A nurse shortage has forced New Horizons of the Treasure Coast and Okeechobee to temporarily close its children’s crisis unit in Fort Pierce, a top administrator confirmed. “It’s a very temporary thing … we just don’t have nurses, so I can’t have kids on a unit with no nurses, because they wouldn’t be getting proper care,” said Chief Executive Officer William Wims. New Horizons’ main campus at 4500 Midway Road, in Fort Pierce houses children in crisis, short-and long-term adult patients, and includes a walk-in clinic, 24-hour emergency mobile unit, outpatient therapies, medication dispensary, primary care clinic,…