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Improving Care and Access to Nurses (ICAN) Act: Legislators Want to Hear from Nurses 

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NPs provide high-quality healthcare to Medicare and Medicaid patients across all geographic areas and healthcare settings. NPs provide high-quality healthcare to Medicare and Medicaid patients across all geographic areas and healthcare settings. APRNs are healthcare providers.

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APRNs Can Provide Quality and Access to Care and Congress Needs to Let Them

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State and federal waivers that have been active for almost three years have allowed Advanced Practice Registered Nurses (APRNs) to practice to the full extent of their education and clinical training. The bill represents huge progress for APRNs to continue to practice at the top of their license. With the recent introduction of H.R.

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Nurses as Key Players in Telehealth

Daily Nurse

I have personally been practicing in telehealth for the past eight years,” says Mariea Snell, DNP, APRN, FNP-C, an associate professor of nursing and the director of the Doctor of Nursing Practice Programs at Maryville University. “I I think the pandemic changes how people access care in large numbers, but it is not new.

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Nurse Practitioners Are Primed to Help Bridge Physician Shortage

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Kapu, DNP, APRN, ACNP- BC, FAANP, FCCM, FAAN, President of the American Association of Nurse Practitioners (AANP), in a news release. Thomas, DNP, APRN, FNP-BC, PPCNP-BC, FNAP, FAANP, Immediate Past-President of the American Association of Nurse Practitioners (AANP).

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A Successful Summer of Nurse Advocacy

Capitol Beat

As we know, there are many issues nurses care about, but for this year’s Hill Day, we focused on three key topics: Improving Seniors’ Timely Access to Care Act of 2021 (S.3018/H.R. The goal of this legislation is to remove burdensome administrative barriers for all four APRN roles to deliver care to their patients.

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The Payoff of Wound Care Education: Get a Return on Your Investment

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Slachta, PhD, APRN, ACNS-BC, CWOCN, noted in a recent Relias webinar. Medicare payment models in skilled nursing and home health provide incentives for clinicians to be well versed in specialty areas such as skin and wound care. Chronic wounds affect about 15% of Medicare beneficiaries each year.

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2022 Congressional Spending Bill Included Several ANA-Supported Nursing Provisions to Cap off the Year

Capitol Beat

7666, the Restoring Hope for Mental Health and Well-Being Act of 2021 was included. This legislation would eliminate the duplicative and burdensome requirement that providers, including APRNs, apply for a Drug Enforcement Administration waiver in order to dispense lifesaving buprenorphine to treat those suffering from opioid use disorder.