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

Daily Nurse

NPs provide high-quality healthcare to Medicare and Medicaid patients across all geographic areas and healthcare settings. Yet, despite the high-quality healthcare NPs provide to Medicare and Medicaid beneficiaries, barriers still exist within the programs that prevent the effective and efficient delivery of care.

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Behind the Screen But Not Behind the Scenes: Virtual Nurses Provide Clinical Support, Additional Expertise

Minority Nurse

The United States Government Accountability Office reported a 15-fold increase over the prepandemic level in telehealth use among Medicaid beneficiaries. million from March 2020 to February 2021. Teresa Rincon, PhD, RN, FCCM, is a pioneer in virtual nursing. Numbers skyrocketed from 2.1

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Full Practice Authority: APRN Readiness, Barriers to Practice and Access in South Carolina

American Nurse

Introduction SOUTH CAROLINA is predominately a rural state that consistently demonstrates poor health rankings, due to the lack of Medicaid expansion, healthcare deserts, and a decreasing physician supply. 2021, December). South Carolina Maternal Morbidity and Mortality Review Committee: Legislative Brief 2021. 2 March of Dimes.

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The Breadth of Caring for Those with Chronic Conditions

American Nurse

Therefore, the nurse’s plan of care must be flexible to accommodate the changing presentation of the condition and how it is affected by aging, the environment (including nutrition), and whether there is the presence of other conditions. As role models, nurses should be aware of the language they use to refer to patients.