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

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Opioids ANA Chief Nursing Officer, Debbie Hatmaker, sent a letter to Congressional Leadership highlighting the need for certain bills and/or provisions to be included in this omnibus package. ANA successfully led the charge in 2018 for permanent prescribing authority of medication assisted treatment by nurse practitioners.

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2022: The Year of the Value of the Nurse

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The Sexual Assault Nurse Examiners Program received $13 million, which is an increase of $4 million dollars. This funding will directly impact the Advanced Education Nursing program to expand training and certification of RNs, APRNs, and Forensic Nurses to practice as sexual assault nurse examiners.