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Leveling the Playing Field for Rural Health Providers

Health Leaders | Nursing

They're using platforms that enable rural residents to meet with specialists online, either from their homes or from telemedicine stations set up at local hospitals, health clinics, or doctor's offices. of full-time NPs seeing Medicare patients and 82% seeing Medicaid patients. Nursing groups denounced the policy amendment.

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ANA’s Summary of $1.5 trillion Omnibus Includes Several Nursing Priorities

Capitol Beat

Sexual Assault Nurse Examiners Program – The bill includes $13 million, an increase of $4 million within the total for Advanced Education Nursing to expand training and certification of RNs, APRNs, and Forensic Nurses to practice as sexual assault nurse examiners. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) for APRNs and PAs.

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Meet a Champion of Nursing Diversity: Esther Conteh

Minority Nurse

I’m an Advanced Practice Nurse (APRN) and Associate Vice President at VNS Health , one of the nation’s largest nonprofit home and community-based healthcare organizations. After working as an aide, I went on to train and become a nurse and graduated as an Advanced Practice Nurse (APRN) from NYU.

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From Public Health Advisor to Congressional Candidate: Meet Lauren Underwood

Minority Nurse

And when it is becoming increasingly attractive to become an APRN , that is all debt to be able to get the master’s to become a nurse practitioner or a nurse midwife. I think that this is an appropriate approach coupled with compelling Medicare participating facilities to set staffing levels and monitor outcomes.

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