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

Capitol Beat

A compromise was reached to give five years prescribing authority for Certified Nurse-Midwives, Clinical Nurse Specialists, and Nurse Anesthetists who take additional continuing education in the SUPPORT for Patients and Communities Act of 2018. The inclusion of H.R.

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Home health nursing

American Nurse

Patient-centered care focused on self-sufficiency The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) uses the term “home health” to describe a federal health insurance program that provides intermittent short-term care to help patients recover from illness and become as self-sufficient as possible at home. Home health care.