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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. NPs provide high-quality healthcare to Medicare and Medicaid patients across all geographic areas and healthcare settings. The ICAN Act is improving care and access to nursing.

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

Capitol Beat

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. 7666, the Restoring Hope for Mental Health and Well-Being Act of 2021 was included. We are pleased to report that H.R.

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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. Selekman’s 100+ publications include both the school nurse and pediatric certification review books.

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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. Health rankings demonstrate SC has the 4th highest rate of preterm births among all 50 U.S. 2021, December). 13 Buerhaus, P.,

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