Capitol Beat

FEBRUARY 28, 2025

Ensuring a robust nursing workforce requires new, well-trained nurses. We urge Congress to invest in nursing education to ensure that a new generation of nurses are ready to work in the changing health care landscape.

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Capitol Beat

DECEMBER 6, 2022

Recently, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued a Request for Information (RFI) entitled Make Your Voice Heard: Promoting Efficiency and Equity Within CMS Programs. ANA called on CMS to take concrete steps to protect nurses and their patients using all available authority and resources to address these concerns.

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American Nurse

SEPTEMBER 13, 2024

For New Mexico, this means more educational opportunities for aspiring nurses and enhancing the quality of nursing education by supplementing facility salary. Improving Care and Access to Nurses (ICAN) Act (S.

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Relias

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

of citizens identifying as American Indian or Alaska Native relied on Medicaid or other public health insurance, and 14.9% on Medicaid or public health insurance and only 6.3% Educating patients on health promoting activities, such as techniques to increase glycemic control, can significantly reduce comorbidity in AI/AN healthcare.

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American Nurse

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

Takeaways: The 1990 Federal Patient Self Determination Act requires that Medicare- and Medicaid-funded healthcare organizations follow state laws related to advance directives. The act requires that Medicare- and Medicaid-funded healthcare organizations, such as hospitals and nursing homes, follow state laws related to advance directives.

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Amercan Journal of Nursing

OCTOBER 19, 2023

Jasmine Travers The pandemic shone a troubling spotlight on the unnecessary suffering resulting from substandard conditions in nursing homes. On Sep 6, 2023, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) published a proposed rule for their widely anticipated minimum staffing requirements for long-term care facilities.

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American Nurse

JUNE 7, 2023

In addition to having strong population health knowledge and skills, nurses must also demonstrate confidence working autono­mous­ly, collaboratively, and innovatively as they lead in promoting community and population health. Some in the nursing profession see this focus as new, but population health isn’t new to nursing.

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