American Nurse

JULY 30, 2025

Jun and colleagues’ integrative review of eight peer-reviewed studies to assess nurse-led interventions concluded that nurse rounding, discharge follow-up calls, and communication education for nurses increase patient satisfaction. Marija Suvacarov is chief nursing officer at Ascension in Elgin, Illinois.

Patient Satisfaction

Capitol Beat

JANUARY 2, 2023

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. Annual Medicare Payment Changes Medicare providers were faced with 8.5% in 2023 and 1.25% in 2024. 

Clinical Nurse Specialist

Daily Nurse

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

I’ve worked as a staff nurse, nurse educator, manager, and director of different critical care in hospitals, and then I went on and became a nurse practitioner. As a critical care NP, I work weekends for Penn Medicine Chester County Hospita l and teach undergraduate nursing. But we have to invest in our nurses.

Nurse Shortage

American Nurse

APRIL 2, 2024

Influential efforts such as the 2021 National Academy of Medicine report, Future of Nursing 2020-2030: Charting a Path to Achieve Health Equity, and the Department of Health and Human Services Healthy People 2030 initiative prioritized SDOH. More recently, in November 2023, the White House released a playbook for addressing SDOH.

Health Insurance

Capitol Beat

DECEMBER 22, 2022

We urged lawmakers to look at workplace challenges faced by nurses such as safety and staffing, advocated for the removal of barriers to practice, and the need to increase reimbursements for nursing services—all to strengthen and bolster the future of the profession. House, and in 2023 ANA will continue our work on this bill.

Medicaid

American Nurse

JANUARY 3, 2024

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) worked with purchasers, physicians, healthcare organizations, and consumers to identify evidence-based process measures (core measures) to reduce morbidity, mortality, variability, and cost while improving quality outcomes. Kreiser is vice president and chief nursing officer.

Chief Nursing Officer