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APRNs Can Provide Quality and Access to Care and Congress Needs to Let Them

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State and federal waivers that have been active for almost three years have allowed Advanced Practice Registered Nurses (APRNs) to practice to the full extent of their education and clinical training. The bill represents huge progress for APRNs to continue to practice at the top of their license. With the recent introduction of H.R.

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Improving Care and Access to Nurses (ICAN) Act: Legislators Want to Hear from Nurses 

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NPs provide high-quality healthcare to Medicare and Medicaid patients across all geographic areas and healthcare settings. Yet, despite the high-quality healthcare NPs provide to Medicare and Medicaid beneficiaries, barriers still exist within the programs that prevent the effective and efficient delivery of care.

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

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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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2022: The Year of the Value of the Nurse

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This funding will directly impact the Advanced Education Nursing program to expand training and certification of RNs, APRNs, and Forensic Nurses to practice as sexual assault nurse examiners. The Sexual Assault Nurse Examiners Program received $13 million, which is an increase of $4 million dollars. Read more about the #ICAN Act here.