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How Nurse Practitioners Are Filling Gaps in Primary Care

Post University

Nurse practitioners (NPs) provide comprehensive healthcare services, from assessing and examining patients to ordering diagnostic tests, diagnosing illnesses, and treating or managing diseases. Additionally, nurse practitioners work with patients to promote wellness and prevent health problems with health education and preventive care.

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Path to Penn Nursing with Barbara Doyle, RN, MSN

Penn Nursing

Returned to the Cancer Center as a Clinical Nurse Specialist. Returned to the Cancer Center as a Clinical Nurse Specialist. An opportunity in the bone marrow transplant program led to an inpatient Nurse Practitioner role in Oncology. Left clinical practice for software account management.

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From Capitol to Clinic – Q1 Nursing Legislation Update

Capitol Beat

A critical bottleneck in expanding the nursing workforce is the limited availability of clinical preceptorsexperienced providers who provide hands-on training to nursing students, new nurses, or advance practice nurse candidates serving health professional shortage areas. Take Action for the bill! ICAN Act ( S.

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

Daily Nurse

American Association of Nurse Practitioners ( AANP ) and more than 235 organizations sent a letter to the leaders of the U.S. 2713, the Improving Care and Access to Nurses (ICAN) Act. NPs provide high-quality healthcare to Medicare and Medicaid patients across all geographic areas and healthcare settings.

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The End of the Public Health Emergency and What this Means for Nurses

Capitol Beat

After three years of regulatory flexibility in many areas of healthcare delivery, implications of the PHE unwinding for patients, nurses, and communities will be significant. Much of Medicare is in statute, and as a result the Administration has limited authority to expand telehealth absent Congressional action. 42 CFR §482.12(c)(1)–(2)

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

Capitol Beat

ANA successfully led the charge in 2018 for permanent prescribing authority of medication assisted treatment by nurse practitioners. Telehealth The omnibus continues Medicare’s expanded access to telehealth by extending COVID-19 telehealth flexibilities for an additional two years, through Dec. 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.