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Budget Cuts Threaten to Deepen Nursing Crisis and Undermine U.S. Healthcare System

Daily Nurse

healthcare system continues to grapple with a historic nursing shortage, the proposed FY 2026 federal budget threatens to accelerate the crisis through sweeping cuts to nursing education, research, and Medicaid support—posing profound implications for workforce sustainability, patient access, and innovation.

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Infographic: Stay On the Pulse of 2025 Nurse Legislation

Health Leaders | Nursing

The PRECEPT Nurses Act The Providing Real-World Education and Clinical Experience by Precepting Tomorrows (PRECEPT) Nurses Act is a bipartisan bill introduced by Congresswoman Jen Kiggans (VA-02), and it seeks to provide a $2,000 tax credit for nurses who serve as clinical preceptors to nursing students, according to a press release.

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The Relentless School Nurse: We Are the Backbone of Student Health & Wellness

The Relentless School Nurse

School nursing is evolving rapidly, reflecting broader societal changes and challenges in healthcare delivery. School nurses serve as educators, advocates, and crisis managers at the critical intersection of health and education. Technology has emerged as both a challenge and an opportunity for school nurses.

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Nursing is so Unique it Needs Two Unique Identifiers

American Nurse

Among the articles I found were: allnurses.com – Should nursing charges be separate from the room charges? 2003) beckershospitalreview.com : Want to Fix the Nursing Shortage? Change this 100-year-old policy (2023) thefreelibrary.com – Nursing is the room rate (2012) HISTORY “Want to Fix the Nursing Shortage?”

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Nursing is so Unique it Needs Two Unique Identifiers

American Nurse

Among the articles I found were: allnurses.com – Should nursing charges be separate from the room charges? 2003) beckershospitalreview.com : Want to Fix the Nursing Shortage? Change this 100-year-old policy (2023) thefreelibrary.com – Nursing is the room rate (2012) HISTORY “Want to Fix the Nursing Shortage?”

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The Exec: CommonSpirit's New Chief Physician Executive Officer Focused on Care Variation

Health Leaders | Nursing

We educate our clinicians about it. We are also one of the largest Medicaid providers," McGinn says. "We We are going to have a shared platform that manages talent development, wellness, and educational activities." That has enabled the bedside nurses to be more engaging with their patients." We have podcasts.

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

Capitol Beat

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. Agencies Health and Human Services : $108.3