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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. As the U.S.

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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

However, these increasing demands come at a time when many schools face significant nursing shortages. Budget constraints have left some districts with only one nurse serving multiple schoolsor none at all. This shortage is particularly pronounced in rural areas, where access to healthcare is already limited.

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VA Nurses Struggle in Uncertain Times

Daily Nurse

In a bit of good news, following increases in shortages in fiscal years 2022 and 2023, nursing was reported as a shortage by fewer facilities in fiscal year 2024. Still, as of 2024, 82 percent of facilities reported a severe nursing shortage.

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Hospitals with the Most Vulnerable Maternity Patients Understaffed with Nurses

Minority Nurse

for the most vulnerable childbearing populations, including Black mothers and those insured by Medicaid. Nurses play a central role in the 3.6 These same nurse-to-patient ratios were included in the AWHONN nurse staffing standards published in 2022. million births in U.S. hospitals each year.

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The Exec: What Nursing Practice Redesign, or Evolution, Looks Like at Indiana University Health

Health Leaders | Nursing

Care models had not wavered much since hospitals became medicalized in the early 20 th century, and particularly since the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) were created in 1965, says Jason Gilbert, PhD MBA RN NEA-BC , executive vice president and chief nurse executive, Indiana University Health.

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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?”