Nurse.com

JULY 18, 2022

Another clear barrier to care is economic — many physicians are unable to accept Medicaid, while many Americans on Medicare struggle to find primary care physicians and specialists accepting new patients. It is no surprise, then, that NPs are in particular demand in rural America and, over 80% of NPs accept Medicare and Medicaid patients.

Nurse Practitioner

Amercan Journal of Nursing

JUNE 14, 2024

She currently holds a joint appointment between the Marquette University College of Nursing where she serves as a clinical professor and the Medical College of Wisconsin/Children’s Wisconsin, where she currently serves as the advanced practice provider director for critical care.

Nurse Practitioner

Daily Nurse

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

Anne Dabrow Woods has incredible insight into nursing as a practicing critical care nurse practitioner and nursing educator with over 39 years of experience and counting. How long have you been in nursing, and what are some of your roles during that time? But we have to invest in our nurses.

Nurse Shortage

Scrubs

MAY 5, 2023

She has also been a tireless champion for increasing diversity in nursing education. She currently serves as the Chief Diversity & Inclusion Officer at Saint Louis University School of Nursing and is a member of the American Academy of Nursing’s Expert Panel on Cultural Competence and Health Equity.

Patient Advocacy

American Nurse

SEPTEMBER 13, 2024

For New Mexico, this means more educational opportunities for aspiring nurses and enhancing the quality of nursing education by supplementing facility salary. Improving Care and Access to Nurses (ICAN) Act (S.

Long Term Care

Capitol Beat

DECEMBER 6, 2022

Recently, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued a Request for Information (RFI) entitled Make Your Voice Heard: Promoting Efficiency and Equity Within CMS Programs. These recommendations also support ANA’s legislative advocacy as we encourage lawmakers to support H.R.

APRN

Capitol Beat

APRIL 4, 2022

Title VIII Nursing Workforce Development Programs received $294.972 million for FY 2023. million increase is across three Title VIII programs including: $25 million increase to Advance Nursing Education to grow and diversify maternal and perinatal health workforce. $2 A few specific areas of interest include: $5.85

Medicaid

Capitol Beat

MARCH 15, 2022

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

Medicare

Scrubs

APRIL 20, 2023

Before you can make your private practice dreams come true, you need to become a nurse practitioner, which requires you to complete a master’s-level nurse practitioner program. Nurse practitioner degrees advance the knowledge and skill you have gained during your nurse education and experience.

Nurse Practitioner

American Nurse

JANUARY 2, 2024

GFH identified HAPI reduction as a priority because PIs staged at 2 or greater serve as nurse-sensitive indicators that affect a patient’s pain and suffering and outcomes and also impact payment for care. The existing HAPI prevention education included lengthy modules assigned to each nurse. worldwide. • Adv Skin Wound Care.

Education

The Nursing Site

MARCH 18, 2024

The hospital, Vanderbilt University Hospital, neglected to report the Sentinel Event (death) to Medicare and consequently filed no Plan of Correction which led to a renewed focus on the event as possible Medicare fraud. Protocols were ignored.

Medicare

The Nursing Site

OCTOBER 25, 2023

Nurses must follow the protocols to legal and ethical guidelines in their jurisdiction, which may prohibit any form of active euthanasia or assisted suicide. Editor’s Notes: Please note that Medicare has specific rules regarding this subject and state laws can vary and may be updated frequently as this issue evolves.

Resume

Capitol Beat

APRIL 16, 2024

Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) from finalizing its proposed long-term care safe staffing regulation. ANA sent a letter to House Leadership expressing its concerns about the bill’s adverse impact on the nursing workforce and the importance of ensuring safe staffing in long-term care facilities.

Long Term Care

Amercan Journal of Nursing

OCTOBER 19, 2023

Jasmine Travers The pandemic shone a troubling spotlight on the unnecessary suffering resulting from substandard conditions in nursing homes. On Sep 6, 2023, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) published a proposed rule for their widely anticipated minimum staffing requirements for long-term care facilities.

Long Term Care

American Nurse

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

Takeaways: The 1990 Federal Patient Self Determination Act requires that Medicare- and Medicaid-funded healthcare organizations follow state laws related to advance directives. The act requires that Medicare- and Medicaid-funded healthcare organizations, such as hospitals and nursing homes, follow state laws related to advance directives.

Self-Care

American Nurse

JUNE 13, 2024

These were: Individual determinants Education Experience Nurses’ value Impact of role models Factors influencing individual determinants were age, gender, religion, satisfaction with the nursing major, personal values, and use of coping strategies. The essentials: Core competencies for professional nursing education.

Health Outcomes

Capitol Beat

DECEMBER 22, 2022

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. Nursing also received nearly $5 million for Nurse Education, Practice, Quality and Retention efforts to address the RN shortage.

Medicaid

Capitol Beat

FEBRUARY 28, 2025

Ensuring a robust nursing workforce requires new, well-trained nurses. We urge Congress to invest in nursing education to ensure that a new generation of nurses are ready to work in the changing health care landscape.

APRN

American Nurse

OCTOBER 2, 2023

In terms of regulation and reimbursement , regulators and payors, such as the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, still penalize acute care facilities for hospital-acquired pressure injuries. We must advocate for policies consistent with evidence-based care as well as adequate reimbursements and coding.

Long Term Care

Registered Nursing

APRIL 24, 2025

Federal Exclusion Lists: Confirms the applicant is not excluded from Medicare/Medicaid participation ( OIG LEIE ). License and Certification Verification: Ensures the applicant holds valid, board-approved credentials. Abuse Registry Check: Searches databases for records of elder or patient abuse or neglect.

Licensing

American Nurse

JUNE 7, 2023

More recent history The social reforms of the Great Society in the 1960s aimed to address racial, urban, and rural inequities through increased spending in education, transportation, and medical care. x American Association of Colleges of Nursing. The Essentials: Core Competencies for Professional Nursing Education; 2008.

Medicare

American Nurse

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

The association continues to engage with the Biden-Harris administration and key federal agencies on nursing priorities, including promoting and protecting the nursing workforce, removing practice barriers for advanced practice RNs (APRNs), and achieving payment parity for nurses.

APRN

American Nurse

DECEMBER 8, 2023

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services doesn’t reimburse costs associated with healthcare-associated CAUTI, so prevention has financial implications. Nurses contribute significantly to the evidence-based care of patients with UTI and in prevention efforts.

Best Practices

Minority Nurse

MAY 14, 2024

On these committees, nurses would serve so a legislative body is not dictating it. I think that this is an appropriate approach coupled with compelling Medicare participating facilities to set staffing levels and monitor outcomes. And that is going to be a barrier, I believe, to our profession being able to grow.

Medicaid