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The Health Resources and Services Administration published a nursing workforce dashboard.
In an Oct. 25 bipartisan letter, Rep. Lauren Underwood, D-Ill., and 12 congressional colleagues urged Department of Veterans Affairs Secretary Denis McDonough to grant full practice authority permanently to certified registered nurse anesthetists across Veterans Health Administration facilities.
The Nursing Community Coalition sent a letter last week to House Nursing Congress Co-Chairs, Reps. Lucille Roybal-Allard, D-Calif., and David Joyce, R-Ohio, to thank them for introducing the Improving Care and Access to Nurses (ICAN) Act (H.R. 8812).
The AONL Foundation for Nursing Leadership Research and Education issued a call for research proposals to explore questions pertaining to leadership equity and equitable health care.
The AONL Foundation for Nursing Leadership Research and Education seeks to raise at least $100,000 before Dec. 31 for its financial aid program and general fund.
A study concluded long-term care aides must have more support, including adequate staffing levels and resources, pandemic preparedness and mental health assistance.
The Department of Health and Human Services will launch a national advertising campaign and tour to encourage families to get the updated Pfizer or Moderna COVID-19 vaccine booster.
The declining federal funding for COVID-19 “risks a backslide in pandemic protection, with disproportionate effects on the most vulnerable Americans,” states a commentary in the American Journal of Infection Control.
Maternal deaths rates increased and disparities persisted during the pandemic, according to a Government Accountability Office report analyzing data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
The Joint Commission created a Health Care Equity Accreditation Standards & Resource Center to help organizations meet its health care equity standards, which go into effect in January 2023.