Becker's Healthcare May 12, 2023
By Mariah Taylor

With the public health emergency ended, the American Nurses Association is urging the Biden Administration and Congress to keep some legislation and healthcare resources in place.

“While it was never meant to be permanent, the PHE, and its associated waivers, have increased access to high-quality, affordable care across the country to those who needed care the most—our loved ones, friends and neighbors,” ANA President Jennifer Mensik Kennedy, PhD, RN, said in a May 11 association news release. “For the nursing profession, it allowed advanced practice registered nurses to practice at the fullest extent of their education and clinical training to provide urgent care and treatment to patients and communities. And we have heard from those nurses, who have told us...

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Topics: Congress / White House, Govt Agencies, Healthcare System, Nursing, Patient / Consumer, Provider, Public Health / COVID
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