HealthLeaders Media December 5, 2022
Nurse leaders are also pushing to extend the relaxed care access policies issued during the COVID-19 PHE through at least 2024.
KEY TAKEAWAYS
– The Workplace Violence Prevention for Health Care and Social Service Workers Act would require OSHA to develop standards for healthcare employer accountability.
– The Improving Access and Care to Nurses Act which would permanently remove access barriers to APRNs under Medicare and Medicaid.
– The Future Advancement of Academic Nursing Act would fund nurse education programs and increase the nurse faculty.
– The Improving Access to Workers’ Compensation for Injured Federal Workers Act would amend the Federal Employees’ Compensation Act to authorize NPs to certify disabilities for injured federal workers.
The American Nurses Association has launched...