Hoping to set the tone for identifying ways to help strengthen the nursing profession, Senators Merkley (D-OR), Snowe (R-ME), Johanns (R-NB), and Mikulski (D-MD) recently announced plans to form the Senate Nursing Caucus. The new caucus will examine the role nurses play in delivering high-quality health care. Senators will review the issues surrounding the nursing shortage, tuition debt and patient safety. Nurses will be invited to share their ideas and concerns about their profession. Read more here.
This week, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius announced $250 million in new investments to increase the number of health care providers and strengthen the primary care workforce. This announcement reflects an increasing focus on workforce issues as part of health care reform implementation; the new investments were made possible by the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA).
The RWJF Initiative on the Future of Nursing at the IOM has released the workshop summary of the second, in a series of three forums. The December forum, held at the Community College of Philadelphia, continued the examination of the challenges facing the nursing profession: care in the community, community health, public health, primary care, and long-term care.
Recent health care reform legislation will greatly increase the availability of health insurance and broadly impact the delivery of health care in America. These fact sheets look specifically at how the legislation affects aspects of Medicare, Medicaid, health insurance and coverage, the health care delivery system, prevention, long term care options, and the primary care workforce. --- Source: AARP Public Policy Institute
The Forum on the Future of Nursing: Care in the Community, held December 3, 2009, at the Community College of Philadelphia (PA) was the second of three nationwide forums convened by the RWJF Initiative on the Future of Nursing, at the IOM.
Learn more and download a copy of the summary here.
The Forum on the Future of Nursing: Acute Care, held October 19, 2009 at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, CA was the first of three nationwide forums convened by the RWJF Initiative on the Future of Nursing, at the IOM.
Learn more and download a copy of the summary here.
