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Nursing Times has compiled the following timeline to highlight key events affecting nurses and midwives in the NHS over the last 75 years of its history .

More than 235 organizations, including the American Association of Nurse Practitioners and the American Nurses Association, expressed support for the ICAN Act in a June letter to Congress.

Rural hospitals are facing closure nationwide, but leaders propose strategies to save healthcare access, such as virtual services, CMS payment reform, workforce

The end of the COVID-19 public health emergency will change several things, including the providers and care from them that individuals may receive according to the American Association of Nurse Anesthesiology.

Nursing associations are urging lawmakers to pass the ICAN Act, which would allow nurse practitioners, physician assistants and other APRNs to provide certain services under Medicare and Medicaid.

The Improving Care and Access to Nurses Act aims to expand the range of practice for nurse practitioners and physician assistants. It was just reintroduced to Congress in April 2023.

/PRNewswire/ -- The Improving Care and Access to Nurses (ICAN) Act (HR 2713) was reintroduced by U.S. Representatives Dave Joyce (R-OH), Suzanne Bonamici...

U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio) has secured passage for new legislation that will address nursing shortage across the country.

Physician Groups Voice Strong Opposition to Proposed Expanded Scope of Practice for Non-Physician Practitioners - The American Medical Association and over 80 other...

Although the California nurse practitioner held a doctor of nursing practice degree, she violated the state’s patient protection law restricting who may call themselves "doctor."