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Worker shortages early in the COVID-19 pandemic led some states to temporarily waive licensing requirements, and many brought in traveling nurses as supply and demand ebbed and flowed among regional hotspots.
Now, as state emergency declarations begin to expire, legislators are looking for ways to maintain access to the nation s supply of nurses again and avoid scrambling through future emergencies.
A number of bipartisan bills moving through state legislatures could add more states to the Nurse Licensure Compact a multistate agreement that allows nurses to have one license but the ability to practice in other participating states without having to pay for and obtain another license.
Careers in nursing fill a growing need in the U.S. There are several options beyond a RN if you are considering a nursing career. Stock Photo
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The Florence Nightingale Museum in London has a voice recording of the founder of modern nursing, captured on July 30, 1890, by the Edison Co. As a nurse, it s a thrill for me to hear Florence: When I am no longer even a memory, just a name, I hope my voice may perpetuate the great work of my life.
You can hear her at www.florence-nightingale.co.uk
As a nurse during the Crimean War, Florence faced unimaginable hardships. Today s nurses are up against 21st century hardships, including COVID-19 and unrelenting staffing shortages. May is the month when nurses everywhere are recognized for their contributions. In fact, the American Nurses Association has joined the World Health Organization in declaring 2020-2021 the Year of the Nurse.
Q&A: Representative Eileen Cody on the 2021 session Sydney Kurle | Apr 28, 2021
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Representative Eileen Cody was raised on her family’s farm in Iowa. After earning her associate’s and a Bachelor of Science degree in nursing, Cody began a 40 year career in nursing at Kaiser Permanente in Seattle. In addition to her work at Kaiser Permanente, Cody is a founding member of the District 1199 NW/SEIU Hospital and Health Care Employees Union. First appointed and subsequently elected to the House of Representatives in 1994, Cody has dedicated her legislative career to achieving affordable, quality health care for all residents of Washington State.
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by Devon Green, VAHHS Vice President of Government Relations In a dire situation that is growing in severity around the country, our hospital emergency departments are overwhelmed right now not with COVID patients but with children and adults in mental health crisis waiting days and weeks at a time to receive proper and complete treatment. The mental health of Vermonters is the next public health emergency. VAHHS hopes to work with the legislature and state agencies to bring to our current mental health crisis the resources, regulatory flexibility, workforce development and data collection efforts Vermont successfully deployed to take on COVID-19.
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