Nursing Community

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Endorsements

• The Improving Social Determinants of Health Act of 2021
• Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA)
• Decision Making in Advanced Heart Failure
• Endorsement of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and Institute of Medicine Report on the Future of Nursing
• National Nurse Nurse Act of 2015

In Support Of

• Welcome Letter Assistant Secretary for Health at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
• Welcome Letter Vice Admiral Vivek H. Murthy, MD, MBA
• Workplace Violence Prevention for Health Care and Social Service Workers Act
• Welcome Letter VA Secretary McDonough
• Continue COVID -19 Priorities
• Increased Investments in Nursing Education, Workforce, and Research
• Coalition Commits to Working with Biden-Harris Administration
• NCC Welcomes the 117th Congress - Senate
• NCC Welcomes the 117th Congress - Representative
• NCC is ready to collaborate and serve as a resource to the Biden Administration
• COVID Priorities
• 2021 Funding Priorities 
• Future Advancement of Academic Nursing (FAAN) Act
• Letter to HR US Cadet Nurse Corps Service Recognition Act
• Letter to Senate US Cadet Nurse Corps Service Recognition Act
• Welcome Dr. Zenk as the Director of NIH’s National Institute of Nursing Research (NINR)
• Title VIII Nursing Workforce Reauthorization
• Opioid Legislation
• Medicare Home Infusion Site of Care Act
• CMS final decision member - Cardiac Rehabilitation (CR) Programs - Expanded Coverage for Chronic Heart Failure Patients
• CY15 physician fee schedule (PFS) proposed rule
• The Nursing Community Stands United for Swift and Coordinated Action to Protect the Public and Health Providers against the Ebola Virus Disease
• Support for House Bill 5380 
• Home Health Care Planning Improvement Act

Position Statements

• American Association of Heart Failure Nurses Position Paper on the Hospital Readmissions Reduction Program (HRRP)
• American Association of Heart Failure Nurses Position Paper in Response to ANA and HPNA Call to Action: Nurse Lead and Transform Palliative Care
• American Association of Heart Failure Nurses Position Paper on the Certified Heart Failure Nurse (CHFN) Certification
• HFSA and AAHFN joint position statement: Advocating for a full scope of nursing practice and leadership in heart failure
• American Association of Heart Failure Nurses Position Paper on Educating Patients with Heart Failure