Both Political Parties Can Agree on Working to Solve the Looming Nurse Shortage

Without an effort from both sides of the aisle, America’s health system may be pushed past the breaking point.

from The Hill

The largest component of the healthcare workforce, nurses play an indispensable role in the provision of healthcare. But in the years to come, the demand for nursing services will dramatically outstrip the supply — all the more so because of the 20-plus million people who gained access to healthcare under the Affordable Care Act. In this new healthcare environment, the skills of nurses — and specifically, advanced practice nurses — will be especially valuable.

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Congress Defies Trump, Gives Big Raise to NIH Medical Research

Congress grants the National Institutes of Health a $2 billion raise.

from NBC News

The budget agreement, finalized in the wee hours of Monday morning, also defies Trump’s demand for cuts to NASA’s earth science program, which the administration had targeted as part of a wider promise to cut climate change research. And it provides $103 million to fight the opioid abuse epidemic — an area of rare bipartisan agreement that even Trump supports.

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Immigrant Nurses: Filling the Next U.S. Shortage

As the health care workforce ages, foreign nurses will step up once again.

from U.S. News & World Report

In many U.S. hospitals, nurses from other countries help keep emergency rooms and inpatient units running. From the AIDS epidemic of the 1980s and 1990s to currently understaffed hospitals, foreign nurses continue to ease shortages in parts of the nation. As the U.S. braces for a wave of aging patients, and an exodus of retiring nurses, foreign nurses are expected to be needed as much as ever.

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Opposition Grows to ‘Workplace Wellness’ Bill That Would Scale Back Genetic Privacy

The bill, approved by a House committee last week, would eliminate long-standing genetic privacy protections from workplace wellness programs.

from STAT

Opposition to a congressional bill that would explicitly remove genetic privacy protections from workplace wellness programs grew on Monday, with one of the country’s leading wellness associations calling the proposed changes “punitive.”

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