Nurse practitioners and midwives have been pushing to get the law changed in Missouri, but haven't made any progress. Now, one Columbia nurse is suing the state.
CNN News Central's Sara Sidner speaks with Jennifer Mensik Kennedy, President of the American Nurses Association, about the impact of the Trump administration excluding nursing from 'professional' degrees.
The Department of Education has excluded nursing as a 'professional degree' program as it sets about implementing various measures regarding student loans laid out in President Donald Trump's 'One Big Beautiful Bill.' The move has sparked significant uproar among nurses and nursing groups, with the American Nurses Association saying, as reported by Nursing World, that 'limiting nurses’ access to funding for graduate education threatens the very foundation of patient care.'
A new analysis of U.S. healthcare wages before and after the COVID-19 pandemic found modest narrowing of pay gaps across jobs, education, race, and gender. The study was published recently in Health Affairs. Researchers found that among nonphysicians healthcare workers, aides, and assistants saw the largest wage gains, with earnings rising 13.6% between 2015 and 2024. By comparison, registered nurses and technicians had smaller increases of 3.8% and 1.1%, respectively. Advanced practice providers, who earn higher average salaries, saw 8.3% wage growth over the same period.
Nurses at Maine's Houlton Regional Hospital will go on strike next week to protest the hospital’s failure to address staffing and patient care concerns. There are 55 nurses at HRH represented by the Maine State Nurses Association/National Nurses Organizing Committee. According to the union, the hospital's emergency department is facing short staffing. Nurses said the hallways are full of patients due to a lack of available inpatient beds and the severity of their conditions.
A Baltimore County woman has been sentenced for impersonating nurses and aggravated identity theft, the U.S Attorney's Office for the District of Maryland announced Thursday. Thomasina E. Amponsah, 51, was sentenced to 38 months in prison after making false statements linked to a healthcare matter and aggravated identity theft. From September 2019 through August 2023, Amponsah, who never owned a nursing license or credential, used stolen nursing licenses to secure employment as a registered nurse or a licensed practical nurse.