Nurses are trusted experts in health care and understand how laws impact patients. As such, nurses have the potential to profoundly influence...
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If you are a current licensed CNS, on July 1st, 2023, your license will change denoting you as a APRN. The classification as a CNS can be found on...
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Home - Virginia Department of Health Virginia Board of Nursing Subject: IMPORTANT MESSAGE from Jay Douglas, Executive Director of the Virginia...
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https://lis.virginia.gov/ This link will take you to the Virginia Legislative Information System. Legislative Information System > 2023 Session...
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Just an update to highlight some of the interesting bills going forward in the session. Though these bills are not directly related to us as CNSs,...
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Our bill, SB 975, will change the nomenclature that refers to all APRNs as nurse practitioners to Advanced Practice Registered Nurses (APRN). All...
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This year's bill that would remove the joint Board's authority to regulate APRNs, SB 1105, was "passed by indefinitely" (PBI) in the Senate...
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Workforce Issues Lobby Day with VHHA Wednesday, January 18 at 8 AM | Capitol Square, Richmond, VA The Virginia Nurses Association (VNA), in...
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The Virginia Nurses Association has a bill list that is updated as bills are introduced, filed and referred. To keep up with updates of bills you...
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Drafts of bills addressing joint board reporting and CNS titling are available for review under the CNS Legislation tab or by clicking this link:...
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