HRSA Unveils New Funding to Build Health Workforce

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In response to the escalating demand for skilled healthcare professionals in the context of home health care, the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), a division of the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), recently unveiled a new initiative, with funding exceeding $100 million, to fortify and augment the existing nursing workforce. This move by […]

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HRSA Unveils New Funding to Build Health Workforce

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In response to the escalating demand for skilled healthcare professionals in the context of home health care, the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), a division of the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), recently unveiled a new initiative, with funding exceeding $100 million, to fortify and augment the existing nursing workforce. This strategic […]

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Legislation to Address Nursing Shortage Introduced in Congress

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Legislation has been introduced in the US Senate and House of Representatives seeking to help alleviate the nursing shortage. Led by Senators Jeff Merkley (D-OR) and Tom Tillis (R-NC) and Representatives Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-DE) and Young Kim (R-CA), the National Nursing Workforce Center Act (S. 1150/H.R. 2411) aims to address the nursing shortage by […]

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Celebrate America’s Heroes During National Nurses Week 2022

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It is National Nurses Week from May 6-12 and as you probably know, all of us at the National Association for Home Care & Hospice (NAHC) love nurses. We have nurses working here at NAHC HQ (Executive VP Andrea Devoti and Vice President for Regulatory Affairs Mary Carr) and nurses have been central to our […]

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Honoring Health Care Pioneers During Black History Month: Mary Eliza Mahoney

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During Black History Month, NAHC Report will be profiling various African-Americans who have made great contributions to American health care. Mary Eliza Mahoney was born in Boston in 1845 to two freed slaves originally from North Carolina. Though the exact date of her birth is unknown, Ms. Mahoney would spend much of the rest of […]

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Honoring Health Care Pioneers During Black History Month: Mary Eliza Mahoney

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During Black History Month, NAHC Report will be profiling various African-Americans who have made great contributions to American health care. Mary Eliza Mahoney was born in Boston in 1845 to two freed slaves originally from North Carolina. Though the exact date of her birth is unknown, Ms. Mahoney would spend much of the rest of […]

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Honoring Health Care Pioneers During Black History Month: Adah Belle Samuel Thoms

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During Black History Month, NAHC Report will be profiling various African-Americans who have made great contributions to American health care. Born in 1870 in Virginia, Adah Belle Samuel Thoms moved to New York City in the 1890s to study speech and elocution before studying nursing at the Women’s Infirmary and School of Therapeutic Massage. In […]

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Honoring Health Care Pioneers During Black History Month: Mary Eliza Mahoney

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During Black History Month, NAHC Report will be profiling various African-Americans who have made great contributions to American health care. Mary Eliza Mahoney was born in Boston in 1845 to two freed slaves originally from North Carolina. Though the exact date of her birth is unknown, Ms. Mahoney would spend much of the rest of […]

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Help for Hospice and Home Care Nurses

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The American Nurses Foundation is providing direct financial assistance to nurses through Nurses House, Inc., a nurse-managed, non-profit organization dedicated to helping registered nurses in need.  Nurses who are unable to work due to COVID-19 infection, are caring for a family member with the virus, or are under mandatory quarantine, can submit an application for a $1,000 assistance grant […]

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COVID-19 or Not, Caring Is What We Were Meant to Do

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By Terry Ritter Terry Ritter is the Nurse Manager at Mount Evans Home Health Care & Hospice. Mount Evans provides individuals and their families in the mountain communities of Jefferson, Park, Clear Creek and Gilpin counties with compassion, comfort, healing, courage and hope during challenging times. At Mount Evans, we have 18 amazing nurses. They […]

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Some States to Face Severe Nursing Shortages by 2030

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It is National Nurses Week and nobody is more aware of how important nurses are to America’s health and well being than us, the National Association for Home Care & Hospice. Nurses are at the very heart of the movement to return health care to the home and we honor them every chance we get. […]

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It’s National Nurses Week – Time to Celebrate and Reward our Favorite People

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If you’re familiar with the National Association for Home Care & Hospice (NAHC), you probably know of our affection for America’s foremost caregivers – nurses. Nobody works harder than nurses and nobody makes more of a difference in people’s lives than nurses. National Nurses Week began on May 6 and ends on May 12, the […]

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