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Cropped shot of a young female nurse and her senior patient looking at a tablet in the old age homeNursing & Healthcare NewsAre Nurses Now Tech Support?Patient education includes navigating and troubleshooting digital technology In an increasingly automated healthcare system, patients often look to nurses to explain what it all means. Digital Educators Healthcare is becoming more and more digital. Patients now...
Room at Hospital of Emotions art installationNursing & Healthcare NewsHospital of EmotionsAn exuberant art installation at the former St. Vincent’sIn a hospital room, a tree log lies like a torso on a bed, hooked up to dozens of multicolored IV bags. In another, quilted arms in shades of orange and pink cover the walls and reach down...
ANA California CEO Marketa Houskova in Washington, D.C.Nursing & Healthcare NewsAmerican Nurses Association Hill Day 2026Q&A with ANA California CEO Marketa Houskova, RN, DNP, MAIATell us about Hill Day and briefly describe your experience attending this year. Hill Day is an annual lobby day hosted by the ANA in Washington, D.C. It’s an unmatched opportunity for...
Pysch nurse and elderly patientsNursing & Healthcare NewsNew Staffing Ratios for Psychiatric HospitalsNurses applaud CDPH for “doing the right thing”Closing a Gap More than 20 years ago, California became the first state in the nation to mandate minimum nurse-to-patient staffing levels. However, the California Department of Public Health...
Nurse in blue scrubs talking to a patientNursing & Healthcare NewsAre California Staffing Laws Working?Ratios remain the gold standard, but the reality may be more complicatedTwo decades after the passage of California’s revolutionary nurse-patient ratio laws, new penalties and persistent nursing shortages raise fresh questions. California nurses have...

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ANA president Jennifer Mensik Kennedy at podium giving keynote at ACNL conferenceNursing & Healthcare NewsANA President Speaks Out on Advocacy and AIHighlights from Mensik Kennedy's keynote address at the ACNL conferenceAt the 2026 ACNL annual conference in February, ANA President Jennifer Mensik Kennedy challenged nurses to claim their power in political advocacy, leadership, and shaping the rapidly...
Nursing school faculty nurse in a white coat pointing to a plastic skeletonNursing & Healthcare NewsNursing No Longer “Professional”?Department of Education plans to limit graduate student loans for nursesUnder the Trump administration’s “One Big Beautiful Bill Act” (P.L. 119-21), the federal Department of Education has proposed new limits on federal student loans for graduate nursing...
Black and white of Calif Gov. Gavin Newsom in front of state flagNursing & Healthcare NewsWest Coast Health AllianceANA\C applauds western states’ challenge to federal antivaxx trendCalifornia, Oregon, Washington, and Hawaii have joined forces to issue their own evidence-based vaccination recommendations, with the support of state nursing associations. "Placing Lives at...
ANA President Jennifer Mensik Kennedy standing in front of the US Capitol.Nursing & Healthcare NewsANA’s Jennifer Mensik Kennedy Sounds the AlarmFederal budget cuts will be catastrophic for the healthcare systemJennifer S. Mensik Kennedy, RN, Ph.D., NEA-BC, FAAN, is the president of ANA, the nation’s largest nursing organization. She recently spoke with Working Nurse about H.R. 1, the “One Big...
Nursing & Healthcare NewsMeet Tyler McCulloch of the California ENAThe organization claims big wins, and what he thinks of "The Pitt"The president of the California Emergency Nurses Association says they are “at the table — with extra chairs and a binder full of talking points.” Building Community Founded in 1975,...