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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...
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...

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Nursing & Healthcare NewsMeet Tyler McCulloch of the California ENAThe organization claims big legislative wins, with more in the worksThe 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,...
NLN president and CEO Beverly Malone sitting at desk.Nursing & Healthcare NewsMeet Beverly Malone of the NLNTalking with the president and CEO of the National League for NursingNational League for Nursing Originally founded back in 1893, the National League for Nursing (NLN) was the nation’s first nursing association. Its mission is to promote excellence in...
ICN president Pam Cipriano with grey hair and wearing a brown jacket and large silver medallionNursing & Healthcare NewsTalking With Pamela Cipriano of the ICNInternational Council of Nurses president warns of global USAID crisisWe talked to Pamela Cipriano, RN, Ph.D., NEA-BC, FAAN, president of the International Council of Nursing, about one of the biggest challenges now facing global nursing: the recent, sudden...
Chris Tarver, president o the ANA\C at their Sacramento officeNursing & Healthcare NewsMeet Chris Tarver of the ANA\CTalking with the president of the California affiliate of the American Nurses AssociationAnother in our series spotlighting influential nursing organizations. The Voice for California Nurses Founded in 1996, the American Nurses Association\California (ANA\C) is our state’s...
Kimberly Long, ACNL CEO wearing a red jacket standing at a podium in front of purple drapes.Nursing & Healthcare NewsMeet Kimberly Long of the ACNLTalking with the CEO of the Association of California Nurse LeadersWith this issue we’re launching a new Working Nurse series spotlighting influential nursing organizations. About the ACNL Founded in 1978, the Association of California Nurse Leaders...