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Nursing & Healthcare NewsFarewell to Rep. Eddie Bernice JohnsonLooking back at the groundbreaking career of the first RN in CongressOn Jan. 3, 2023, Rep. Eddie Bernice Johnson, RN, BSN, MPA (D-Texas-30), the first registered nurse elected to the House of Representatives, retired after 15 consecutive terms in Congress. Nursing in a Segregated Era Born in Waco, Texas, Johnson’s path...
Nursing & Healthcare NewsQ&A with Jennifer Mensik KennedyThe new ANA president on the nursing workforce, telehealth, and health equityOn January 1, Jennifer Mensik Kennedy, RN, Ph.D., MBA, NEA-BC, FAAN, began her two-year tenure as president of the American Nurses Association. Working Nurse asked Kennedy for her thoughts on three current issues facing nursing. Q: COVID-19 has...
Nursing & Healthcare NewsMaternal Mortality and RaceS.B. 464 takes aim at implicit biasTackling what she calls a “profound injustice,” State Senator Holly J. Mitchell (D-30) has introduced S.B. 464, the California Dignity in Pregnancy and Childbirth Act, which is intended to address persistent racial and ethnic disparities in...

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