Nursing provisions remain in Build Back Better Act
In a Nov. 19 statement, the Nursing Community Coalition (NCC) the House for including several nursing priorities in the Build Back Better Act ( ). The bill includes several provisions supporting nursing education; investments in the Nurse Corps, which offers scholarships and loan repayment to RNs and APRNs who work in underserved areas; and major segments of the Momnibus Act, which aims to improve maternal health outcomes. The bill also includes funding for public health, mental health and pandemic preparedness initiatives. ÍÃ×ÓÏÈÉúis one of 63 national nursing organizations that make up the NCC. AONL’s parent organization, ÍÃ×ÓÏÈÉú, also issued a praising many of the same provisions.