HB 1737 will be heard on the House floor on Thursday, January 28. The session will begin at 4 p.m. To access, click the button below. By default, the system will take you to the Archives. Select “Now Playing” and look for the “Virtual Floor Session.”
Quick THANK YOU to ALL of you who have contacted your legislators. We have sent nearly a dozen blasts, and they will continue. Each time we contact you for help, it’s in response to specific committee discussions. Your legislative contacts are answering legislator questions and educating them every step of the way to move our…
HB 1737 UPDATE HB 1737 will be heard in full committee on Tuesday, January 26. Today the Health Professions Subcommittee of the House Health, Welfare and Institutions Committee heard Delegate Dawn Adams’ legislation, which would permanently reduce the clinical experience needed for autonomous practice from five years to two years. Speaking in favor of the…
Delegate Dawn Adams provided an Op Ed piece in the Richmond Times Dispatch titled, “Dawn M. Adams column: It’s time for Virginia to enter the current century: Modernize nursing” published January 17, 2021.
VNA will host their 2021 Lobby Days next week! What’s a Lobby Day?It’s a day to advocate for nurses and the nursing profession! We will meet with legislators to talk about 2021 legislation and issues including full practice authority for APRNs and much more. What if I’ve never met with a legislator before?Don’t worry! We…
VCNP President, Becky Compton, provided an Op Ed piece in the The Roanoke Times titled, “Compton: Make nurse practitioners permanent solution to health care access in Virginia” published January 14, 2021.
The events that took place last week in our Nation’s Capital bring to mind the words of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. – “Darkness cannot drive out darkness, only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate, only love can do that.” VCNP condemns the violence that took place in Washington, D.C. and reaffirms…
