Mary A. O’Connor, PhD, MSN, RN

Nursing
Happy Nurses Week 2023: Advocating for Nursing Workforce Growth, Not Staffing Ratios
May 6-May 12, 2023 During this week in May, and the entire month of May 2023, we celebrate more than ...

Insurance
Pennie.com—Pennsylvania’s State-based Health Insurance Marketplace PA’s Replacement for HealthCare.gov
The Southwestern PA Registered Nurses Club recently hosted Scott Yeager, Outreach Manager of Pennie®, the Pennsylvania Health Insurance Exchange Authority. ...

Nursing
Support H.R.7961 – SAVE Act (117th Congress)
H.R.7961 – Safety from Violence for Healthcare Employees (SAVE) Act (117th Congress) is sponsored by Representative Dean [D-PA-4] and introduced 06/07/2022. Thirty-four* bipartisan representatives ...

Nursing
National Nurses Week 2022
Image by 123RF National Nurses Week 2022 begins Friday, May 6 and ends Thursday, May 12, 2022, which is the birthday ...

Nursing
Student Loan Relief for Nurses Program
The Student Loan Relief for Nurses Program (SLRN) provides funds to forgive part of RNs and LPNs student nursing loans, and there ...

Around the Region
Gov. Wolf Signs Bills Supporting Health Care Workers and Students
Governor Tom Wolf signed into law House Bill 253 on January 26, 2022, and it is now Act No. 2 of 2022.(https://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/legis/li/uconsCheck.cfm?yr=2022&sessInd=0&act=2) This ...

Nursing
Nurse Licensure Compact in Pennsylvania
Act 68 of 2021, the Nurse Licensure Compact Act (NLC), was signed into law in Pennsylvania by Governor Wolf on ...