March 21, 2025 American Nurses Association (ANA) Praises Unparalleled Support for the Improving Care and Access to Nurses (ICAN) Act The ANA recognized the “overwhelming support for the ICAN Act (S. 575/H.R. 1317), with endorsements from 263 organizations, including all 51 constituent/state nursing associations (C/SNAs) and 29 organizational affiliates (OAs). This milestone reflects a record level of backing for the legislation, […]

Legislative Update Legislative Update Week #1 Start of Session. This is an update from AANP, with whom the Florida Nurse Practitioner Network met recently while attending the AANP Health Policy Conference in Washington, DC. We are working collaboratively and staying on top of any new developments and will pass that on to our members. Barrier Reduction Bills: Expanding Psychiatric NP […]

Call to Action!!   SB 172 Health Care Practitioner Specialty Titles and Designations   https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/172 GENERAL BILL by Burton  Health Care Practitioner Specialty Titles and Designations; Prohibiting the use of specified titles and designations by health care practitioners not licensed as physicians or osteopathic physicians, as applicable, with an exception; specifying the manner in which health care practitioners may represent their specialty […]

GENERAL BILL by Simon SB 718: Autonomous Practice by Certain Psychiatric Nurses has been filed in the Florida Senate. If passed the legislation would authorize certain advanced practice registered nurses who are psychiatric nurses to engage in the autonomous practice of specified acts and in mental health practice, as defined by rule of the Board of Nursing. To date the bill has […]

SB 566 Patient Directed Medical Orders (filed by Rodriguez) and a companion bill HB 353 (Plascencia) have been filed in the Florida House and Senate. The bills would allow Autonomous Advanced Practice Registered Nurses to sign Advanced Directives such as Do Not Resuscitate orders. HB 353 has been referred to Health Professions & Programs Subcommittee in the House. The Health […]

Florida Senator Gayle Harrell has filed SB 526 Nursing Education Programs that would revise nursing education standards to include changes to admission criteria for students, evaluation standards and program licensing standards.The bill includes requirements for student admission criteria that must, at a minimum, identify those students who are likely to need additional educational support to be successful program graduates. The […]

Help us Pass Protection from Surgical Smoke Legislation this SessionSB 152 – Protection from Surgical Smoke will be discussed during the Senate Health Policy Committee Meeting on Tuesday February 18 at 1:45 p.m. ET. As part of FNA’s 2025 Legislative Agenda, we are fully committed to supporting the passage of this important legislation.How You Can Get Involved to Help Move This Bill Forward:1. Attend Committee Meeting in […]

In the aftermath of the 2024 Presidential election, our nation finds itself entrenched in a dichotomy of celebration and despair. We have become a society characterized by two diametrically opposing realities, with little hope for convergence. Individuals whom we have long trusted and respected now disseminate what we perceive as false and misleading information are immovable to hear any opposing […]

Meet your colleagues in Nashville at the largest Nurse Practitioner Conference in the United States. Join the American Association of Nurse Practitioners® (AANP) at the Music City Center in Nashville, Tennessee, for the largest nurse practitioner (NP) event of the year! Attend for a week filled with continuing education (CE), exclusive keynote speakers, legislative and policy updates, hands-on workshops, lively exhibitors […]

The Largest Nursing Conference in the United States Will Be Held In Atlanta Georgia on October 8th through 10th of 2025. The annual conference is coming together of over 10,000 nurses from over 20 countries to share best practices, demonstrate emerging innovative technologies and find cohesion on national and global health policy. The conference will have over 150 concurrent sessions, […]