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TX
Transcript Highlights:
  • Eligible professionals also include school nurses, public school teachers, veterans, and peace officers
  • Senator Nichols is adding the nurses to the same program.
  • We've got nurses and social workers on the same thing. Jack, do you want to make a comment?
  • I represent the Texas Nurses Association, and we are for the bill.
  • We have a shortage of nurses here in.
LA

Louisiana 2026 Regular Session

House of Representatives Apr 27th, 2026

Louisiana House Floor Meeting

OK

Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

Health and Human Services Oversight REVISED: SB1304 - Added Apr 15th, 2026 at 03:00 pm

Health and Human Services Oversight

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  • But in the process, if you're talking to a nurse, you're talking to a social worker that's helping you
  • Senate Bill 1567 is clarifying language for the nurse practitioners bill for last year for the board
  • of nursing on implementation.
  • We happened to be fortunate enough to have a phenomenal nurse practitioner.
  • Nurse practitioners are awesome. Yes, they are.
OK
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  • Introduction of doctor and nurse of the day. Direction of previous day's journal. House. Senate.
  • Please recognize Representative Rosecrant to present the nurse of the day.
  • Representative Rosecrant, you are recognized to present the nurse of the day. Thank you, Mr.
  • Folks, today, our nurse of the day is somebody you've seen before.
  • She wants to attend Rogers State to study ER nursing.
OK
Transcript Highlights:
  • You recognized she was not the nurse of the day. For I recognized the nurse today.
  • , she was encouraged to become a nurse.
  • Healthcare is a registered nurse.
  • She has been a Staff nurse, nurse supervisor, clinical clinic administrator, educator, director of quality
  • improvement, peer review for medical staff, chief nurse, nursing officer, in and health service, clinical
OK

Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

Senate Legislative Session Feb 16th, 2026 at 01:30 pm

Oklahoma Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • Would you please recognize Senator Guthrie to introduce the nurse of the day.
  • Senator Guthrie, you are recognized to introduce the nurse of the day.
  • She has served in the Saint Francis healthcare system as an ICU registered nurse, community volunteer
  • , and Oklahoma Nurses Association board member who advocates for patients, nurses, and equitable access
NE

Nebraska 2025-2026 Regular Session

Legislative Morning Session Apr 7th, 2026

Nebraska Unicameral Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • "And so he has, at the beginning of the school year, I give his health care plan to the nurse.
  • And so he has, at the beginning of the school year, I give his health care plan to the nurse.
OK

Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

Senate Legislative Session Apr 13th, 2026 at 01:30 pm

Oklahoma Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • President, would you please recognize Senator Guthrie for the introduction of our nurse of the day.
  • Senator Guthrie, you are recognized for the introduction of the nurse of the day. Thank you, Mr.
  • Today, I am honored to recognize Kendra Stes as our nurse of the day.
  • Kendra has served as an ICU registered nurse at Hillcrest Hospital South for the past four years, completed
  • There'll be teachers and nurses and engineers and they'll be just as excellent in those fields and in
OK
Transcript Highlights:
  • business will be observed: a prayer, pledge of allegiance, introduction, introduction to doctor and nurse
  • Pleased to announce the Nurse of the Day, Angie Almmermeyer. She is an RN and a DNP.
  • After 40 years, she continues to support nurses in Oklahoma. She is enjoying the next chapter.
  • Her support of Oklahoma nurses is greatly appreciated.
FL

Florida 2025 Regular Session

February 19, 2025 - 09:30 AM

Transcript Highlights:
  • licensed nurses.
  • Practical Nursing, and pre-licensure RN, registered nursing.
  • nurse, and PN, practical nursing program.
  • nurse, and PN, practical nursing program.
  • These nurses.
Summary: The subcommittee met to examine Florida’s nursing education pipeline and the state’s persistently low NCLEX passage rates. Chair Tuck opened by noting the projected nurse shortage and Florida’s ranking near the bottom nationally for first-time NCLEX pass rates. The Department of Health explained the Board of Nursing’s approval process for nursing programs, including application requirements, probation standards, and termination for programs that repeatedly fail passage-rate benchmarks. The Florida Center for Nursing then presented statewide data showing Florida has more test takers than most states, but still trails the national average; the gap has narrowed in recent years, though Florida remains below average. Members focused heavily on why the state continues to underperform, with discussion of faculty shortages, clinical placement constraints, accreditation, student preparedness, and the large share of newer private for-profit programs among those placed on probation. Committee members asked about how probation works, what happens when programs improve, and whether the board requires corrective plans. They also questioned the relationship between program type and outcomes, the effect of Operation Nightingale, and how many students fail and retest. The Florida Center for Nursing said first-attempt pass rates are the standard measure and that students who fail are expected to remediate and retest, though costs vary. The center also said Florida’s data shows accredited programs outperform approved or probationary ones, and that the state’s nursing workforce challenges are tied to broader issues such as faculty vacancies, clinical site competition, and student demographics, including many students balancing work, family, and language barriers. A panel of nursing school leaders from public, private nonprofit, and private for-profit institutions then described strategies used to improve outcomes. These included transparent recruitment, early orientation, tutoring, success coaching, stronger faculty development, curriculum mapping to NCLEX standards, higher course benchmarks, mandatory remediation, simulation labs, and commercial NCLEX prep tools such as ATI, Kaplan, and HESI. Several panelists said their programs had improved after probation or had very high passage rates, and they emphasized that student success depends on academic preparation, clinical experience, and support services. Members also asked about tuition, program length, translation into other languages, and faculty recruitment; panelists said costs vary widely, faculty hiring is difficult because hospitals pay more, and some schools are considering medical Spanish and immersion options rather than full curriculum translation.
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

Nurse Licensure Compact discussion 2/18/26

Minnesota House Floor Meeting

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  • First as an employee health nurse and now as a nurse leader.
  • First as an employee health nurse and now as a nurse leader.
  • >> Um, go ahead. nurse. Um, in if if an outofstate nurse.
  • <00:34:48.159> practice<00:34:48.720> and nursing as a nursing practice and nursing
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Summary: The committee took up House File 1925, which would have Minnesota join the nurse licensure compact. Rep. Schumacher described the bill as a way to improve workforce flexibility, telehealth, care coordination, and border-community access, while maintaining safeguards such as the same licensure exam and federal background checks. He also said the compact could help retain Minnesota-trained nurses who currently leave for neighboring compact states. Several members questioned whether the compact would weaken Minnesota’s standards or actually solve staffing problems, and some raised concerns about outside states’ differing practice rules and continuing education requirements. Supporters, including a nurse leader, a travel nurse, a business group representative, and a hospital nursing leader, testified that the compact would ease staffing shortages, speed hiring, support telehealth, and reduce administrative burdens. Opponents, including nurses and union representatives, argued it could lower standards, not address root causes like unsafe staffing and turnover, and could create risks for patients seeking reproductive or gender-affirming care. The committee also considered two related amendments tied to rural health transformation recommendations. The A1 amendment would have required two hours of continuing education on nutrition for physicians, physician assistants, and advanced practice registered nurses; members criticized it as government overreach, unrelated to many specialties, and an attempt to chase uncertain federal funding. The amendment failed on a voice vote. The A2 amendment would have reinstated the presidential fitness test in schools and allowed parents to opt out; it also failed. A3, which updated the compact bill’s effective date language from 2025 to 2026, was adopted. Members noted the bill also contained an appropriation and might need referral to other committees if it advanced. The committee then began hearing public testimony on HF 1925, with witnesses split between support and opposition.
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

Committee on Labor - Part 1 - 03/27/25

Labor

Transcript Highlights:
  • And if we are not able to identify additional nursing support, then nursing leaders, charge nurses, supervisors
  • And if we are not able to identify additional nursing support, then nursing leaders, charge nurses, supervisors
  • , number of new nurses, number of new nurses, 5,272<00:37:44.800> new<00:37:45.040> nurses
  • I was raised by a nurse. My mom was a nurse her whole career in Duluth also.
  • My mom um was a nurse um her nurse.
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