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AONL is seeking first-hand stories from nurse leaders, including those in advanced practice leadership roles, about how the financial challenges of pursuing post-baccalaureate nursing education impacts your ability to recruit and retain nurses in hospitals amid the ongoing nursing shortage. Additionally, we also seek perspectives on how this change could have potentially impacted your ability to complete advanced nursing education. Your insights will help us advocate for policies that strengthen the nursing workforce and ensure access to advanced education. Consider these questions: • How have tuition and loan costs affected your ability to support nurses pursuing advanced education? • What challenges do you face when recruiting nurses for hospital roles that require advanced preparation or leadership skills?  • How do these financial barriers impact patient care and workforce sustainability? 

Reps. Madeleine Dean, D-Pa., and Mariannette Miller-Meeks, R-Iowa, along with Senators Cindy Hyde-Smith, R-Miss., and Angus King, I-Maine, introduced the Save Healthcare Workers Act. This bipartisan legislation would make it a federal crime to assault or threaten a hospital worker and to interfere with their ability to do their job.***Please personalize the beginning of each letter with the name of your hospital.***As a nurse leader, you have witnessed increasing threats of violence and intimidation against health care workers. No health care worker should fear for their safety while caring for patients. Protecting our caregivers must be a national priority. This bipartisan bill would be a significant step toward achieving that goal.Can we count on your support to pass this essential legislation for hospital workers through Congress? Please contact your federal lawmakers TODAY and ask them to support this act.