Family Nurse Practitioner Program Director 莎伦·r·西蒙, DNP, APRN, FNP-C2月，她在里士满参议院教育与卫生小组委员会作证，支持众议院1245号法案，该法案倡导弗吉尼亚护士从业人员（NPs）自主许可。

If the Senate does not pass this bill, Virginia’s NPs will return to a five-year requirement for autonomous practice. 这意味着实践可能会被迫重组，患者可能会失去他们的NP提供者，并且获得护理的机会可能会受到限制，特别是在农村地区。

弗吉尼亚护士执业委员会（VCNP）感谢西蒙博士，VCNP北弗吉尼亚分会主席，她的证词。 The 护理学院 greatly appreciates Simon’s advocacy and staunch support of Virginia nurse practitioners.

玛莎Vesterlund, DNP, APRN, ANP-C, FNP-C, assistant professor at Shenandoah University’s Eleanor Wade Custer 护理学院 and family nurse practitioner for Apple Valley Family Medicine, recently published an article in the 美国护理杂志 – “全球大流行期间教育患者的特殊痛苦和挑战.” 在这篇文章中，她分享了自己在农村社区医院工作的经历，以及她和其他医疗服务提供者在教育患者COVID-19病毒和疫苗方面面临的困难。 Read the article in the 美国护理杂志. 

Adjunct Assistant Professor of Nurse-Midwifery 劳伦·欧文, DNP, CNM, 获得了临床雇主MedStar St. Mary 's医院颁发的患者安全英雄奖。 更多信息请访问 https://www.thebaynet.com/articles/1221/medstar-st-marys-recognizes-patient-safety-hero.html。

博士研究 护理学助理教授 乔利布尔德·古斯托先生、DrPH、MAN、RN、CMSRN、PCCN-K、 on CHF readmission was accepted and was one of the posters presented virtually during the “2021 Nursing Re搜索 and Evidence Based Practice Symposium – Honoring Nursing Science: Past, Present and the Future” sponsored by the Inova Health System on October 28, 2021.