WASHINGTON, Dec. 11 -- Sen. Jeff Merkley issued the following press release:
Today, Oregon's U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley, California's U.S. Senator Adam Schiff, and Representative Lauren Underwood (D-IL-14) introduced the bicameral Future Advancement of Academic Nursing (FAAN) Act.
In an effort to address nursing workforce shortages around the country, the FAAN Act would authorize grants to increase the number of faculty and students at nursing schools, enhance U.S. preparedness for pandemics and other public health emergencies, enroll students underrepresented in the nursing workforce, and modernize nursing education and infrastructure.
"Nurses continue to find themselves on the front lines of our major public health battles, often withou...