National Federation of Nurses President Barbara Crane Stands in
Solidarity with President Obama During Key Healthcare Reform Speech
Representing the National Federation of Nurses and its nurse
membership nationwide, President Barbara Crane, RN, stood with President
Barrack Obama on Wednesday as he urged lawmakers to quickly pass much
needed healthcare reform legislation.
The White House invitation to stand in support of the President
demonstrates an understanding of nurses’ critical role in the
healthcare system and unique perspective as both employees and
front-line healthcare providers.
“I’m honored and humbled by the experience but, most of
all, grateful that nurses finally have a seat at the table in this
debate,” said Crane. “As our healthcare system strives to
serve more people, reduce costs, increase quality and provide preventive
care, nurses will take on an ever more central role and demand for our
services will increase—making it essential that nurse voices be
represented when shaping health reform policies that will affect our
profession, workplace and the patients we serve.”
The National Federation of Nurses strongly supports President
Obama’s good faith measures to reignite the healthcare reform
dialogue and are encouraged to see an increased emphasis on primary and
preventative care, on accessibility of affordable health coverage for
Americans, and the inclusion of the Healthcare Workforce Act in the
draft legislation. This Act will increase the number of nurses in the
United States by addressing financial barriers that nurses, nursing
students and nurse faculty face today.
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position on healthcare reform and other key issues.
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