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In this week's News Watch,  read Washington Weekly, see the latest update from CCNE, and view all new partnerships and grant-funded initiatives.

The Senate passed the finalized comprehensive opioid package today by a vote of 98-1, which includes a provision that would permanently authorize NPs and PAs to prescribe Medication-Assisted Treatments (MATs) and provide a five-year authorization for the other three APRN roles to prescribe MATs. The legislative package also includes student loan repayment for the substance use disorder workforce in areas of national need. The House passed the conferenced opioid package by a vote of 393-8.

In this month's Faculty Link, view the 2019 award call for nominations.

AACN recently received notification that Dr. Judy Beal, nursing dean from Simmons University, will be retiring next Spring. As a result, AACN will have a vacancy in the Board Chair-Elect position. The term to fill this vacancy will be one year (March 2019-March 2020) followed by a 2-year term as Board Chair (March 2020-March 2022). 

In this week's News Watch, check our member news and announcements, the Social Pulse, and catch up on the Weekly Digest.

In this week's News Watch, read Rounds with Leadership, view all AACN updates, and catch up on policy with Washington Weekly.

AACN is pleased to announce availability of a National Institute of Drug Abuse (NIDA) mentored training award to support a graduate student (Master's, Doctoral, or Post-Doctoral) from an accredited program (or a PhD program) at an AACN member school.

Dr. Darrell G. Kirch, president and CEO of the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC), will be the featured speaker at AACN’s Joint Program with Chief Nursing Officers during the Academic Nursing Leadership Conference (ANLC).

On September 12, 2018, the Nursing Community Coalition (NCC), of which AACN is the convening organization, hosted a three-part celebration to honor its 10 years of collective advocacy. An informal operation prior to 2008, the coalition began to formalize due to the efforts of then Senator Barbara Mikulski’s (D-MD) office and the nurses who were Robert Wood Johnson Health Policy Fellows to expand nursing’s voice in the national dialogue on healthcare reform.

AACN recently released a second call for applications for the All of Us Research Program Mini-Grant Awards. Up to $25,000 is available for AACN member schools of nursing and their community partners who commit to increasing awareness of the All of Us Research Program, a National Institutes of Health (NIH) Program aimed at accelerating health research breakthroughs.