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59 NURSING SPOTLIGHT 21 US hospitals with the top nurse-patient communication scores By Gabrielle Masson T he following U.S. hospitals received top marks on patients' HCAHPS sur- veys for nurse communication. At least 93 percent of patients at these 21 hospitals responded that "nurses always communicated well." e figures are from CMS' Hospital Com- pare website and represent HCAHPS scores collected from Jan. 1, 2019, through Dec. 31, 2019, the most recent data available. Note: Hospitals with fewer than 100 complet- ed surveys were excluded from this list. Arkansas Baptist Health Medical Center-Hot Spring County (Malvern) Arizona Arizona Spine and Joint Hospital (Mesa) California Patients' Hospital of Redding Idaho Treasure Valley Hospital (Boise) Kansas Kansas City Orthopaedic Institute (Leawood) Louisiana Caldwell Memorial Hospital (Columbia) Central Louisiana Surgical Hospital (Alexandria) Citizens Medical Center (Columbia) Massachusetts Fairview Hospital (Great Barrington) Nebraska Nebraska Orthopaedic Hospital (Omaha) Ohio Fostoria Community Hospital Surgical Hospital at Southwoods (Youngstown) TriHealth Evendale Hospital (Cincinnati) Pennsylvania Advanced Surgical Hospital (Washington) Physicians Care Surgical Hospital (Royersford) Rothman Orthopaedic Specialty Hospital (Bensalem) Surgical Institute of Reading (Wyomissing) Wellspan Surgery and Rehabilitation Hospital (York) Texas UT Health East Texas Quitman Hospital Wisconsin OakLeaf Surgical Hospital (Altoona) Orthopaedic Hospital of Wisconsin (Glendale) n The future of nursing 2020-30: 4 key report takeaways By Gabrielle Masson O ver the next decade, nursing will demand a larger, more diversified workforce prepared to provide care in different settings, address lasting effects of COVID-19, break down structural racism and the root causes of poor health, and respond to future public health emergencies, according to a May 11 report from the National Academy of Medicine. Below are four key takeaways from The Future of Nursing 2020-2030: Charting a Path to Achieve Health Equity. 1. All state and federal policy changes that expanded scope of practice in response to the pandemic should be made permanent. 2. Under full practice authority, which is currently permit- ted in 23 states and Washington, D.C., quality of care has improved and so has access to primary care, especially amid the pandemic and physician shortages. Federal au- thority should be used to supersede restrictive state laws, including those addressing scope of practice. 3. By the end of 2021, all national nursing organizations should begin to develop a shared agenda for addressing social determinants of health and achieving health equity. 4. The report identified several other priorities for the nursing profession over the next decade, including: • Strengthening nursing education. • Promoting diversity, inclusivity and equity in nursing ed- ucation and the workforce. • Investing in school and public health nurses. • Protecting nurses' health and well-being. • Preparing nurses for disaster and public health emer- gency response. • Increasing number of PhD-prepared nurses. n