Mary O’connor

Aug 19, 2024 | hcn.org | Mary O’connor

The project, like the larger green hydrogen economy, will need to overcome skepticism from local communities and funding challenges.

Jun 17, 2024 | wphealthcarenews.com | Mary O’connor

American Organization for Nursing Leadership (AONL) Nurse Leaders in Advocacy As of June 12, 2024, 11 bipartisan members of the total 17 Pennsylvania delegates to the House of Representatives signed on as cosponsors to H.R.2584 – Safety From Violence for Healthcare Employees Act (SAVE Act, introduced 04/13/2023). Healthcare organizations have been reaching out to all US Representatives asking them to sign on as a cosponsor to H.R.2584.

May 4, 2024 | wphealthcarenews.com | Mary O’connor

It was a great day for Pennsylvania nurses in Harrisburg on April 30, 2024! Just in time for National Nurses Week, May 6-12, 2024, action is being taken towards making Act 68 Nurse Licensure Compact fully implemented. Act 68 NLC was signed into law in July 2021, but hasn’t been fully implemented. Governor Shapiro authorized partial implementation of the act Sept. 5, 2023, which allowed nurses with multistate licenses from one of the other 38 NLC states to work in Pennsylvania.

Jan 1, 2024 | hcn.org | Mary O’connor

In 2006, Luis Reyes Jr., CEO of Kit Carson Electric Cooperative, an electricity distribution cooperative in northern New Mexico, was in a bind. On one side, clean energy proponents were pushing him to add more renewables. On the other, Kit Carson’s energy supplier, Tri-State Generation and Transmission, was doubling down on coal. Worse, the co-op’s contract with Tri-State — which barred it from producing more than 5% of its own energy — wouldn’t end until 2040.

Jan 1, 2024 | hcn.org | Mary O’connor

In 2006, Luis Reyes Jr., CEO of Kit Carson Electric Cooperative, an electricity distribution cooperative in northern New Mexico, was in a bind. On one side, clean energy proponents were pushing him to add more renewables. On the other, Kit Carson’s energy supplier, Tri-State Generation and Transmission, was doubling down on coal. Worse, the co-op’s contract with Tri-State — which barred it from producing more than 5% of its own energy — wouldn’t end until 2040.