Laura Reichhardt
January 2021
Laura
Reichhardt
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MS, APRN, AGPCNP-BC
University of Hawai’i at Manoa School of Nursing & Dental Hygiene and the Hawai’i Center for Nursing
Ms. Reichhardt’s advocacy for improving access to high quality and compassionate care has led to the enactment of more than 25 bills in the Hawai’i state legislature.
In 2020, the DAISY Foundation and HealthImpact partnered to create the HealthImpact DAISY Nurse Leader Award in Policy. The award was created to honor nurses whose work in policy advances compassionate care that improves the health of populations.
Ms. Reichhardt's advocacy for improving access to high quality and compassionate care has led to the enactment of more than 25 bills in the Hawai'i state legislature to allow advanced practice registered nurses (APRNs) to practice to the full extent of their education. As a result of her advocacy and policy work, there has been a 100% increase in APRNs working in medically underserved areas, provided access to compassionate end-of-life care, and secured APRN and physician preceptors a tax credit for becoming preceptors to economically help all preceptors, especially those in medically underserved communities educate local graduate nursing students.
Ms. Reichhardt's advocacy for improving access to high quality and compassionate care has led to the enactment of more than 25 bills in the Hawai'i state legislature to allow advanced practice registered nurses (APRNs) to practice to the full extent of their education. As a result of her advocacy and policy work, there has been a 100% increase in APRNs working in medically underserved areas, provided access to compassionate end-of-life care, and secured APRN and physician preceptors a tax credit for becoming preceptors to economically help all preceptors, especially those in medically underserved communities educate local graduate nursing students.