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A retrospective analysis of 2,723 patients admitted to a 24-bed medical-surgical intensive care unit (ICU) in a large level I trauma center <
A first of its kind emergency, trauma and transport nursing workforce study provides a detailed look at an essential workforce.
A systematic review of the nursing and biomedical literature on the use of psychiatric rapid response teams (RRTs) in non-psychiatric hospital settings found th
In written testimony, the Nursing Community Coalition (NCC) asked Congress to continue investing in nursing education and research by allocating $266 million for Title VIII nursing workforce programs.
The federal Pain Management Best Practices Inter-Agency Task Force has released its final report on pain management best practices. The report, which was prepared in response to the opioid epidemic, emphasizes safe opioid stewardship and looks at a wide range of pain treatment methods in…
In her June editorial for the Journal of Nursing Administration (JONA), AONL CEO Robyn Begley, DNP, RN, describes how AONL has evolved to meet the needs of its members. Since 1967, when the organization was first formed as a society for hospital nurse administrators, AONL has progressively…
Hospitals and health systems are standing together June 7 by taking part in a national awareness campaign, #HAVhope Friday. Led by the American Hospital Association (AHA), the digital media campaign is one facet of AHA’s Hospitals Against Violence initiative.
AONL President Mary Beth Kingston, PhD, RN, spoke June 7 at the first of three regional forums being held to gather input for a forthcoming report from the National Academy of Medicine (NAM) on the Future of Nursing 2020-2030. Kingston discussed ways that nurses are instrumental in helping to…
Nurse researchers and other infection preventionists surveyed a national network of corporate-level infection prevention (IP) directors at integrated delivery networks to get a better sense of how the role is evolving. The responses revealed variation and commonalities in IP director…