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The American Nurses Foundation’s Reimagining Nursing Initiative announced the award of $14 million over three years to 10 nurse-led pilot programs
The American Hospital Association (AHA) and its Health Research & Educational Trust (HRET) will host a webinar June 9 at 12-1 p.m. ET on how to create age-friendly health systems.
A large majority of people who died from COVID-19 during the latest Omicron wave were elderly, according to recent data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), which underscores the value of a second booster shot in this population.
Last month, leaders from agencies within the Department of Health and Human Services encouraged state agencies and tribal organizations to coordinate their federal funding streams to expand access to mental health services for children.
Nurses would like more time and tools to better support patient engagement and education for patients with chronic care needs, according to a survey
Forty senators added their names to a letter spearheaded by Senate Nursing Caucus Co-Chair Senator Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., to the House Appropriations Subcommittee of Labor, Health and Human Services and Education.
DAISY Foundation Chief Executive Officer Deb Zimmerman, DNP, RN, who is also president-elect of AONL, discussed the partnership between AONL and DAISY to recognize nurse managers
The Joint Commission and the Association of periOperative Registered Nurses (AORN) will hold National Time Out Day on June 8 to underscore the need for surgical teams to make adequate time to pause before a procedure for prevention of wrong site, wrong person or wrong procedure surgeries.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announced Monday it will release some of the 1,000+ doses of Jynneos smallpox vaccine
Coordinated investment in nursing education, clinical placement capacity, and federal and state bodies to monitor the nursing workforce are among the recommendations of a report released this week