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President Biden faces significant challenges as an incumbent in this year’s election, particularly in light of his declining approval ratings and the public's growing frustration with the status quo, said political strategist Amy Walter this week at AONL 2024.
The nursing workforce has become more educated, diverse, and publicly esteemed in the last 20 years.
Despite health care’s risk-averse reputation, the COVID-19 pandemic proved hospital leaders could rapidly embrace change, as evidenced by their swift adoption of telehealth, said Zipline CEO Keller Rinaudo Cliffton at AONL 2024.
“We are the leaders that can and must create the environments where trust, caring and compassion flourish — nursing environments where professionals feel they belong and are thriving,” noted AONL President Deborah Zimmermann, DNP, RN, as she welcomed more than 4,300 attendees to AONL’s annual…
Children younger than two years and adults aged 50 years and older who received a second dose of the COVID-19 vaccine five months after getting the first vaccine were less likely to be hospitalized or die, according to a study.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services this week revised its guidelines to clarify the need to obtain informed consent from patients before APRN students, medical students and other students perform important surgical tasks or sensitive or invasive procedures or examinations.
Nurses and physicians support patients and their loved ones reporting early patient deterioration, according to an Australian study.
With violence against emergency department workers increasing, policymakers are debating stiffer penalties for perpetrators.
Health care providers should have mandatory training requirements to better prepare them to assess, manage, report and design interventions for workplace violence prevention, according to an expert panel.
The nursing workforce is becoming more diverse and highly educated but less satisfied, according to the Health Resources and Services Administration.