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Incorporating the competencies of a nurse-led care model into a nurse practitioner curriculum has improved care transitions for older adults, according to a study.
AONL and 46 other members of the Nursing Community Coalition sent a statement to the House Veterans’ Affairs Subcommittee on Health in response to the subcommittee’s hearing, “VA’s Federal Supremacy Initiative: Putting Veterans First?”
An article authored by AONL Foundation for Nursing Leadership Research and Education Director Dani Ward, MBA, reports on the conditions under which hospital-at-home care and virtual nursing programs are likely to succeed.
In a Journal of Nursing Administration guest editorial, AONL CEO Robyn Begley, DNP, RN, describes how AONL workforce initiatives seek to bolster nursing staffs and improve patient care.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention this week launched a program to provide continued free coverage of COVID-19 vaccines for the roughly 25 to 30 million uninsured and underinsured adults.
Although researchers have made progress in the last 10 years to reduce alarm fatigue, safety organizations should continue to stress alarm fatigue as a top patient safety concern and seek solutions, a commentary maintains.
The Joint Commission launched a patient safety campaign, Speak Up to Prevent Serious Illness, to educate people on how to find preventive care services.
An American Hospital Association white paper explains how integrating physical and behavioral health services can reduce the total cost of care, improve outcomes and increase workforce satisfaction.
The National Quality Forum will develop a guide for acute care hospitals to better prevent, identify and treat hospital-onset bacterial or fungal bloodstream infections.
A quarter of the nation’s nurses have registered with the National Council of State Boards of Nursing’s Nursys e-Notify Database.