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A mobile social gaming app boosted nurse engagement and connected nurses to the joy of their work, a study found. Published in the June issue of the Journal of Nursing Administration, the study took place at two hospitals in Oregon and Alaska.
UnityPoint Health System ultimately wants to use virtual nursing to mentor novice nurses, according to CNO Sarah Brown.
In an American Hospital Association podcast, experts from New York’s Montefiore Medical Center discuss how its Community Health Worker Institute advances health equity.
The National Council of State Boards of Nursing this week released guidance providing nursing educators and employers with recommendations for identifying fraud when they review nurse applications and transcripts for advanced study, employment, certification or other uses.
The American Hospital Association released an issue brief providing proven strategies and action steps to help hospitals implement violence mitigation efforts.
Forty-three Senators signed onto a Senate “Dear Colleague” letter requesting $530 million for Title VIII Nursing Workforce Development Programs in fiscal year 2025 through the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, Education and Related Agencies appropriations bill.
AONL and The Health Management Academy’s Nursing Catalyst team will host a webinar on June 11 at 11:00 a.m. CT to explain how nurse leaders can leverage span-of-control data to invest in unit leadership.
The American Association of Critical-Care Nurses recently issued a practice alert reinforcing that hospitals should return to offering families the opportunity to be present during resuscitation and invasive procedures.
An American Hospital Association podcast explores how AdventHealth for Children has created a preventive campaign to help parents and their children discuss difficult, but necessary conversations about mental health.
An American Hospital Association podcast discusses how hospitals are promoting a work-life balance to retain new parents, especially moms, in the health care workforce.