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The American Hospital Association released its second episode of a four-part podcast series on caregiver needs.
The Joint Commission last month announced it is eliminating 168 standards (14%) and revising 14 other standards across its accreditation programs to streamline requirements and make them as efficient and impactful on patient safety, quality and equity as possible.
A tool to address disrespectful workplace behaviors through trained peer-to-peer messaging can be implemented successfully in the nursing workforce with appropriate support, a study found.
Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center used a digital tool to improve real-time employee engagement, according to a Journal of Nursing Administration study.
The NCLEX pass rates have declined from about 73% for all candidates and 88% for first-time, U.S. educated candidates to 69% and 82% respectively in 2021, according to a Medscape article.
The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation’s Future of Nursing Scholars program achieved its goal of developing PhD-prepared nurses primed for long-term careers more quickly, according to an article in Nursing Outlook.
More hospital systems are starting in-house staffing agencies to contend with the nursing shortage.
The 2023 Magnet Application Manual includes well-being as part of its application requirements to guarantee health care organizations and nurse leaders include structures and processes to support nurses’ well-being.
AONL was one of 48 members of the Nursing Community Coalition to sign a letter thanking Congressional members for introducing the National Nursing Workforce Center Act of 2022 (H.R. 8817/S. 4844).
AONL Board of Directors Treasurer Simmy King, DNP, RN, spoke last month at the Building Equity in Nursing and Health Care Leadership Summit.