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Speaking at the American Academy of Nursing‘s annual policy conference, Rep. Lauren Underwood, D-Ill., laid out her policy priorities and expressed her fervent belief that “engaging in policy is not optional,” for nurses. Underwood is the most recent nurse to be elected to Congress. She said nurses…
With the aging of the baby boomer generation, researchers expect roughly 1 million experienced nurses will leave the workforce by 2030. To retain some of their expertise, nurse leaders at Parkview Health System in Fort Wayne, Ind., developed an emeritus-RN (E-RN) program to engage retired nurses…
Optimizing technology, developing nurse managers and retaining bedside staff are among the challenges CNOs regularly tackle. Three CNOs, including AONL member Karen Mayer, PhD, RN, shared their solutions with HealthLeaders Media.
This week, the House of Representatives passed the Title VIII Nursing Workforce Reauthorization Act (H.R. 728). AONL and the American Hospital Association (AHA) support the legislation, which would reauthorize federal programs to develop the nursing workforce for five years.
Errors in communication during handoffs are a potential source of medical errors and risk to patients.
Working in collaboration with HEAL Trafficking and Jones Day, the American Hospital Association (AHA) will
With more than 60% of surgeries now performed in outpatient...
The American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN) is moving forward with plans to launch a new philanthropic enterprise in 2020, the Foundation for Academic Nursing.
In anticipation of the 20th anniversary of the DAISY Foundation in November, the Journal of Nursing Administration (JONA) asked four AONL members to reflect on the significance of the foundation’s DAISY Award. The award program honors nurses who exhibit extraordinary compassion, and in the hands of…