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Hospitals should implement standardized safe care transition pathways and actively include patients and families to improve transitions for older and more complex patients, a study found.
The American Hospital Association released a resource highlighting strategies hospitals are implementing to raise awareness and detect heart health needs before, during and after pregnancy.
The Rise to Health Coalition invites individual practitioners to join its Individual Practitioners Peer Affinity Group: Crucial Conversations on Equity in Healthcare learning collaborative.
Health systems should identify specific key performance indicators to evaluate the success of a virtual nursing program and select small, measurable actions instead of large concepts, according to a Medical University of South Carolina administrator.
Communication is critical when implementing new technology to ensure patients, providers and staff are aware of the technology and how to use it, according to Chief Nursing Informatics Officer Lisa Stephenson, MSN, RN.
Nurse well-being is critical to a health system’s success, since half of the workforce is comprised of nurses or nurse-related positions, according to April Prunty, PhD, RN, director of nursing professional development at Allina Health in Minneapolis.
The American Association of Critical-Care Nurses recently released a set of standards to aid health systems in addressing appropriate nurse staffing in adult critical care settings.
Health care organizations must address the relationship dynamics between nurses and leadership, peers, patients and themselves for nurses to thrive and stay in the profession, a study found.
The National Council of State Boards of Nurses requests nurse supervisors complete by June 6 the National Council Licensure Examination online survey about the knowledge of newly licensed RNs or licensed practical nurses/vocational nurses.
AONL was one of 58 members of Nursing Community Coalition to sign onto testimony submitted to the Senate and House Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education and Related Agencies.