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To bring experienced nurses back to the bedside, UPMC CNE and Vice President of Patient Services Maribeth McLaughlin, BSN, RN, says UPMC offers tailored educational training in technology during orientation.
Researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, have developed a flexible, sensor-filled fabric to monitor body parts at risk for pressure injuries and automatically alert hospital staff when a patient needs to be turned.
Hospitals are committed to providing high-quality, accessible and affordable care, American Hospital Association President and CEO Rick Pollack told the House Energy and Commerce Health Subcommittee during a hearing on lowering health care costs.
AONL and 54 other members of the Nursing Community Coalition thanked Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., and Rep. Suzanne Bonamici, D-Ore., along with other supporters, for introducing the Nurse Faculty Shortage Reduction Act (S. 3707/H.R. 7279).
House lawmakers introduced a bipartisan bill that would exempt foreign-trained health care workers ─ including nurses, nurse practitioners and allied health professionals ─ from the $100,000 H-1B visa filing fee established by a presidential proclamation in September 2025.
AONL’s new Microlearning Hub enables nursing leaders to explore short, practical learning strategies to strengthen their leadership skills.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported respiratory syncytial virus was associated with 190,000 to 350,000 hospitalizations from July 1, 2024 to June 30, 2025, and 10,000 to 23,000 deaths.
An effort to rectify the effects of a racially biased medical test that prevented or delayed Black people from receiving kidney transplants appears to be working, researchers said in an JAMA Internal Medicine study.
A retrospective, multisite cohort study found a machine-learning tool could predict preeclampsia in late-stage pregnancy using routinely available clinical and laboratory data.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention sent officials from its Epidemic Intelligence Services to North and South Carolina to assist in containing the measles outbreak.