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Voice of Nursing Leadership

 

AONL’s bi-monthly member only magazine informs members about the best practices in nursing leadership across the continuum of care. Its themed issues delve into topics vital to nurse leaders at every level, helping them understand the dynamics in public policy and care delivery shaping professional nursing practice. Members also will learn about upcoming programs and the activities of AONL’s affiliates.

January 2025 Issue: Technology

The January issue of Voice of Nursing Leadership has a focus on technology. This issue examines nurse leaders’ roles in technology management and implementation, including an outline of AONL’s recent Guiding Principles: Nurse Leaders’ Role in Digital Transformation. Read a case study on a nurse-led initiative to decrease documentation in the electronic medical record and learn the results of a survey showing CNEs need to be more involved in technology decisions. In addition, follow a nurse entrepreneur on her journey to create a product and see the results of AONL’s 2024 needs assessment. 

Featured Articles

Improving Efficiency with Decreased Nursing Documentation

January 2025 | AONL Member Only

Utilizing technology in health care can either be beneficial or problematic. It is vital that bedside nurses be engaged in the process of integrating technology into nursing practice. Mapping workflows ensure that technology appropriately integrates with practice and is not disruptive. At South Shore Health, a system based in....
Authors Cindy Dutton

Survey Shows CNEs Need Larger Role in AI Governance

January 2025 | AONL Member Only

Artificial intelligence (AI) in health care is growing at an exponential rate and health systems are no longer faced with a choice of if they will implement AI, but how and what to implement as part of their digital strategy. Organizations can be bombarded with marketed solutions to known, potential and unidentified problems related to...
Authors Barbara Seymour

Hot Topics | A Nurse Entrepreneur’s Journey: From Idea to Impact

January 2025 | AONL Member Only

Nurses founding businesses? This is not the reason that most of us went into nursing in the first place. Yet nurses are good at seeing the needs of their patients. And to meet the needs they see, many nurses have found themselves in the shoes of a business owner...
Authors Lindsey Roddy

Needs Assessment Shows Members Value Advocacy, Networking, Staffing Resources

January 2025 | AONL Member Only

AONL thanks members who participated in the 2024 Needs Assessment fielded electronically in April. More than 1,170 nurse leaders shared their opinions on the future of nursing leadership, AONL’s role in solving...
Authors AONL Team

 

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Technology

January 2025
Last October we lost one of the true visionaries in our profession, Karlene Kerfoot. She was brilliant and...

Author Deborah Zimmermann

Advocacy

November 2024
In the fast-paced realm of health care, the line between clinical practice and policy can often seem distant...

Author Deborah Zimmermann

 

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Voice of Nursing LeadershipTM is published bi-monthly by the American Organization for Nursing Leadership (AONL), a subsidiary of the American Hospital Association. Voice of Nursing LeadershipTM is published for AONL members only and is not available for subscription. All opinions expressed in Voice of Nursing LeadershipTM are those of the authors and not necessarily those of AONL or the institution with which the authors are affiliated, unless expressly stated. Naming of products or services does not constitute an endorsement by AONL. © 2021 AONL. All rights reserved. Voice of Nursing LeadershipTM may be reproduced only by permission. Send reprint requests and all other inquiries to the editor.