VOICE | May 2023
Behavioral Health
The May issue of Voice of Nursing Leadership focuses on behavioral health. Learn how to set up an in-house team to respond to behavioral health patient crises and get an overview of the ways school nurses can intervene to improve student mental health. In addition, the issue features an article outlining the creation of a medical/behavioral health unit, in which patients with behavior health issues are treated for medical conditions. In the Hot Topics section, learn the best ways to partner with a contract labor provider. This issue also features AONL’s 2023 award honorees.
One night early in my career, I arrived to work and learned a nurse colleague had taken her life. I had just worked alongside her the week prior as we shared a hall of patients for a couple of consecutive nights. How could this be? That somber night occurred more than 20 years ago, and I can still remember my gut-wrenching... Continue reading.
Organizations strive to meet the Institute of Medicine’s (IOM) Quadruple Aims of Health Care: improve the experience of care, maximize the health of populations, reduce the per capita costs of health care and advance the provider experience. Focusing on... Continue reading.
School nursing professionals play a critical role in the mental health support for students. The National Association of School Nurses (NASN) has recognized and developed a framework for school nursing practice in the 21st century, with the licensed... Continue reading.
Nursing shortages are not a new phenomenon. The nursing shortage predated the pandemic; as a matter of fact, nursing shortages date back to the Crimean War and Florence Nightingale (Karimi & Alavi, 2015). Throughout our nursing careers, we have seen nursing shortages come and go; in the last ten years... Continue reading.
AONL and the AONL Foundation for Nursing Leadership Research and Education honored the recipients of several recognition awards at AONL 2023, the organization’s annual meeting and exposition, which took place in Anaheim, California. These awards highlight AONL members, supporters and... Continue reading.
