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An artificial intelligence (AI) training platform showing health care workers how to wear personal protective equipment properly improved correct use, a study published in the American Journal of Infection Control found.
Health and Human Services is closing its Office of Long COVID Research and Practice as part of its reorganization, despite a study showing 23% of people with COVID-19 develop long COVID.
Two documents warning against unlawful discrimination related to diversity, equity and inclusion in the workplace were released by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission and the Department of Justice.
The Trump administration canceled dozens of National Institutes of Health grants funding health equity research, including research on Black maternal and fetal health and HIV.
A KFF brief compares the potential $880 billion in federal Medicaid cuts from the House-passed budget resolution to states’ tax revenue, education spending and number of Medicaid enrollees covered under the federal funding.
Houston Methodist’s front-line nurses are improving the assessment and management of penicillin allergies.
Experienced virtual nurses at Ardent Health conduct patient rounding and complete intakes, admissions and discharges, freeing on-site nurses to handle complex tasks and have greater oversight of patient care technicians.
Leaders who prioritize nurse well-being can improve their organization’s retention and overall earnings, says AONL member Diane Sieg, RN, creator of the Well-Being Coaching Initiative.
While hospitals nationwide are implementing virtual nursing to reduce burnout, nurse leaders say hospitals should leverage interprofessional teams to outsource tasks performed by nurses to other departments.
AONL and 59 other members of the Nursing Community Coalition thanked Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., and Rep. Dave Joyce, R-Ohio, along with other co-sponsors, for introducing the Improving Care and Access to Nurses (ICAN) Act (S. 575/H.R. 1317).