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Nurses were well represented in the 2026 midterm elections – a reflection of the profession’s growing engagement in national policy discussions affecting patients, communities and the healthcare workforce.
U.S. patients prescribed metformin ─ a drug for treating prediabetes and type 2 diabetes ─ within six days of a COVID-19 infection were less likely to develop long COVID or die, a study in the Journal of Medical Virology found.
Extending Medicaid coverage by 12 months post childbirth resulted in more mothers with pregnancy complications such as diabetes and hypertension using postpartum care, a Health Affairs study found.
Affordable Care Act premiums will increase by 13% with fewer coverage options, according to a KFF analysis of Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services data.
University of Maryland Medical System nurses developed a technology platform to streamline nurse onboarding, saving the Baltimore-based system $3.8 million in labor costs and improving resource allocation and enhancing new hire nurse readiness and confidence.
To ensure successful adoption of artificial intelligence tools by bedside staff, nurse managers should provide frequent updates and hold staff meeting or huddles to explain how to use the tools effectively and to solicit feedback, says Cedars-Sinai Chief Nursing Information Officer Lisa Stephenson,…
AONL member Rob Rose, DNP, RN, says career path changes may be one of the most overlooked reasons for midcareer nurse turnover.
Nursing leaders at South Shore Health in Weymouth, Mass., reduced nursing turnover from 20% to 11% by improving workplace culture, states a Voice for Nursing Leadership article. Leaders paired an evidence-based online learning module on workplace behavior with a unit-based activity in which each…
AONL and 47 other members of the Nursing Community Coalition thanked Reps. Darin LaHood, R-Ill., and Nanette Barragán, D-Calif., for introducing the Promoting Access to Diabetic Shoes Act (H.R. 1616).
AONL and 56 other members of the Nursing Community Coalition thanked Rep. Lauren Underwood, D-Ill., for introducing the Educating Future Nurses Act (H.R. 10410).