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The American Hospital Association and AONL this week responded to a Senate Health, Education, Labor & Pensions Committee request for information on the drivers of health care workforce shortages and potential solutions with a letter recommending the committee invest in nursing education and…
Sharon Pappas, PhD, RN, CNO at Emory Healthcare in Atlanta, will receive AONL’s prestigious Lifetime Achievement Award in May at this year’s annual conference in Anaheim, Calif.
The U.S. mortality rate for people ages 1 to 19 climbed by 10.7% from 2019 to 2020 and by 8.4% from 2020 to 2021, a study found.
In 2021, family caregivers provided an estimated 36 billion hours of unpaid care worth about $600 billion to an adult family member or friend with chronic, disabling or serious health conditions, an AARP report found.
Many Black Californians say they adjust their appearance or behavior to reduce their likelihood of experiencing discrimination and bias in hospitals and other clinical settings.
In an American Hospital Association podcast, Dwayne Gordon, MD, and Richard Pratley, MD, share lessons learned from AdventHealth’s treatment of patients with long COVID-19.
Infection prevention control practices within hospitals generally do not rely on automation and robotic technology, even though they could improve infection prevention control, a study found.
The American Hospital Association shared resources for Patient Safety Awareness Week, held March 12-18.
The National Institute of Nursing Research announced it plans to train cohorts of nurse scientists to address prevention of firearm injury and related health disparities.
The Johns Hopkins School of Nursing is starting an eight-week intensive program to recruit and prepare students from groups underrepresented in nursing with mentorship, resources, networking and career guidance to facilitate competitive PhD program applications.