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Phoenix Children’s last year implemented a program placing experienced nurse leaders in supervisory consulting roles to identify and address patient safety issues as soon as possible.
The Nursing Community Coalition this week released a statement supporting the President Biden’s fiscal year 2024 budget.
Fifty-two members of the Nursing Community Coalition including AONL signed a letter requesting congressional leaders to take legislative action to make permanent the Public Health Emergency waivers put in place during the COVID-19 pandemic.
AONL invites nurse leaders to share best practices to reduce the turnover challenges plaguing the field.
This week, nearly 155 nurse leaders from over 30 states met in person with their national representatives during AONL’s Advocacy Day.
An American Hospital Association podcast spotlights a women-led venture capital firm determined to improve women’s lives.
The Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute has selected 42 health systems to participate in a $50 million multiyear initiative to implement evidence-based strategies in health care delivery.
Nurse follow-up, pre-discharge patient education and contact with local health care services improved care transitions, a study found.
The Choosing Wisely quality improvement initiative successfully decreased urinary cultures in a large, safety net system, according to a study published last week in the Journal of Infection Control.
The pandemic has led to a shortage of infection preventionists, even as the field expands, an Association for Professional in Infection Control and Epidemiology focus group study found.