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The American Hospital Association Value Initiative will host a webinar Dec. 3 at 1 p.m. ET, Unconscious Bias: From Awareness to Action. Building a culture of value requires addressing human behaviors, including unconscious bias.
The House of Representatives passed legislation (H.R. 1309) requiring the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) to set standards employers must follow to prevent workplace violence. These include developing and implementing comprehensive plans and prohibiting retaliation against…
U.S. hospitals made significant strides following a 1999 Institute of Medicine report, which issued an urgent call for health systems to improve quality and safety.
The Joint Commission released a book containing 62 easy-to-use checklists designed to keep health care workers safe. The content ranges widely, from infectious agents and chemical and physical hazards to workplace violence and stress and workplace-related behavioral health concerns.
Nov. 25 at 6:00 p.m. ET is the deadline for submitting public comments on the list of measures under consideration for federal public reporting and payment programs. These include the Merit-Based Incentive Payment System, a Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ program legislated by the…
Nurse executives gathered last week at CNO Exchange, an invitational forum where nurse leaders shared their approaches to workplace violence, retaining seasoned nurses and other issues of concern to the profession.
On Dec. 4, the National Academy of Medicine (NAM) Action Collaborative on Clinician Well-Being and Resilience will host a meeting to elevate the findings, conclusions, and recommendations from its consensus report, and begin to translate the report recommendations into action.
A recent survey affirms the public’s trust in the nursing profession and extends that trust to the realm of improving the U.S. health care system. The survey of Americans’ values and beliefs about national health insurance reform was conducted by The New York Times, the Commonwealth Fund and the…
Two AONL members and the first RN elected to Congress were honored by the American Academy of Nursing this fall for their outstanding contributions to improving health and health care.
In response to physical assaults against emergency department (ED) clinicians, two organizations have launched a campaign to help prevent attacks against ED personnel. The American College of Emergency Physicians and the Emergency Nurses Association report 70% of ED nurses and almost half of ED…