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The American Hospital Association released its 2026 Environmental Scan, offering essential data and insights on the health care landscape to help hospitals and health systems explore substantial issues with staff, leaders, boards and community stakeholders.
Los Angeles General Medical Center CNO Nancy Blake, PhD, RN, worked to improve nurse retention through a number of initiatives.
In one of the largest virtual nursing care studies, researchers found front-line nurses give hospital-based virtual nursing programs mixed reviews.
The deadline is Jan. 3, 2026 to apply for financial aid to participate in the AONL Leadership Lab, which offers professional development for nurse managers
AONL opened its call for abstracts for the 2026 AONL Professional Governance Leadership Conference June 14-16, 2026, in Indianapolis.
More than 140 members of Congress signed a letter to the Department of Education expressing concerns with the Department’s omission of post-baccalaureate nursing programs from its proposed regulatory definition of “professional degree” programs as part of a student loan rule.
A trio of Democrats reintroduced the Future Advancement of Academic Nursing Act, supported by AONL and the American Hospital Association.
AONL named Robyn Begley, DNP, RN, as its 2026 Lifetime Achievement Award recipient.
Medical societies, health departments and insurers say they will continue to recommend universal hepatitis B vaccination for newborns, despite a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention decision from its Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices to stop the long-term recommendation.
The National Academy of Medicine launched an initiative to build trust in science by placing community wisdom at the center of efforts to strengthen public confidence in health science.