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An article explores how hospitals and health systems can streamline technology to enable nurses to spend more time caring for patients, making their work more meaningful and reducing burnout and turnover.
The latest AONL podcast features Magnet Program Manager Rebecca Chambers, DNP, RN, who started a gratitude exercise at SSM Health Cardinal Glennon Children’s Hospital in St. Louis to reduce compassion fatigue and cultivate joy.
AONL this week announced its 2024 inductees into its fellow designation program, FAONL.
The Department of Health and Human Services seeks nominations to serve on its advisory committee on long COVID-19.
The Department of Health and Human Services last week updated and released its Language Access Plan to ensure greater access to the life-saving services HHS provides for people with Limited English Proficiency.
Spending more time in nature can improve nurses’ moods and concentration as well as rejuvenate energy levels, leading to better patient care.
Providers who had access to a clinical decision support tool used measures to prevent blood clotting in more than 80% of hospital inpatient stays and almost 14% of discharges, a study found.
First Lady Jill Biden and the White House Gender Policy Council will lead an initiative focused on improving women’s health research, with multiple agencies directed to deliver recommendations by the end of December.
The cancer death rate for children ages 19 and under in the U.S. fell 24% from 2.75 to 2.1 per 100,000 people from 2001 to 2021, but declines stalled for Black and Hispanic youth, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
The Food and Drug Administration this week released a discussion paper on improving the accuracy of pulse oximeter devices for people with darker skin pigmentation.