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The Joint Commission this week launched a campaign designed to educate and empower patients to be actively involved in their own medication safety.
An American Hospital Association podcast features a program at Rush University Medical Center to offer support to caregivers. Diane Mariani, LCSW, program manager at the Chicago-based hospital, discusses the Caring for Caregivers program.
During the COVID-19 pandemic, the racial and ethnic disparities among children attending recommended well-child visits increased, according to an Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality-funded study.
The National Institute of Nursing Research will host a director lecture on maternal health on July 11 from 1:00-2:00 p.m. ET.
The Nurses on Boards Coalition is hiring a CEO. The dynamic and mission-driven leader will be tasked with developing and implementing a strategic plan to advance the NOBC’s mission of improving the health of communities and the nation through the service of nurses on boards.
Emory Healthcare uses metrics to measure the success of virtual nursing, according to Vice President and Chief Clinical Informatics Officer Jason Atkins, MBI, RN. The Atlanta-based system measures nurse satisfaction and nurse engagement through nurse surveys.
A Centers for Disease Control Blog and Prevention blog highlights how the government and the health care field are implementing workplace violence prevention programs.
AONL encourages nurse leaders today, Friday, June 7, to commemorate #HAVhope Friday, a national day of awareness to end violence. Nurse leaders can equip their hospital to protect employees and patients.
An article in Nurse Leader’s June issue describes an Institute for Health Improvement-led project to study care models that attract, support and strengthen a diverse nursing workforce using a three-phased approach.
UW Health is striving to reduce nurse manager span of control, defined as the number of employees a nurse manager is in charge of supervising, according to AONL member and senior vice president and CNE Rudy Jackson, DNP, RN.