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AONL will hold a webinar on April 27, from 10:30-11:30 a.m. CT with information on becoming a member of the AONL Board of Directors.
The House Energy and Commerce Health Subcommittee this week held a hearing on strengthening the health care workforce.
AONL and the American Hospital Association applauded the reintroduction of the Safety from Violence for Healthcare Employees Act (H.R. 2584).
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services this week proposed several policies to promote health equity in hospitals.
Nurse leaders should employ the new professional identity in nursing domains to reframe nursing challenges and the expectations of front-line nurses, from accomplishing tasks to using systems thinking to solve problems, according to an article in the April Nurse Leader.
The Food and Drug Administration issued last week its most serious type of recall for certain Philips Respironics DreamStation continuous positive airway pressure and bilevel positive airway pressure machines because they may deliver inaccurate or insufficient therapy.
Improving the safety climate on labor and delivery units through better teamwork and communication could decrease missed nursing care and improve nursing care quality, according to study authors.
The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality will hold on April 25 from 2:00 to 3:00 p.m. ET the first in a series of webinars about the National Action Alliance to Advance Patient Safety.
Health care leaders can develop “specific competencies and skills that can contribute to effective crisis management,” according to Helena Bonfitto and Benjamin Wise, senior program managers for American Hospital Association Funded Partnerships.