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The Dr. Lorna Breen Heroes’ Foundation recognized 375 hospitals and 34 licensure boards for changing invasive and stigmatizing mental health questions in their licensing applications.
The American Academy of Nursing has selected six innovative care models as Academy Edge Runners.
AONL member Katie-Boston Leary, PhD, RN, is one of the nurses featured in a documentary exploring racism in nursing.
Making initial investments in nursing results in improved performance for health systems, according to a paper by Olga Yakusheva, PhD, and colleagues which the International Journal of Nursing Studies will publish in its December issue.
Investing in nurse managers’ competency can help to create supportive work environments and influence front-line nurses’ intent to stay, a study found.
AONL member Melanie Heuston, DNP, RN, says nurse leaders should use social media to combat the negative online portrayal of nurses and create positive work environments to retain younger nurses.
AONL and 56 other organizations comprising the Nursing Community Coalition urged the House of Representatives to pass the Improving Access to Workers’ Compensation for Injured Federal Workers Act (H.R. 618).
The AONL Foundation for Nursing Leadership Research and Education featured its studies offering insights on resilience, recognition and CNE turnover in the October issue of the Journal of Nursing Administration.
The House Energy and Commerce Committee yesterday advanced legislation on expiring telehealth and hospital-at-home flexibilities. AONL and the AHA supported the passage of the Telehealth Modernization Act, which extended telehealth flexibilities for two years that are set to expire Dec.
An academic medical center used an evidence-based tool to reduce its fall count and fall rate by 23%, and its fall with injury count and rate by 40%, resulting in savings of $982,700.