AONL

Content by and about the American Organization for Nursing Leadership (AONL).

CNOs should collaborate closely with nursing schools to ensure curriculum and training align with the workforce’s needs, states Jason Dunne, DNP, RN, chief academic officer at the Arizona College of Nursing in Phoenix.
Nancy Blake, PhD, RN, CNO of Los Angeles General Medical Center, advised new CEOs to listen to their employees’ ideas
Health systems should strengthen their workplace wellness culture and address staff shortages to reduce nurse manager burnout and improve their mental health and healthy behaviors, concludes a study published the Journal of Nursing Administration’s September issue.
The Nurses on Boards Coalition encourages AONL members to serve on boards to improve health and health equity.
Heart Failure is a complex and costly disease to manage. In an effort to increase patient quality of life while decreasing readmissions and cost of care, our organization hired a dedicated APRN to consult on patients in select Skilled Nursing Facilities and work collaboratively with the staff.
A large national health system has been implementing a transformational care delivery model for the last 24 months. The System CNO and CHIO will share what is being learned about how to change the experience for nurses and patients, and how to successfully scale change of this magnitude.
The percentage of mothers who went without prenatal care increased from 2.2% in 2022 to 2.3% in 2023, even as the total number of births fell, according to a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention analysis of birth certificates.
The Biden Administration this week announced $558 million in funding to improve maternal health, including $440 million to expand voluntary, evidence-based maternal, infant and early childhood home visiting services for eligible families nationwide.
Nurses at St. Peter’s Hospital in Albany, N.Y., successfully introduced evidence-based practices to reduce surgical site infections, according to the Association of periOperative Registered Nurses.