AONL

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

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reported this week vaccination had no effect on the number of pre-term or low-weight births
The prelicensure nursing curriculum rarely includes financial topics, but nurse leaders need financial acumen to be effective
Nurses have an ethical responsibility to examine what they think they know and account for their cognitive biases before sharing information
The first alternative-to-discipline programs became available in the 1980s and spread to more than 40 states
Recognizing and acknowledging substance use problems are key first steps in getting nurses the help they need
The American Hospital Association (AHA) this week urged the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to be flexible as it begins enforcing its COVID-19 vaccine mandate for hospitals
Changes to guidance from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) have left nurses who test positive for COVID-19 questioning how best to protect their patients.
In a Medscape survey of 10,700 nurses in the summer of 2021, 90% of respondents said they were glad they had chosen nursing as a profession.
In a letter to Congressional leaders, the Nursing Community Coalition (NCC) asked Congress to make permanent many of the waivers put in place during the COVID-19 pandemic.
AONL partnered with the Association for Leadership Science in Nursing to conduct a Delphi study aimed at identifying priorities for research in nursing administration and leadership science.