AONL

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

To achieve community-wide immunity from COVID-19, 80% of the general population must get vaccinated, but some adult African Americans have no plans to do so.
Patients enter hospitals with multiple comorbidities and acute-on-chronic conditions. Late detection of deterioration in these patients can increase length of stay in the intensive care unit and result in poor outcomes.
Reliance on pulse oximetry to determine a patient’s oxygen status came under question with the release of a study in the New England Journal of Medicine suggesting the practice results in poor outcomes for people of color.
Kathy Boyle, PhD, RN, chief nursing officer at Denver Health and AONL member, spearheaded the creation of a nurse leader collaborative to share experiences and support her peers who work in Colorado health care systems.
A recent study in The Journal of Nursing Administration highlighted the efficacy of a brief health care professional support program called GRACE.
As the tumultuous events of 2020 came to a close,10 nurse leaders spoke with the American Journal of Nursing about how their thoughts and expectations for the future of nursing had shifted during the past year.
Mary Beth Kingston, PhD, RN, chief nursing officer at Advocate Aurora Health in Milwaukee and immediate past president of AONL, welcomed more than 150 health care providers
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued an emergency use authorization for the Tiger Tech COVID Plus Monitor, the first machine learning-based COVID-19
The Office of the Inspector General (OIG) reviewed front-line hospital administrators’ perspectives on how the COVID-19 pandemic affected capacity to care for patients
The American Hospital Association (AHA) released the first poster in its People Matter, Words Matter poster series to combat behavioral health stigma in health care settings.