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Content by and about the American Organization for Nursing Leadership (AONL).
A review of methods used for proning in the intensive care unit, including the required staffing, necessary equipment, safety for caregivers and relative risks for patients, will be the subject of a webinar hosted by the American Hospital Association (AHA) Sept.16 at 1 p.m. ET.
A study of 83 COVID-19 patients who were proned while placed on a ventilator found 12 developed peripheral nerve injury involving one or more major joints. The injuries were severe and included loss of hand function, frozen shoulder and foot dragging.
Stress from treating patients with COVID-19 can take a deep toll on nurses, putting them at risk of moral distress, compassion fatigue and burnout. A group of nursing organizations is responding with the Well-Being Initiative, and individual hospitals have employed a range of tactics to support…
A comprehensive leadership training program developed by nurses at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia can serve as a model for any hospital with midlevel nurse leaders new to their roles, according to an article in the September Journal of Nursing Administration.
Last week, the American Hospital Association (AHA) last week urged the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine to adopt a unified set of guidelines for equitably allocating COVID-19 vaccines when they become available.
AONL and the other members of the Tri-Council for Nursing called on all nurses “to carefully weigh the positions, proposals, and legislative voting records of candidates who aspire to elected office” and cast their votes in the Nov. 3 election.
The American Hospital Association (AHA) has joined with other health care organizations and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to encourage everyone to get vaccinated against the flu.
A high proportion of COVID-19 infections among U.S. health care personnel appear to go undetected. According to the Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR), 1 in 20 health care workers sampled in 12 states tested positive for antibodies for COVID-19, and 69% of those with antibodies had never…
More than half of Michigan patients hospitalized with suspected COVID-19 received antibiotics, even though fewer than 4% of those patients had bacterial infections. The findings, published in Clinical Infectious Diseases, were based on data from a random sample of 1,705 patients receiving care at…