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Content by and about the American Organization for Nursing Leadership (AONL).
While health care systems have focused their efforts on identifying and responding to victims of human trafficking, few hospitals have instituted models for long-term, integrated care of these same individuals to help them move from victimization to survivorship. The Medical Safe Haven clinic…
Nurses are historically underrepresented on all types of governing boards, but according to the Nurses on Boards Coalition (NOBC), the number of nurses serving on boards has grown considerably in recent years, from 3,111 in 2017 to 5,034 as of this June.
Two Tennessee nurse leaders are addressing housing, education, transportation, employment and other nonmedical factors that have a profound influence on mental and physical health. As clinical director of the Tennessee Department of Health’s Office of Primary Prevention, Patti Scott, DNP, PNP, is…
The rise of opioid use across the country is only one contributor to workplace violence at rural hospitals. AONL board member Kevin McEwan, MSN, RN, chief nursing officer at Madison Memorial Hospital in rural Rexburg, Idaho, says dementia, delirium, pain and medications can also cause altered…
A roundup of views from nurse leaders across the nation reveals they share the same challenges despite working in vastly different settings. The growing incidence of workplace violence is a concern across facilities, especially with more patients seeking care in connection with opioid addiction and…
The Nursing Community Coalition (NCC) is urging Congress to advance the Title VIII Nursing Workforce Reauthorization Act of 2019 (S.1399), a bipartisan bill that would reauthorize nursing workforce development programs through 2024.
The American Hospital Association (AHA) will host a webinar describing how a Boston-based program is engaging patients with substance use disorder at multiple points of care to improve health outcomes.
Hospital-acquired pressure injuries (HAPIs) occur even when nurses provide evidence-based care designed to avoid them.
A report from the Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI) makes the business case for investing in an age-friendly health system.
A report on the Graduate Nurse Education (GNE) demonstration project concluded the federally funded pilot was effective in achieving its goals, with schools receiving GNE funds graduating an additional 35 students on average than comparable schools. GNE was designed to increase the number of…