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The Nurses on Boards Coalition encourages AONL members to serve on boards to improve health and health equity.
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.
The Joint Commission Journal on Quality and Patient Safety’s August issue features two prevalent sources of adverse events ─ handoff communication failures and health inequities.
The American Hospital Association Institute for Diversity and Health Equity provides a list of vetted service partners for hospitals and health systems to hire to accelerate their health equity journey.
A self-assessment framework can help nurses become effective policy leaders. Published in the September issue of the American Journal of Nursing, the Patton Zalon Ludwick Policy Assessment Framework is intended for nurses across various settings and roles to examine their knowledge and actions for…
The National Institute of Nursing Research announced it plans to fund four-to-six projects of up to $3 million to advance health equity through the development, testing and evaluation of interventions to prevent and address housing instability.
Nurses expressed more satisfaction with electronic health records in 2023 compared with 2019, although challenges with reliability and response times remain, a report from KLAS Research found.