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AONL named Tina Mammone, PhD, RN, executive director of the AONL Foundation for Nursing Leadership Research and Education, Chicago.
AONL selected Dahlia Maldonado, MSN, RN, and Martha Grubaugh, PhD, RN, for appointed board positions starting Jan. 1, 2026.
Registration is open for AONL 2026 ─ Inspiring Leaders. The annual conference will take place March 29-April 1 in Chicago.
The Center for Healthcare Quality and Payment Reform says 27 rural hospitals have shuttered or plan to close their labor and delivery units in 2025 compared with 21 in 2024, bringing total closures since 2020 to 116.
The American Hospital Association will host a webinar on the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services age-friendly hospital measure on Nov. 20 at 12:00 p.m. ET.
Medical groups, including the American Academy of Pediatrics, updated their lawsuit against Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., calling for his revamped Advisory Committee on Immunization Practice to disband and for its decisions to be revoked.
President Trump signed a government-funding bill to end the longest government shutdown ever, 43 days.
The National Council of State Boards of Nursing is exploring an online National Council Licensure Examination.
To improve care for older adults who wish to age in place, nursing leaders are forming a Global Gerontechnology Center for Nursing Science.
Nursing leaders at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn., implemented a care model allowing licensed practical nurses to staff a new single unit consisting of patients experiencing discharge delays without compromising quality or nursing satisfaction.