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To address the lack of racial and ethnic diversity on their executive nursing leadership team, researchers developed and implemented a pilot mentorship initiative
To better understand what can be done to reduce the barriers diverse leaders face in obtaining, maintaining and advancing their leadership careers, researchers conducted
The International Centre on Nurse Migration (ICNM) estimates 10.6 million new nurses will be needed to both address the existing nurse shortage and replace the 4.7 million nurses
In a Feb. 25 letter, the Nursing Community Coalition (NCC) urged Congressional leaders to include support for front-line health care workers and nursing education in the next COVID-19 relief package.
COVID-19 created opportunities for nurses to transform clinical operations, according to AONL member Betty Jo Rocchio, MS, RN, senior vice president and chief nursing officer at Mercy health system, based in St. Louis, Mo.
Recent guidance from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) expanded options for source control and patient care activities in areas of moderate to substantial transmission of COIVD-19 and described strategies for improving the fit of face masks.
An article in the March issue of the Joint Commission Journal on Quality and Patient Safety details how Montefiore Medical Center (MMC), New York City, supported staff with mental health services designed to mitigate and treat psychological distress caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.
The Nurse Licensure Compact (NLC) Annual Report for fiscal year 2020 is now available on the National Council of State Boards of Nursing (NCSBN) website.
Pfizer and its partner in developing a COVID-19 vaccine, BioNTech, announced the start of a global Phase 2/3 trial of the vaccine in roughly 4,000 pregnant women. The study will evaluate the vaccine’s safety, tolerability and immunogenicity in pregnant women and whether or not protective antibodies…
To conserve personal protective equipment and reduce the risk of contracting COVID-19, some hospitals have moved intravenous (IV) infusion pumps from the bedside. Critically ill patients often require multiple IV medications to be administered using large-volume IV smart pumps (IVSPs), increasing…