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The Joint Commission released a book containing 62 easy-to-use checklists designed to keep health care workers safe. The content ranges widely, from infectious agents and chemical and physical hazards to workplace violence and stress and workplace-related behavioral health concerns.
Nov. 25 at 6:00 p.m. ET is the deadline for submitting public comments on the list of measures under consideration for federal public reporting and payment programs. These include the Merit-Based Incentive Payment System, a Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ program legislated by the…
Nurse executives gathered last week at CNO Exchange, an invitational forum where nurse leaders shared their approaches to workplace violence, retaining seasoned nurses and other issues of concern to the profession.
On Dec. 4, the National Academy of Medicine (NAM) Action Collaborative on Clinician Well-Being and Resilience will host a meeting to elevate the findings, conclusions, and recommendations from its consensus report, and begin to translate the report recommendations into action.
A recent survey affirms the public’s trust in the nursing profession and extends that trust to the realm of improving the U.S. health care system. The survey of Americans’ values and beliefs about national health insurance reform was conducted by The New York Times, the Commonwealth Fund and the…
Two AONL members and the first RN elected to Congress were honored by the American Academy of Nursing this fall for their outstanding contributions to improving health and health care.
In response to physical assaults against emergency department (ED) clinicians, two organizations have launched a campaign to help prevent attacks against ED personnel. The American College of Emergency Physicians and the Emergency Nurses Association report 70% of ED nurses and almost half of ED…
AONL welcomes international candidates for the Certified Nurse Manager and Leader (CNML) and Certified in Executive Nursing Practice (CENP) certification examinations. Through the new AONL International Credentials Evaluation Service, offered in collaboration with CGFNS International, Inc., foreign…
Robyn Begley, DNP, RN, AONL chief nursing officer and senior vice president of the American Hospital Association (AHA), spoke this week about the ways health care organizations are incorporating the social determinants of health in care delivery. Her presentation highlighted examples of nurses…
A survey of IT leaders by KLAS Research and the College of Healthcare Information Management Executives (CHIME) found artificial intelligence (AI) is assisting health care organizations in clinical areas such a