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Content by and about the American Organization for Nursing Leadership (AONL).
An article in the February issue of Nurse Leader explores how the AONL-American Hospital Association Learning Community serves as a forum for nursing leaders to innovate and improve workforce sustainability.
One hundred members of Congress signed a bipartisan letter to the Department of Homeland Security requesting the agency exempt health care workers from the $100,000 filing fee for H-1B visas.
AONL and the other 64 members of the Nursing Community Coalition urged Senate and House committee leaders to pass the Title VIII Nursing Workforce Reauthorization Act of 2025 (S. 1874/H.R. 3593) as part of any health bill this Congress.
A Nursing Driven Approach to Scalable, Technology Enabled Nursing Care Redesign
Henry Ford Health System in Detroit reduced catheter-associated urinary tract infections 86% by implementing a “hard stop” in its electronic medical record preventing providers from ordering inappropriate urinary culture orders for patients at high risk for infections, a study found.
The risk of severe neonatal morbidity or mortality increased with the number of pre-existing chronic conditions the mother had, a study published in JAMA Network Open found.
The National Academy of Medicine offers a suite of tools for leaders to participate in Health Workforce Well-being Day on March 18.
The American Medical Association and the Vaccine Integrity Project will assess vaccine safety and effectiveness independently for the 2026-2027 respiratory virus season, contending the U.S. government’s evidence-based process for assessing vaccine safety has “effectively collapsed.”
Hospitals should clarify to patients who are considering signing up for Emergency Medicaid that government officials could share their immigration status and address with Immigration and Custom Enforcement officials, according to Sarah Grusin, an attorney at the National Health Law Program.
The American Hospital Association released a brief on technology-enabled care. The brief explores key trends, innovations and learnings, and provides ideas for how hospitals can adopt technology to advance care delivery strategies.