AONL

Content by and about the American Organization for Nursing Leadership (AONL).

Nursing advocacy and updated evidence-based practices resulted in significant reductions in infection rates among patients receiving colon and abdominal surgeries, according to a quality improvement project presented at the Association of periOperative Registered Nurses.
To improve maternal and infant health outcomes, New Orleans started a program enabling any resident to receive up to three free home nurse visits after giving birth in a New Orleans hospital.
Rocky Mountain University of Health Professions developed a hybrid nurse practitioner program for working nurses.
AONL will host a webinar on how Yale New Haven Health is using virtual nursing to transform nursing care on March 4 from 12:00-1:00 p.m. ET.
AONL urged the Department of Education to include post-baccalaureate nursing degree programs ─ MSN, DNP and PhD in Nursing ─ within its definition of “professional degree” programs.
In September 2024, Hurricane Helene caused catastrophic, deadly flooding across the Southern Appalachian Mountains, particularly in North Carolina and South Carolina, rather than solely impacting Florida where it made landfall.
Wildfires in Southern California are recurrent, often causing dangerous conditions for residents of the region.
Nurses bring a system-thinking and pragmatic approach to Disaster Medical Assistance Teams (DMAT), part of the Administration for Strategic Preparedness & Response that is housed within the Department of Health and Human Services.
Chief nurses are often called upon to step into the incident commander role. In a post-pandemic world, many chief nursing officers are calling back to the tenets of professional governance to guide and structure decision-making.
University Medical Center (UMC) Health System is a large academic health system with more than 500 staffed beds serving West Texas — supporting care in 27 surrounding counties.