AONL

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

The Coldiron Senior Nurse Executive Fellowship Program is an innovative 15-month program designed to enhance and expand the development of senior nurse executive leaders with at least five years of experience.
Use of telehealth services increased exponentially during the COVID-19 pandemic, making it the focus of the latest issue of the Joint Commission publication Quick Safety.
Findings from a recent National Academies of Medicine study showed a significant link between nurse burnout and organizational turnover. The researchers surveyed 1,688 direct care nurses in three hospitals in 2018 and again in 2019.
Responsible management of an organization’s staffing budget is key to ensuring the organization’s productivity and financial health.
In his Executive Order on Saving Lives Through Increased Support for Mental—and Behavioral—Health, President Trump established a mental health working group to prevent suicide, end the opioid crisis and improve mental and behavioral health.
The American Hospital Association released updated resources for its “Wear a Mask” and “United Against the Flu” campaigns.
At the AONL 2020 Virtual Conference in September, Advocate Aurora Health Board Chair Joanne Disch, PhD, RN, and the Milwaukee-based health system’s Executive Vice President and Chief Nursing Officer Mary Beth Kingston, PhD, RN, shared their thoughts on how to meet the challenges of being a nurse…
An analysis of blood drawn from a random sample of 28,503 U.S. adults receiving dialysis in July 2020 found fewer than 10% had antibodies for COVID-19. Whether the finding would hold for all U.S. adults is uncertain.
AONL, in addition to the American College of Emergency Physicians and the American Nurses Association, is endorsing the Frontline Heroes Act, (H.R. 8441) which would provide survival benefits to the families of health care workers who die from COVID-19 and disability benefits to health care workers…
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) released data this week on the incidence of COVID-19 in children.