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

The role of nurses in achieving health equity, screening for social needs and advocating for policy change is the subject of the latest Advancing Health podcast.
This week, the National Academy of Medicine (NAM) released The Future of Nursing 2020-2030: Charting a Path to Achieve Health Equity.
Critical care nurses’ physical and mental health are linked to preventable medical errors and to workplace supports, according to a recent study in the American Journal of Critical Care.
The Florence Nightingale Foundation will live stream its annual commemorative service in honor of its namesake, taking place at Westminster Abbey on May 12.
As COVID-19 raged across the U.S. and around the world, more than 120 leaders in nursing and health care education, practice and policy convened in a virtual summit organized by the Tri-Council for Nursing.
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) will test whether remdesivir and aviptadil acetate are safe and effective when used together or alone to treat hospitalized COVID-19 patients with Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS).
Fact sheets on patient rights and provider responsibilities regarding access to COVID-19 vaccines are now available in English and Spanish through the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA).
In an update titled Infection Control after Vaccination, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) provided guidance on SARS-CoV-2 testing, visitation in acute care
Employing electronic health records (EHRs) with suboptimal usability was associated with higher odds of adverse nurse job outcomes and poorer surgical patient outcomes and readmission
Interviews with 420 managers and front-line staff in 18 U.S. hospitals revealed three management practices that appear to support successful prevention of health care-associated infections